How Molecular Forces and Rotating Planets Create Life: The Emergence and Evolution of Prokaryotic Cells (Spitzer Jan)(Pevná vazba)

How Molecular Forces and Rotating Planets Create Life: The Emergence and Evolution of Prokaryotic Cells (Spitzer Jan)(Pevná vazba)

A reconceptualization of origins research that exploits a modern understanding of non-covalent molecular forces that stabilize living prokaryotic cells. Scientific research into the origins of life remains exploratory and speculative. Science has no definitive answer to the biggest questions--What

Colliding Worlds: How Cosmic Encounters Shaped Planets and Life (Marchi Simone)(Pevná vazba)

Simone Marchi presents the emerging story of how cosmic collisions shaped both the solar system and our own planet, from the creation of the Moon to influencing the evolution of life on Earth. The Earth emerged out of the upheaval and chaos of massive collisions in the infancy of the Solar System,

Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe (Rees Martin)(Paperback)

How did a single 'genesis event' create billions of galaxies, black holes, stars and planets? How did atoms assemble -- here on earth, and perhaps on other worlds -- into living beings intricate enough to ponder their origins? What fundamental laws govern our universe?This book describes new

Amazing Evolution - The Journey of Life (Claybourne Anna)(Pevná vazba)

Amazing Evolution explores what evolution is, how it works and who discovered its secrets. It shows the journey of life, from early life forms, to colossal dinosaurs right up to us, clever humans, and even looks at where evolution might be headed in the

The Architecture of Health - Daniel A. Barber, Michael P. Murphy, Jeffrey Mansfield

A story about the design and life of hospitals—how they are born and evolve, the forces that shape them and the shifts that conspire to incapacitate them Reading architecture through the history of hospitals offers a tool for unlocking the elemental principles of architecture and the intractable

Molecular Biology: A Very Short Introduction (Divan Aysha)(Paperback)

Molecular Biology is the story of the molecules of life, their relationships, and how these interactions are controlled. It is an expanding field in life sciences, and its applications are wide and growing. We can now harness the power of molecular biology to treat diseases, solve crimes, map human

The Origin and Nature of Life on Earth: The Emergence of the Fourth Geosphere (Smith Eric)(Pevná vazba)

Uniting the conceptual foundations of the physical sciences and biology, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary book explores the origin of life as a planetary process. Combining geology, geochemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, evolution and statistical physics to create an inclusive picture of

The Disabled Church: Human Difference and the Art of Communal Worship (Spurrier Rebecca F.)(Pevná vazba)

How do communities consent to difference? How do they recognize and create the space and time necessary for the differences and disabilities of those who constitute them? Christian congregations often make assumptions about the shared abilities, practices, and experiences that are necessary for

Soul Story: Evolution and the Purpose of Life (Freke Tim)(Paperback)

THE EMERGENCE OF SOUL, MEANING AND IMMORTALITY The grand religious stories that gave meaning to life and death in the past have crumbled under sceptical scrutiny. The dominant mainstream philosophy is now scientific objectivism, which describes a universe that exists for no reason and a life that

Molecular Basis of Health and Disease (Das Undurti N.)(Pevná vazba)

The book describes how the balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory molecules is related to health and

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austenová, Hugh Thomson

A tour de force of wit and sparkling dialogue, Pride and Prejudice shows how the headstrong Elizabeth Bennet and the aristocratic Mr Darcy must have their pride humbled and their prejudices dissolved before they can acknowledge their love for each other. Jane Austen's best-loved novel is an

Art and Emergency: Modernism in Twentieth-Century India (Terracciano Emilia)(Pevná vazba)

During states of emergency, normal rules and rights are suspended, and force can often prevail. In these precarious intervals, when the human potential for violence can be released and rehearsed, images may also emerge. This book asks: what happens to art during a state of emergency? Investigating

Continental Drift: The Evolution of Our World from the Origins of Life to the Far Future (Ince Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Learn how the continents have changed throughout time and how continental drift has influenced the world we live in today! Explore how the continents have drifted, from the Devonian Era to the Jurassic Period, to form the world as we know it! This beautiful book will take readers through different

Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live (Christakis Nicholas A.)(Pevná vazba)

A piercing and scientifically grounded look at the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and how it will change the way we live -- 'excellent and timely.' (The New Yorker) Apollo's Arrow offers a riveting account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in

Friendship - The Evolution, Biology and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond (Denworth Lydia)(Pevná vazba)

Get Real - Embrace your strengths, accept your limits and create an authentically happier, healthier you (Ivens Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

How to edit the unnecessary and excessive from your life to create a healthier, happier

New Rural: Where to Find It and How to Create It (Weir Ingrid)(Pevná vazba)

How do you design your life? New Rural: Where to Find It and How to Create It is an interiors book for a new way of living that combines the space and freedom of rural existence with the connections and opportunities of the modern world.This stunning photo-filled hardback is a guide for those

Art of Making Memories - How to Create and Remember Happy Moments (Wiking Meik)(Pevná vazba)

The third book from the CEO of The Happiness Research Institute and internationally bestselling author of The Little Book of Hygge, Meik Wiking. Every year, we are given a fixed number of days. Some days pass us by without leaving a trace and some days we remember forever. Do you remember your

Type IV Secretion in Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacteria (Backert Steffen)(Pevná vazba)

Biological diversity of prokaryotic type IV secretion systems.- Evolution of type IV secretion systems and their substrates.- Structural and molecular biology of type IV secretion systems.- Relaxosome formation and transfer of broad-host range plasmids Gram-negative bacteria.- Mechanisms of

The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer (Aktipis Athena)(Pevná vazba)

A fundamental and groundbreaking reassessment of how we view and manage cancer When we think of the forces driving cancer, we don't necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked because the historical processes that created life also created cancer. The Cheating Cell

The Inglorious Years: The Collapse of the Industrial Order and the Rise of Digital Society (Cohen Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

How populism is fueled by the demise of the industrial order and the emergence of a new digital society ruled by algorithms In the revolutionary excitement of the 1960s, young people around the world called for a radical shift away from the old industrial order, imagining a future of technological

Futureproof: Security Aesthetics and the Management of Life (Ghertner D. Asher)(Pevná vazba)

Security is a defining characteristic of our age and the driving force behind the management of collective political, economic, and social life. Directed at safeguarding society against future peril, security is often thought of as the hard infrastructures and invisible technologies assumed to

The Game of Life and How to Play It: The Self-Help Classic (Scovel Shinn Florence)(Pevná vazba)

The classic self-help guide, full of timeless wisdom Florence Scovel Shinn's The Game of Life and How to Play It first appeared in bookstores in 1925 and is now considered a classic in the self-help genre. The author's insights into achieving meaning, happiness and success are just as relevant and

Hearing Homer's Song: The Brief Life and Big Idea of Milman Parry (Kanigel Robert)(Pevná vazba)

From the acclaimed biographer of Jane Jacobs and Srinivasa Ramanujan comes the first full life and work of arguably the most influential classical scholar of the twentieth century, who overturned long-entrenched notions of ancient epic poetry and enlarged the very idea of literature. In this