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Иммануил Кант
Иммануил Кант – ум, честь и совесть эпохи Просвещения, один из величайших философов всех времен. Мысль Канта необратимо изменила весь интеллектуальный ландшафт Европы. Ни разу за свою жизнь не переступивший предела своего родного Кенигсберга...
Интенсивный курс японского языка для начинающих
С. В. Майдонова
Данное учебное пособие содержит лексический, грамматический и иероглифический материал для изучения японского языка с нулевого уровня. Курс разбит на 100 относительно небольших, но насыщенных уроков и рассчитан на прохождение в течение 100 дней,...
The Energy of Life:
Guy Brown
This edition does not include illustrations.‘A book that lives up to its title – Guy Brown handles an exciting topic with the energy and expertise it deserves. A first-rate read!’ Roy PorterEverybody knows what it is like to be short of energy,...
The Isles of Scilly
Rosemary Parslow
About 30 miles south-west of Land’s End is the low group of rocks and islands that form the Isles of Scilly. Mysterious, romantic and beautiful, they have long exercised the imagination of story tellers and historians.Rosemary Parslow has spent...
Fossils, Finches and Fuegians: Charles Darwin’s Adventures and Discoveries on the Beagle
Richard Keynes
A narrative account of Darwin’s historic 4-year voyage on the Beagle to South America, Australia and the Pacific in the 1830s that combines the adventure and excitement of Alan Moorehead’s famous (and now out of print) account with an expert...
Spix’s Macaw: The Race to Save the World’s Rarest Bird
Tony Juniper
An environmental parable for our times – the story of a beautiful blue bird meeting its nemesis at the end of the 20th-century.In December 1897 the Reverend F. G. Dutton lamented that ‘there are so many calls on a parson’s purse, that he cannot...
The Music of the Primes: Why an unsolved problem in mathematics matters
Marcus Sautoy du
(This ebook contains a limited number of illustrations.)The ebook of the critically-acclaimed popular science book by a writer who is fast becoming a celebrity mathematician.Prime numbers are the very atoms of arithmetic. They also embody one of...
The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World
Deborah Cadbury
The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs.In ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’ Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the...
The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud and the Search for Hidden Universes
Richard Panek
A book which offers fresh perspectives on the scientific developments of the past hundred years through the complementary work of two of the century’s greatest thinkers, Einstein and Freud.At the turn of the century there was a widespread...
Why Us?: How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves
James Fanu Le
The imperative to 'know thyself' is both fundamental and profoundly elusive – for how can we ever truly comprehend the drama and complexity of the human experience?In ‘Why Us?’ James Le Fanu offers a fascinating exploration of the power and...
Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination and the Birth of a World
Oliver Morton
A narrative history of the men and women who have explored Mars and mapped its surface from afar, and in so doing conditioned our understanding of our nearest planetary neighbour.The maps of Mars are exquisitely detailed representations of a...
Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
Richard Fortey
This edition does not include illustrations.‘Dry Store Room No. 1’ is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic...
Fingerprints: Murder and the Race to Uncover the Science of Identity
Colin Beavan
This edition does not include illustrations.A fascinating exploration into the history of science and crime. In the tradition of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’, FINGERPRINTS is the story of the race to discover the secrets trapped in the whorls and...
Servants of Nature: A History of Scientific Institutions, Enterprises and Sensibilities
Lewis Pyenson
‘Highly readable, subtle and thought-provoking scientific history’ ScotsmanIn this penetrating work, Pyenson and Pyenson identify that major advances in science stem from changes in three distinct areas of society: the social institutions that...
The Watch on the Heath: Science and Religion before Darwin
Keith Thomson
Galileo once wrote that ‘the Bible tells us how to go to Heaven, but not how the heavens go’. From the Greeks to the present day, thoughtful people have struggled to reconcile the discoveries of science with religious belief and authority.In the...
The Quest for Mars: NASA scientists and Their Search for Life Beyond Earth
Laurence Bergreen
This edition does not include illustrations.Is there life on Mars? And if not, why not? These questions have gripped mankind throughout the twentieth century. In the shadow of the new millennium, The Quest for Mars seeks the definitive answers...
