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"A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought." *Los Angeles Times "POWERFUL . . . A stirring defense of informed rationality. . . Rich in surprising information and beautiful writing." *The Washington Post Book World How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don't understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of scie...

Releasedatum: 1997-02-25 Genre:Vetenskap och natur 129,00 kr

** NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ** The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history from the author of The Emperor of All Maladies. The story begins in an Augustinian abbey in 1856, and takes the reader from Darwin’s groundbreaking theory of evolution, to the horrors of Nazi eugenics, to present day and beyond - as we learn to “read” and “write” the human genome that unleashes the potential to change the fates and identities of our children. ...

Releasedatum: 2016-06-02 115,00 kr

This collection from scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner highlights the achievements of a man whose career reshaped the world's understanding of quantum electrodynamics. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman-from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science-a life like no other. From his ruminations on science ...

Releasedatum: 2005-04-06 Genre:Vetenskap och natur 119,00 kr

This bestselling text pioneered the comparison of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research design. For all three approaches, John W. Creswell and new co author J. David Creswell include a preliminary consideration of philosophical assumptions; key elements of the research process; a review of the literature; an assessment of the use of theory in research applications, and reflections about the importance of writing and ethics in scholarly inquiry. New to this Edition Updated discuss...

Releasedatum: 2021-08-22 85,00 kr

Understand Physics gives you a solid understanding of the key skills and ideas that run through the subject. You will explore the important concepts of force and motion, electricity, light, molecules, matter and space and discover the frontiers of physics. With numerous questions, answers and worked examples throughout, you will feel confident in approaching the science and applying your knowledge. NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AU...

Releasedatum: 2010-02-26 Genre:Vetenskap och natur 45,00 kr

Vor 40 Jahren erschien mit Männerphantasien Klaus Theweleits große Untersuchung über die sexuelle, psychologische und soziopolitische Vorgeschichte des Nationalsozialismus in der Weimarer Republik. Das Werk, das für viele als Auftakt der Männerforschung in Deutschland gilt, ist längst zu einem Klassiker auch der Gewaltforschung geworden. Angesichts der Rückkehr rechten Straßenterrors und faschistoider Positionen, die viele schon an Weimarer Verhältnisse denken lassen, sowie von Propagan...

Releasedatum: 2019-10-31 319,00 kr

The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics. The work presumes a standard of education corresponding to that of a university matriculation examination, and, despite the shortness of the book, a fair amount of patience and force of will on the par...

Releasedatum: 2019-03-27 39,00 kr

What's the nature of reality? Does the universe ever end? What is time and does it even exist? These are the biggest imagination-stretching, brain-staggering questions in the universe - and here are their fascinating answers. From quantum weirdness to freaky cosmology (like white holes - which spew out matter instead of sucking it in), This Book Will Blow Your Mind takes you on an epic journey to the furthest extremes of science, to the things you never thought possible. This book will explain: ...

Releasedatum: 2018-10-04 Genre:Vetenskap och natur 49,00 kr

The New York Times bestseller that makes scientific subjects both understandable and fun: “Every sentence sparkles with wit and charm.” —Richard Dawkins   From the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times science journalist and bestselling author of Woman , this is a playful, passionate guide to the science all around us (and inside us)—from physics to chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, and more.   Drawing on conversations with hundreds of the world’s top scientists, Nata...

Releasedatum: 2008-04-03 109,00 kr

Ludwig Feuerbach und der Ausgang der klassischen deutschen Philosophie ist eine erstmals 1886 veröffentlichte Schrift Friedrich Engels. Nach Engels soll das Werk die schon 40 Jahre zuvor, in der zu Lebzeiten Marx' und Engels unveröffentlichten Schrift "Die deutsche Ideologie", unternommene Aufgabe erledigen, sich mit der deutschen Philosophie aus einer materialistischen Position heraus kritisch auseinanderzusetzen. Dabei betonte Engels vor allem die Bedeutung Hegels und Ludwig Feue...

Releasedatum: 2014-10-06 15,00 kr

Die Enzyklopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften im Grundrisse ist ein 1817 in Heidelberg erschienenes Werk. Es enthält seine als allumfassendes System gestaltete Philosophie und war zugleich als Vorlesungskompendium gedacht. Es ist eines der Hauptwerke des deutschen Idealismus, welches sich insbesondere mit Themen der Metaphysik und Ontologie wie dem "Göttlich-Absoluten" und der "Idee" beschäftigt, aber auch mit der Totalität der Wirklichkeit und des Wissbaren. Auch die ...

Releasedatum: 2015-01-08 35,00 kr

The Principles of Scientific Management is a monograph published by Frederick Winslow Taylor in 1911. This influential monograph, which laid out the principles of scientific management, is a seminal text of modern organization and decision theory and has motivated administrators and students of managerial technique. Taylor was an American manufacturing manager, mechanical engineer, and then a management consultant in his later years. He is often called "The Father of Scientific Management". His ...

Releasedatum: 2016-05-18 Genre:Vetenskap och natur 15,00 kr

Scientific writing is often dry, wordy, and difficult to understand. But, as Anne E. Greene shows in Writing Science in Plain English ,writers from all scientific disciplines can learn to produce clear, concise prose by mastering just a few simple principles.   This short, focused guide presents a dozen such principles based on what readers need in order to understand complex information, including concrete subjects, strong verbs, consistent terms, and organized paragraphs. The author, a bi...

Releasedatum: 2013-05-24 Genre:Vetenskap och natur 149,00 kr

In this captivating and lucid book, the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams chronicles twenty-four great discoveries of twentieth-century science--everything from the theory of relativity to mapping the structure of DNA. These discoveries radically changed our notions of the world and our place in it. Here are Einstein, Fleming, Bohr, McClintock, Paul ing, Watson and Crick, Heisenberg and many others. With remarkable insight, Lightman charts the intellectual and emotional landscape of the ti...

Releasedatum: 2005-11-08 139,00 kr

A science book for the general reader that is informative enough to be a popular textbook and yet well-written enough to appeal to general readers. “Hazen and Trefil [are] unpretentious—good, down-to-earth, we-can-explain-anything science teachers, the kind you wish you had but never did.”— The New York Times Book Review Knowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to cultural literacy. But most books on science are often too obscure or too specialized to do the ...

Releasedatum: 1990-12-01 105,00 kr