The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds (Humphries Mark)(Pevná vazba)

The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds (Humphries Mark)(Pevná vazba)

The story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our brains work We see the last cookie in the box and think, can I take that? We reach a hand out. In the 2.1 seconds that this impulse travels through our brain, billions of neurons communicate with one another, sending blips of voltage

The Oldest Living Things in the World (Sussman Rachel)(Pevná vazba)

The Oldest Living Things in the World is an epic journey through time and space. Over the past decade, artist Rachel Sussman has researched, worked with biologists, and traveled the world to photograph continuously living organisms that are 2,000 years old and older. Spanning from Antarctica to

The Zoomable Universe: An Epic Tour Through Cosmic Scale, from Almost Everything to Nearly Nothing (Miller Ron)(Pevná vazba)

An epic, full-color visual journey through all scales of the universeIn The Zoomable Universe, the award-winning astrobiologist Caleb Scharf and the acclaimed artist Ron Miller take us on an epic tour through all known scales of reality, from the largest possible magnitude to the smallest. Drawing

Ask the Dust (Veillon Romain)(Pevná vazba)

Ask the Dust is an epic journey through ruins from the genteel parlours of long dead haute bourgeoisie families to the sparse industrial beauty of mid-century factories as they quietly rust away. Like a vivid daydream, you find yourself absorbed in wordless reveries from page to page. Ask the Dust

Women in Microelectronics (Parker Alice Cline)(Pevná vazba)

Introduction.- Getting Around to Building an Electronic Brain.- Journey Through Nanotechnologies.- Reverse Engineering Video Games.- Modeling the Brain with Analog Electronics.- Design Automation.- Analog Circuits and Neuromorphic Circuits.- Making VLSI Design Accessible.- The Future: Rising Women

Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive Volume 1 (Square Enix)(Pevná vazba)

An astonishing journey through the creation of the seminal role playing epic, officially available in English for the first time ever This holy grail of Final Fantasy fandom is packed full of original concept art, process pieces, and notes from the original artists and designers chronicling the

Palmares (Jones Gayl)(Pevná vazba)

The epic rendering of a Black woman's journey through slavery and liberation, set in 17th-century colonial Brazil; the return of a major voice in American literature. First discovered and edited by Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th

Usborne Book of the Brain and How it Works (Ip Betina)(Pevná vazba)

This visually astonishing story takes children on a journey into and through the brain. Simple but beautifully illustrated metaphors explain the different jobs that our brains do, and how they use brain cells to accomplish them. From the senses to sleep, memories to making decisions, this book

Pain - The Science of the Feeling Brain (Lalkhen Dr Abdul-Ghaaliq)(Pevná vazba)

Told through case studies and medical history, this is an enlightening, in-depth book on the fascinating science behind pain and the complexities of its treatment, by one of the leading doctors in this

That Wild Country: An Epic Journey Through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands (Kenyon Mark)(Paperback)

From prominent outdoorsman and nature writer Mark Kenyon comes an engrossing reflection on the past and future battles over our most revered landscapes--America's public lands.Every American is a public-land owner, inheritor to the largest public-land trust in the world. These vast expanses provide

The Stories Old Towns Tell: A Journey through Cities at the Heart of Europe - Marek Kohn

A fascinating journey through Europe’s old towns, exploring why we treasure them—but also what they hide about a continent’s fraught history   Historic quarters in cities and towns across the middle of Europe were devastated during the Second World War—some, like those of Warsaw and

Boys In The Boat - An Epic Journey to the Heart of Hitler's Berlin (James Brown Daniel)(Paperback / softback)

An epic true-life journey to the heart of Hitler's

Film in Five Seconds (Civaschi Matteo)(Pevná vazba)

Enjoy all your favourite films in an instant, told through hilarious

The Brain: An Introduction to Functional Neuroanatomy (Watson Charles)(Pevná vazba)

The authors of the most cited neuroscience publication, The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, have written this introductory textbook for neuroscience students. The text is clear and concise, and offers an excellent introduction to the essential concepts of neuroscience. Based on contemporary

Court of the Dead: Rise of the Reaper General: An Illustrated Novel (Van Slee Beatrice)(Pevná vazba)

Embark on a journey through the darkly bizarre and magical Underworld in this gorgeously illustrated origin story. In the dark fantasy universe of Court of the Dead, the savage war between Heaven and Hell is a futile stalemate fueled by the souls of mortals, whose purpose of existence has been

A Voyage Across an Ancient Ocean: A Bicycle Journey Through the Northern Dominion of Oil (Goodrich David)(Pevná vazba)

In the face of widespread misinformation and misunderstanding, a climate scientist ventures into the vast heart of America's new oil country on just two wheels. Recently recovered from his epic bicycle journey that took him from the Delaware shore to the Oregon coast, distinguished climate

Guns Against the Reich: Memoirs of an Artillery Officer on the Eastern Front (Mikhin Petr)(Pevná vazba)

In three years of war on the Eastern Front-from the desperate defense of Moscow, through the epic struggles at Stalingrad and Kursk to the final offensives in central Europe-artillery-man Petr Mikhin experienced the full horror of battle. In this vivid memoir he recalls distant but deadly duels

Footprints: An Interactive Journey Through One of the Most Beloved Poems of All Time (Powers Margaret Fishback)(Pevná vazba)

Footprints: An Interactive Journey Through One of the Most Beloved Poems of All Time explores each line of Margaret Fishback Powers' timeless poem that highlights the ways God cares for people who are hurting or lonely. Now with a repackaged four-color design and new journaling and list prompts,

The Irresistible Offer: How to Sell Your Product or Service in 3 Seconds or Less (Joyner Mark)(Pevná vazba)

Your customers are going to give you three seconds to make the sale. Do you know what to say in those three seconds? The marketing methods of the past are losing effectiveness as consumers are getting smarter and smarter and have less and less time. What is needed is a new way of doing business-a

The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art (Chatterjee Anjan)(Paperback)

The Aesthetic Brain takes readers on an exciting journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Using the latest advances in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Anjan Chatterjee investigates how an aesthetic sense is etched into our minds, and explains why artistic concerns feature

Emblems of the Infinite King: Enter the Knowledge of the Living God (Lister J. Ryan)(Pevná vazba)

In an imaginative journey through the grand story of the universe, this book introduces kids ages 10+ to God's radiant beauty using the main categories of systematic theology: God, humanity, sin, Christ, the Holy Spirit, salvation, the church, and last things. Full of captivating illustrated

Paradise: Dante's Divine Trilogy Part Three. Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray (Gray Alasdair)(Pevná vazba)

Dante, now guided by Beatrice, faces the final third of his epic journey through the wheels of divine justice. Yet as he passes through the spheres of Heaven, he struggles with his faith, striving to understand the scales of good and evil that determine the fate of a human soul. The final book

Water: A Journey Through the Element (Sebastian Rudi)(Pevná vazba)

Water. The origin of life. The stroke of luck among cosmic coincidences. The chameleon of molecules that makes all the difference. Every living entity depends on its existence. Yet in and of itself, water appears rather modest. Colorless and tasteless, it is only in its environment that water comes

Wildhood - the epic journey from adolescence to adulthood in humans and other animals (Natterson-Horowitz Barbara)(Pevná vazba)