Universe: The story of the Universe, from earliest times to our continuing discoveries
Peter Grego
An introduction to the universe covering everything from the big bang and our understanding of the universe over time, to the earth's formation, the Sun and how it affects us, the Moon and planets, black holes and galaxies.The companion volume...
Prof. Brian Cox’s How The Universe Will End
Professor Cox Brian
Collins Shorts – insight in an instant.Professor Brian Cox shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. In this short he explains how this vast and complex universe – the subject of human fascination and scientific exploration for...
Britain’s Structure and Scenery
L. Stamp Dudley
Britains Structure and Scenery deals with the physical background, the stage on which the drama of life is played and which provides the fundamental environment for plants, newnaturalists.comIt would be difficult to find an area of comparable...
Survivors: The Animals and Plants that Time has Left Behind
Richard Fortey
This ebook edition does not include illustrations.An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe, in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures which have survived from earlier times and whose stories speak to...
The Open Sea: The World of Plankton
Alister Hardy
The New Naturalist editors believe this to be the greatest general work on the subject ever written.Professor Alistair Hardy is truly obsessed by animals of the sea – devotedly enthusiastic about the nature of their adaptations and life...
The Sea Coast
J. Steers A.
The Sea Coast shows in a persuasive and compelling way the origin and evolution of cliffs, estuaries, sea marshes, sand dunes and the communities of plants and animals that they support. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comBritain's...
Mad About the Mekong: Exploration and Empire in South East Asia
John Keay
The story of both a dramatic journey retracing the historic voyage of France’s greatest 19th-century explorer up the mysterious Mekong river, and a portrait of the river and its peoples today.Any notion of sailing up the Mekong in homage to...
Фейнмановские лекции по физике. Современная наука о природе
Ричард Фейнман
В свое время преподаватели Калифорнийского технологического университета задумались о том, как можно было бы перестроить курс физики, чтобы сделать его более занимательным и современным. Изложение материала в старых учебниках было настолько...
Вольные частные города. Больше конкуренции на важнейшем рынке мира
Титус Гебель
Новая книга Титуса Гебеля «Вольные частные города» представляет теоретические основы, рассматривает примеры из прошлого и настоящего и дает практические советы о том, как построить вольный частный город в реальном мире. Это необходимо для всех,...
Английская грамматика без боли
Ребекка Эллиотт
Больно не будет! «Английская грамматика без боли» превратит запоминание скучных правил в увлекательную игру. В своей книге Ребекка Эллиотт быстро и с юмором объяснит все самые необходимые правила грамматики и поможет исправить самые...
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Рене Декарт
Рене Декарт – выдающийся математик, физик и физиолог. До сих пор мы используем созданную им математическую символику, а его система координат отражает интуитивное представление человека эпохи Нового времени о бесконечном пространстве. Но...
Natural Products. Isolation, Structure Elucidation, History
Stefan Berger
Written by experienced authors, this book presents numerous natural everyday products with a high range of structural diversity. Twenty natural products have been arranged in five sections, describing three alkaloids, five colored compounds,...
Critical Incidents in School Counseling
Chris Wood
This practical text explores contemporary case scenarios that arise in school counseling with children and adolescents. Throughout 30 chapters on a diverse range of topics, several school counseling experts analyze and discuss each incident from...
Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs. Advancing Social Justice and Inclusion
Amy Reynolds L.
Effectively address the challenges of equity and inclusion on campus The long-awaited second edition, Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs: Advancing Social Justice and Inclusion, introduces an updated model of student affairs competence...
Kinetics of Chemical Reactions. Decoding Complexity
Denis Constales
This second, extended and updated edition presents the current state of kinetics of chemical reactions, combining basic knowledge with results recently obtained at the frontier of science. Special attention is paid to the problem of the chemical...
Alkane Functionalization
Armando Pombeiro J.L.
Presents state-of-the-art information concerning the syntheses of valuable functionalized organic compounds from alkanes, with a focus on simple, mild, and green catalytic processes Alkane Functionalization offers a comprehensive review of the...
