Pathfinders - The Golden Age of Arabic Science (Al-Khalili Jim)(Paperback / softback)

Pathfinders - The Golden Age of Arabic Science (Al-Khalili Jim)(Paperback / softback)

For over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. Surveying the golden age of Arabic science, the author reintroduces such figures as the Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practised the modern scientific method over half a century before

Quantum - A Guide For The Perplexed (Al-Khalili Jim)(Paperback / softback)

From Schrodinger's cat to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, this book untangles the weirdness of the quantum

Lost Mars - The Golden Age of the Red Planet(Paperback / softback)

These ten short stories from the golden age of science fiction feature classic SF writers including H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury and J.G. Ballard, as well as lesser-known writers from the genre. They reveal much about how we understand our place in the universe. Lost Mars is the first volume in the

The World According to Physics (Al-Khalili Jim)(Pevná vazba)

Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascinating and illuminating look at what physics reveals about the worldShining a light on the most profound insights revealed by modern physics, Jim Al-Khalili invites us all to understand what this

Judgment Night: A Selection of Science Fiction (Moore C.L.)(Paperback / softback)

Five dramatic novellas from the Golden Age of Science Fiction, in a striking new

Paradox - The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics (Al-Khalili Jim)(Paperback / softback)

or the Grandfather Paradox - if you travelled back in time and killed your grandfather you would not have been born and would not therefore have killed your

Al-Ghazali on Poverty and Abstinence - Book XXXIV of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (al-Ghazali Abu Hamid)(Paperback / softback)

Science Timeline Stickerbook (Lloyd Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

The amazing story of science and engineering from the Stone Age to

New Jim Crow - Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colourblindness (Alexander Michelle)(Paperback / softback)

Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines (Al-Khalili Jim)(Paperback)

Bringing the material up to date, Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines, Second Edition captures the new ideas and discoveries made in physics since the publication of the best-selling first edition. While retaining the popular format and style of its predecessor, this edition explores the

History and Development of the Arabic Language (Al-Sharkawi Muhammad)(Paperback)

History and Development of the Arabic Language is a general introduction for students to the history of the Arabic language. It is divided into two parts; the pre-Islamic language up to the emergence of the first well-known works of Classical Arabic. Secondly, the transition from the pre-Islamic

Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics (Al-Khalili Jim)(Paperback)

A fun and fascinating look at great scientific paradoxes.Throughout history, scientists have come up with theories and ideas that just don't seem to make sense. These we call paradoxes. The paradoxes Al-Khalili offers are drawn chiefly from physics and astronomy and represent those that have

Ringworld (Niven Larry)(Paperback / softback)

Return to the classical hard-science fiction of the kind popular in the Golden

The Golden Age (Vidal Gore)(Paperback)

The Golden Age is Vidal's crowning achievement, a vibrant tapestry of American political and cultural life from 1939 to 1954, when the epochal events of World War II and the Cold War transformed America, once and for all, for good or ill, from a republic into an empire. The sharp-eyed and

Cyberiad - Fables for the Cybernetic Age (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback / softback)

'A giant of twentieth-century science fiction' Guardian One of the world's most beloved science fiction writers, Stanislaw Lem was famed for his wryly comic, outlandish imaginings of the relationship between humans and technology. In this playful cosmic fantasia, two 'constructors' compete to dream

Moonrise: The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures (Ashley Mike)(Paperback)

This anthology presents twelve short stories from the most popular magazines of the golden age of SF and includes stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Judith Merril and John

Bede: The Reckoning of Time (Bede)(Paperback / softback)

From the patristic age until the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582, computus - the science of time reckoning and art of calendar construction - was a subject of intense concern to medieval people. Bede's The Reckoning of Time (De temporum ratione) was the first comprehensive treatise on this

Al-Ghazali on the Manners Relating to Eating: Book XI of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Al-Ghazali Abu Hamid)(Paperback)

On the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel (Humphreys Andrew)(Paperback)

The Golden Age of Strength and Conditioning (Epley Boyd)(Paperback)

In The Golden Age of Strength & Conditioning, 32 college and professional strength coaches share their story of how they became part of the 'golden years' of strength and conditioning. From sharing their start in the profession, to the adversities they had to overcome, and the philosophies and

Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV (Bourne Stephen)(Paperback)

A long overdue exploration of gay representation on British TV from its 'golden age' to the launch of the liberal Channel

Golden Age - Number 7 in series (Vidal Gore)(Paperback / softback)

* The magnificent concluding volume of Vidal's epic NARRATIVES OF EMPIRE, embodying the passage of American

Bumper Book of Peanuts - Snoopy and Friends (Schulz Charles M.)(Paperback / softback)

A bumper collection of the very best strips from the golden age of

Last Tycoon (Fitzgerald F. Scott)(Paperback / softback)

The Last Tycoon is a sophisticated, gripping tale of love and intrigue in the Golden Age of Hollywood, containing what many critics have claimed are Fitzgerald's most modern and engaging