Noriko is just getting started as a junior reporter for the Asagake Times. She wants to cover the hard-hitting issues, like world affairs and politics, but does she have the smarts for it? Thankfully, her overbearing and math-minded boss, Mr. Seki, i ..

The father of string theory recounts his paradigm-shifting debate with Stephen Hawking over the nature of black holes. 60pp b/w photos.

A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible–from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks–revealing to what extent such technologies might be achievable decades or millennia into the future.

Brazil's bird diversity is one of the richest in the world. And yet there has never been a comprehensive field guide to this splendid and elusive avifauna. Until now. The carefully vetted text and images are the first to cover the full range of bird ..

Schon lange bevor die Schrift entwickelt wurde, hat der Mensch geometrische Strukturen wahrgenommen und systematisch verwendet. So entstehen beim Weben und Flechten einfache zweidimensionale Muster und ohne dreidimensionale Körper wie Quader, Würfel ..

Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations. Since 2003 Dr Ben Goldacre has been exposing dodgy ..

Featuring 234 color plates, and more than 950 color maps, this book helps identify East Asia's bird species. It covers major islands including Japan and Taiwan, as well as the Asian continent from Kamchatka to the Korean Peninsula.

Essential step-by-step guide on the construction of scientific apparatus for all scientists and students in physics, chemistry, biology and engineering.

The idea of this book is to give an extensive description of the classical complex analysis, here ´classical´ means roughly that sheaf theoretical and cohomological methods are omitted.§The first four chapters cover the essential core of complex anal ..

With its unique combination of depth, clarity, and humor that has enchanted millions, this beloved classic by bestselling author Gary Zukav opens the fascinating world of quantum physics to readers with no mathematical or technical background. "Wu Li ..

Subtitled, }A Visual Exploration Of Every Known Atom In The Universe{. Many never-seen-before photographic representations of the 118 elements in the periodic table, with facts, figures and stories about each one.

Surveying the major facts, concepts, theories, and speculations that infuse our present comprehension of time, the „Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, and Culture“ explores the contributions of scientists, philosophers, theologians, ..