Science Essentials – serie
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21 produkter
Cosmic Cocktail
Three Parts Dark Matter
Häftad, 2016
236 kr
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The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe--from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars--constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their precise identities are unknown. The Cosmic Cocktail …
Great Brain Debate
Nature or Nurture?
Häftad, 2007
322 kr
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Whether our personality, intelligence, and behavior are more likely to be shaped by our environment or our genetic coding is not simply an idle question for today's researchers. There are tremendous consequences to understanding the crucial role that environment and genes each play. How we raise …
Memory
The Key to Consciousness
Av Richard F. Thompson, Stephen A. Madigan
Häftad, 2007
404 kr
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Memory is perhaps the most extraordinary phenomenon in the natural world. Every person's brain holds millions of bits of information in long-term storage. This vast memory store includes our extensive vocabulary and knowledge of language; the tremendous and unique variety of facts we've amassed; …
Nature's Compass
The Mystery of Animal Navigation
Av James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould
Inbunden, 2012
263 kr
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We know that animals cross miles of water, land, and sky with pinpoint precision on a daily basis. But it is only in recent years that scientists have learned how these astounding feats of navigation are actually accomplished. With colorful and thorough detail, Nature's Compass explores the …
Little Book of String Theory
Inbunden, 2010
202 kr
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The Little Book of String Theory offers a short, accessible, and entertaining introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics today. String theory has been called the "theory of everything." It seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature. It encompasses gravity and quantum …
Oxygen
A Four Billion Year History
Inbunden, 2014
390 kr
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The air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it become this way? Donald Canfield--one of the world's leading authorities on geochemistry, earth history, and …
Faces of Terrorism
Social and Psychological Dimensions
Häftad, 2010
619 kr
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Terrorism is the most clear and present danger we confront today, yet no phenomenon is more poorly understood by policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Faces of Terrorism is the first serious interdisciplinary examination of terrorism in all its facets. What gives rise to it, who are …
How to Find a Habitable Planet
Häftad, 2012
289 kr
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Ever since Carl Sagan first predicted that extraterrestrial civilizations must number in the millions, the search for life on other planets has gripped our imagination. Is Earth so rare that advanced life forms like us--or even the simplest biological organisms--are unique to the universe? How to …
Little Book of Black Holes
Av Steven S. Gubser, Frans Pretorius
Inbunden, 2017
203 kr
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Dive into a mind-bending exploration of the physics of black holes Black holes, predicted by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity more than a century ago, have long intrigued scientists and the public with their bizarre and fantastical properties. Although Einstein understood that black …
Mystery of the Missing Antimatter
Häftad, 2014
176 kr
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In the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang lingers a question at the heart of our very existence: why does the universe contain matter but almost no antimatter? The laws of physics tell us that equal amounts of matter and antimatter were produced in the early universe--but then something …
Heart of Darkness
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe
Av Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Simon Mitton
Häftad, 2015
176 kr
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Heart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past thirty years, scientists have learned that two little-understood components--dark matter and dark energy--comprise most of the known cosmos, explain the growth of all …
Medea Hypothesis
Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?
Av Peter Ward
Häftad, 2015
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
212 kr
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In The Medea Hypothesis, renowned paleontologist Peter Ward proposes a revolutionary and provocative vision of life's relationship with the Earth's biosphere--one that has frightening implications for our future, yet also offers hope. Using the latest discoveries from the geological record, he …
Life's Engines
How Microbes Made Earth Habitable
Häftad, 2016
203 kr
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For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us. Life's Engines takes readers deep into the microscopic world to explore how these …
Brave New Arctic
The Untold Story of the Melting North
Inbunden, 2018
220 kr
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An insider account of how researchers unraveled the mystery of the thawing ArcticIn the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding. This was accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation and unexpected changes in weather patterns throughout the world. The …
At the Edge of Time
Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds
Av Dan Hooper
Inbunden, 2019
219 kr
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A new look at the first few seconds after the Big Bang—and how research into these moments continues to revolutionize our understanding of our universeScientists in the past few decades have made crucial discoveries about how our cosmos evolved over the past 13.8 billion years. But there remains a …
Brave New Arctic
The Untold Story of the Melting North
Häftad, 2020
159 kr
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An insider account of how scientists unraveled the mystery of the thawing ArcticIn the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding. This was accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation and unexpected changes in weather patterns throughout the world. The …
At the Edge of Time
Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds
Av Dan Hooper
Häftad, 2021
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
159 kr
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A new look at the first few seconds after the Big Bang—and how research into these moments continues to revolutionize our understanding of our universeScientists in recent decades have made crucial discoveries about how our cosmos evolved over the past 13.8 billion years. But we still know little …
Heart of Darkness
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe
Av Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Simon Mitton
Inbunden, 2013
246 kr
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Heart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past thirty years, scientists have learned that two little-understood components--dark matter and dark energy--comprise most of the known cosmos, explain the growth of all …
Life's Engines
How Microbes Made Earth Habitable
Inbunden, 2015
220 kr
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For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us. Life's Engines takes readers deep into the microscopic world to explore how these …
Oxygen
A Four Billion Year History
Häftad, 2015
175 kr
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The air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it become this way? Donald Canfield--one of the world's leading authorities on geochemistry, earth history, and …
Science Essentials
Science Made Easy
2023
278 kr
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Unlock the Wonders of Science for Young Minds! The Science Essentials Boxed Set is the perfect introduction to the fascinating world of science for early learners. This beautifully illustrated set of six engaging books covers essential scientific concepts like light, energy, weather, force and …
