How Humankind Created Science: From Early Astronomy to Our Modern Scientific Worldview (Chen Falin)(Paperback)

The Universe Today: Our Current Understanding and How It Was Achieved (Martins Carlos)(Paperback)

Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Classical Astronomy Chapter 3 - From the Renaissance to Modern Science Chapter 4 - Classical Physics Chapter 5 - The Physics of Relativity Chapter 6 - The Physics of Stars and Galaxies Chapter 7 - The Physics of the Universe Chapter 8 - New

Oceans for Dummies (Cousteau Philippe)(Paperback)

Dive deep to explore the ocean From how most of our oxygen is created by phytoplankton, to how currents control our climate, to the marine food chain and the importance of coral, thisis the holy grail of ocean books that's easy for everyone to digest. It features fun facts about some of the most

Urban Ecology: Science of Cities (Forman Richard T. T.)(Paperback)

How does nature work in our human-created city, suburb, and exurb/peri-urb? Indeed how is ecology - including its urban water, soil, air, plant, and animal foundations - spatially entwined with this great human enterprise? And how can we improve urban areas for both nature and people? Urban

Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past (Parcak Sarah)(Paperback)

A Science Friday Best Science Book of 2019 - A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2019 - Nature's Top Ten Books of 2019 - A Science News Best Book of 2019 A crash course in the amazing new science of space archaeology that only Sarah Parcak can give. This book will awaken the explorer in all

How the World Works: Medicine - From early healing to the miracles of modern medicine (Rooney Anne)(Paperback / softback)

Exactly - How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World (Winchester Simon)(Paperback / softback)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs

Nodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave (Gregory Alice)(Paperback)

Sleep plays a crucial role in our waking lives, and we need to start paying it more attention. The latest research tells us that it's essential for learning and memory, for mental health and physical well-being, and yet we tend to only think about it when it's proving a struggle. Nodding Off leads

Evolutions: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World (Harman Oren)(Pevná vazba)

A brilliant lyrical exploration of how modern science illuminates what it means to be human, from the award-winning author of The Price of AltruismWe don't think anymore, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing apart of

Wayfinding - The Art and Science of How We Find and Lose Our Way (Bond Michael)(Paperback / softback)

A fascinating investigation of our ability to navigate: from the earliest humans, to cutting-edge spatial neuroscience, and the increasing loss, in today's world, of our ability to find our

Our Celestial Clockwork: From Ancient Origins to Modern Astronomy of the Solar System (Kerner Richard)(Paperback)

This book is a superposition of two distinct narratives: the first is historical, discussing the evolution of astronomical knowledge since the dawn of civilizations; the second is scientific, conveying mathematical and physical content of each advancement. Great scientists of antiquity, Middle Ages

Through a Glass Darkly - Journeys through Science, Faith and Doubt - A Memoir (McGrath Dr Alister E)(Paperback / softback)

A memoir mapping the journey from atheism to faith, and how both connect with scientific

Science as Salvation - A Modern Myth and its Meaning (Midgley Mary)(Paperback / softback)

Midgley notes how science has developed high spiritual ambitions. From prophetic physicists have come speculations that go beyond the claims of any

The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World (Winchester Simon)(Paperback)

The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement--precision--in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future.The rise of manufacturing could

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective (Stanley Kenneth O.)(Paperback)

Why does modern life revolve around objectives? From how science is funded, to improving how children are educated -- and nearly everything in-between -- our society has become obsessed with a seductive illusion: that greatness results from doggedly measuring improvement in the relentless pursuit

What Was History?: The Art of History in Early Modern Europe (Grafton Anthony)(Paperback)

From the late fifteenth century onwards, scholars across Europe began to write books about how to read and evaluate histories. These pioneering works grew from complex early-modern debates about law, religion, and classical scholarship. Anthony Grafton's book is based on his Trevelyan Lectures of

Cyber Effect - A Pioneering Cyberpsychologist Explains How Human Behaviour Changes Online (Aiken Mary)(Paperback / softback)

Freakonomics for our modern online lives from the world's leading cyberpsychologist and inspiration for CSI Cyber, Mary Aiken