Znanost in tehnologija

In 1987, the University of Chicago Press published „Primate Societies“, the standard reference in the field of primate behavior for an entire generation of students and scientists. But in the twenty-five years since its publication, new theories and ..

Originally published: Dallas: Institute for Creation Research, c2009.

Along with reproduction, balancing energy expenditure with the limits of resource acquisition is essential for both a species and a population to survive. But energy is a limited resource, as we know well, so birds and mammals – the most energy-inten ..

Wood-destroying fungi play an important role in nature, because they are the only forms of life capable of reducing wood to its initial constituents. However, they can also be dangerous for people and property, as they can impair the stability and fr ..

Gefühlte Zeit bestimmt unsere Entscheidungen im Alltag: Sollen wir auf den Aufzug warten oder die Treppen nehmen, stelle ich mich jetzt in die Schlange oder komme ich später wieder? Ökonomische Fragen sind zeitabhängig: Soll ich mein Geld langfristig ..

This book provides a completely revised and expanded version of the previous classic edition General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics . In Part I the foundations of general relativity are thoroughly developed, while Part II is devoted to test ..

?Hay otras dimensiones más allá de las de nuestra experienciacotidiana? ?Hay puertas de acceso a universos paralelos? ?Qué sucedióantes del primer día de la Creación? Este tipo de cuestiones están enel centro de la actividad científica actual. En efe ..

A book that challenges common misconceptions about the nature of intelligenceSatoshi Kanazawa's Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters (written with Alan S. Miller) was hailed by the Los Angeles Times as ""a rollicking bit of pop

The theory of elliptic curves and modular forms provides a fruitful meeting ground for such diverse areas as number theory, complex analysis, algebraic geometry, and representation theory. This book starts out with a problem from elementary number th ..

2012 Reprint of 1955 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Dirac is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest physicists. He was one of the founders of quantum mechanics and quantum ..

Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods' bridge to earth. These are magical, extraordinary tales. But there is another kind of ..

What is that strange and mysterious force that pulls one magnet towards another, yet seems to operate through empty space? This is the elusive force of magnetism. In this Very Short Introduction Stephen J. Blundell considers early theories of magneti ..