Less familiar is the dramatic personal story of this seminal and wonderfully eccentric Victorian pioneer, now brought to life for the first time in this engaging and thoroughly entertaining biography.
Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. This book presents an overview of the fundamental principles, problems and issues of the modern field of "human and nature-minding automation and industrial systems".
... The Rocketbelt Caper (Amazon Kindle, 2009). page 90—Isaac Asimov's prediction of commuting by rocket belt is from “Life in 1990,” Science Digest, August 1965, 63–70. page 94—Information on jumping stilts from Web sites including www.pro ...
Here is the fastest way to get up to speed with rocket science and the rest.
This collection of tried and tested techniques encourages individuals and groups to make the most of their creativity, offering more than 70 quick and simple exercises to help find fresh ideas and solutions to problems.
Test your knowledge of all things scientific with the biggest, brightest and most mind-bending quiz book this side of the big bang.
A structured, easy-to-use guide to develop effective personal skills. With techniques to help readers to manage stress and their time Crash Course in Personal Development gives a programme of 150 exercises to develop skills fast.
Vous savez tout sur le chat de Schrôdinger, mais connaissez-vous son équation ? Comment fonctionnent le laser, le transistor et le microscope électronique ? A quoi pourra servir un ordinateur...
The book is structured chronologically, allowing readers to follow the development of scientific knowledge over more than 400 years, showing clearly how this key group of individuals has fundamentally altered our understanding of the world ...
This title challenges a team of scholars to experiment with 50 topical science speculations, at a time when the hunt for the Higgs boson particle is threatening to undermine the foundations of our knowledge.
What If Einstein Was Wrong?: Asking the Big Questions about Physics
From carvings and scrolls to glossy bound tomes, this book beautifully illustrates the evolution of scientific communication to the world.
Scientifica historica: los grandes libros científicos que han configurado la historia del conocimiento
Scientifica : qui produit de la connaissance, en latin.
' Daily Mail, Books of the Year** The ultimate trial of knowledge and cunning, Conundrum features 200 cryptic puzzles and ciphers. The solutions link throughout the book – so you need to solve them all to get to the final round.
In Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe, Brian Clegg explores the phenomena that make up the very fabric of our world by examining ten essential sequenced systems.
Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one picture, all digestible in 30 seconds.30-Second Quantum Theory tackles a mindbendingly mysterious area of physics, introducing the 50 most significant quantum quandaries ...
"30-Second Quantum Theory tackles a mindbendingly mysterious area of physics, introducing the 50 most significant quantum quandaries and ideas.
30-second Quantum Theory: The 50 Most Important Thought-provoking Quantum Concepts, Each Explained in Half a Minute
We all realize how important customers are. We all know what will help build a good relationship with our customers. Yet so often it is done badly. Unlike great products...