Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang + CD - Thompson Emma

Popcorn ELT Readers 3: Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang with CD (do vyprodání zásob) - Thompson Emma

Norman, Maggie and Vincent live on a farm in the country. Their father is away fighting in the war and their mother is struggling to make ends meet. When their spoilt cousin from London comes to stay, it is hate at first sight and the house becomes a battlezone. Enter Nanny McPhee the nanny whos

Before the Big Bang - Mersini-Houghton Laura

Beyond the Big Bang presents a new cutting-edge theory from a pioneering scientist about the origins of our universe.Professor Laura Mersini-Houghton takes the reader through a brief history of ideas about the universe from ancient Greece to the latest frontiers of theory and observation, in which

The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Aristotle, Locke (Irwin William)(Paperback)

A lighthearted meditation on the philosophical quandaries of the hit television show The Big Bang Theory Ever wonder what Aristotle might say about the life Sheldon Cooper leads? Why Thomas Hobbes would applaud the roommate agreement? Who Immanuel Kant would treat with 'haughty derision' for

Inventing the Universe: Plato's Timaeus, the Big Bang, and the Problem of Scientific Knowledge (Brisson Luc)(Paperback)

A parallel investigation of both Plato's Timaeusand the contemporary standard Big Bang model of the universe shows that any possible scientific knowledge of the universe is ultimately grounded in irreducible and undemonstrable propositions. These are inventions of the human mind. The scientific

Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate (Halpern Paul)(Pevná vazba)

The great debate over the Big Bang and the quest to understand the fate of the universeToday, the Big Bang is so entrenched in our understanding of the cosmos that to doubt it would seem crazy. But as Paul Halpern shows in Flashes of Creation, just decades ago its mere mention caused sparks to fly

The Big Bang Theory : The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series - Radloff Jessica

The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the most popular sitcom of the last decade, The Big Bang Theory, packed with all-new, exclusive interviews with the producers and entire cast.The Big Bang Theory is a television phenomenon. To the casual viewer, it's a seemingly effortless comedy, with

The Big She-Bang: The Herstory of the Universe According to God the Mother (Acocella Marisa)(Pevná vazba)

Big History Timeline Wallbook (Lloyd Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

Unfold the history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the present day, with this giant wallbook - includes 2-metre fold-out

The Physics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Learn about the Big Bang theory, astrophysics and gravity in The Physics Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Physics in this overview guide to the subject, great for beginners looking to learn

How the World Works: The Universe - From the Big Bang to the present day... and beyond (Rooney Anne)(Paperback / softback)

Inflationary Universe - The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins (H Guth Alan)(Paperback / softback)

This classic Big Bang text neatly describes what happened after the bang. When NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer satellite measured the non-uniformities of the cosmic background radiation for the first time in 1992, the patterns agreed exquisitely with the theory's

Letters to the Earth: Writing to a Planet in Crisis (Thompson Emma)(Paperback)

A profound, powerful and moving collection of 100 letters from around the world responding to the climate crisis, introduced by Emma Thompson and lovingly illustrated by CILIP award winner Jackie Morris.'All power to this amazing project.' JOANNE HARRIS'Makes sense of the climate crisis in a whole

The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Maths - Manil Suri

'Who knew numbers could be so charming? ... Suri takes us on a light-hearted journey all the way from nothing (zero) to infinity' Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside OurselvesOur universe has multiple origin stories, from religious creation myths to

Big Bang (Singh Simon)(Paperback / softback)

The bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem and The Code Book tells the story of the brilliant minds that deciphered the mysteries of the Big Bang. A fascinating exploration of the ultimate question: how was our universe

Gift from the Sea (Lindbergh Anne Morrow)(Pevná vazba)

Glorious' Emma Thompson 'Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves.' Holidaying by the sea, and taking inspiration from the shells she finds on the seashore, Anne Morrow Lindbergh meditates on youth and age, love and marriage, peace, solitude and

Big Bang (Bowman David)(Paperback / softback)

Set in the 1950's, this epic, Warholian novel presents a brilliant and wholly original take on the years leading up to the Kennedy

The Sacred Depths of Nature (Goodenough Ursula)(Paperback)

For many of us, the great scientific discoveries of the modern age--the Big Bang, evolution, quantum physics, relativity--point to an existence that is bleak, devoid of meaning, pointless. But in The Sacred Depths of Nature, eminent biologist Ursula Goodenough shows us that the scientificworld view

Astrochemistry: From the Big Bang to the Present Day (Vallance Claire)(Paperback)

The rapidly growing field of astrochemistry focuses on the chemistry occurring in stars, planets, and the interstellar medium, bringing together elements of chemistry, physics, astrophysics, and biology. Astrochemistry describes the chemical history of the Universe, our solar system, and our

Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (Singh Simon)(Paperback)

A half century ago, a shocking Washington Post headline claimed that the world began in five cataclysmic minutes rather than having existed for all time; a skeptical scientist dubbed the maverick theory the Big Bang. In this amazingly comprehensible history of the universe, Simon Singh decodes the

Stars and Planets: Understanding the Universe (Sparrow Giles)(Paperback)

Following the 'Big Bang', it took the universe billions of years to evolve into the unique system of stars and planets that we know of today. Scientists have studied the planets of our solar system for centuries, and are beginning to understand the billions of stars and other bodies that make up

A History of the Universe in 100 Stars - Freistetter Florian

From the Big Bang to the Gaia Mission, this is a very personal history of the universe through the author's favourite 100 stars. Astronomer Florian Freistetter has chosen 100 stars that have almost nothing in common. Some are bright and famous, some shine so feebly you need a huge telescope. There

Less Boring History of the World (Rear Dave)(Pevná vazba)

'A Less Boring History of the World' tells you everything you need to know from the Big Bang to Barack Obama, taking in the Byzantines, the Black Death, the Boston Tea Party, Bonaparte, and Bin Laden along the

Amazing Discoveries of 100 Brilliant Scientists (Wheatley Abigail)(Pevná vazba)

From atoms and X-rays to the Big Bang and the Internet, brilliant breakthroughs by successful scientists have changed the world. Dip inside this intriguing book to read the stories of 100 scientists and their amazing discoveries, including Marie Curie and Albert

Making Noise: From Babel to the Big Bang & Beyond (Schwartz Hillel)(Pevná vazba)

Listening across millennia, a cultural historian explores the process by which noise today has become as powerfully metaphorical--and intriguing--as the original Babel.When did the 'silent deeps' become cacophonous and galaxies begin to swim in a sea of cosmic noise? Why do we think that noises