Organophosphorus Chemistry. From Molecules to Applications
Viktor Iaroshenko
Filling the gap for an up-to-date reference that presents the field of organophosphorus chemistry in a comprehensive and clearly structured way, this one-stop source covers the chemistry, properties, and applications from life science and...
Turbulent Fluid Flow
Peter Bernard S.
A guide to the essential information needed to model and compute turbulent flows and interpret experiments and numerical simulations Turbulent Fluid Flow offers an authoritative resource to the theories and models encountered in the field of...
Energy Transfers by Convection
Abdelhanine Benallou
Whether in a solar thermal power plant or at the heart of a nuclear reactor, convection is an important mode of energy transfer. This mode is unique; it obeys specific rules and correlations that constitute one of the bases of equipment-sizing...
Essential Forensic Biology
Alan Gunn
A completely revised and updated edition that teaches the essentials of forensic biology, with increased coverage of molecular biological techniques and new information on wildlife forensics, wound analysis and the potential of microbiomes as...
Postharvest Biology and Nanotechnology
Loong-Tak Lim
A comprehensive introduction to the physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of produce growth, paired with cutting-edge technological advances in produce preservation Revised and updated, the second edition of Postharvest Biology and...
Chemostratigraphy Across Major Chronological Boundaries
Claudio Gaucher
Exploring environmental changes through Earth’s geological history using chemostratigraphy Chemostratigraphy is the study of the chemical characteristics of different rock layers. Decoding this geochemical record across chronostratigraphic...
Wellness Counseling in Action. A Holistic Approach to Prevention and Intervention
Abigail Conley H.
This innovative text presents a comprehensive review of the theoretical and empirical support for a wellness approach to counseling with current techniques for client assessment, case conceptualization, treatment planning, and intervention. The...
The Heaviest Metals. Science and Technology of the Actinides and Beyond
Timothy Hanusa P.
An authoritative survey of the science and advanced technological uses of the actinide and transactinide metals The Heaviest Metals offers an essential resource that covers the fundamentals of the chemical and physical properties of the heaviest...
The Wiley Handbook of Family, School, and Community Relationships in Education
Tammy Turner-Vorbeck A.
A comprehensive collection of essays from leading experts on family and community engagement The Wiley Handbook of Family, School, and Community Relationships in Educationbrings together in one comprehensive volume a collection of writings from...
Qualitative Research in Practice. Examples for Discussion and Analysis
Sharan Merriam B.
A practical introduction to qualitative research across fields and disciplines Qualitative Research in Practice offers a hands-on introduction to qualitative research design, methods, data, and analysis. Designed as a companion text for any...
Forest Products and Wood Science. An Introduction
Rubin Shmulsky
The updated seventh edition of the classic text on wood science and forestry The seventh edition of Forest Products and Wood Science: An Introduction offers a fully revised and updated review of the forest products industry. This classic text...
Rhodium Catalysis in Organic Synthesis. Methods and Reactions
Ken Tanaka
An essential reference to the highly effective reactions applied to modern organic synthesis Rhodium complexes are one of the most important transition metals for organic synthesis due to their ability to catalyze a variety of useful...
On Shifting Foundations. State Rescaling, Policy Experimentation And Economic Restructuring In Post-1949 China
Kean Lim Fan
This book introduces readers to the current social and economic state of China since its restructuring in 1949. Provides insights into the targeted institutional change that is occurring simultaneously across the entire country Presents...
Worth A Thousand Words. Using Graphic Novels to Teach Visual and Verbal Literacy
Talia Hurwich
Use graphic novels to teach visual and verbal literacy While our kids today are communicating outside the classroom in abbreviated text bursts with visual icons, teachers are required to teach them to critically listen, think, and read and write...
Design Optimization of Fluid Machinery. Applying Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Optimization
Kwang-Yong Kim
Design Optimization of Fluid Machinery: Applying Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Optimization Drawing on extensive research and experience, this timely reference brings together numerical optimization methods for fluid machinery and...
Polymorphism in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Solid Form and Drug Development
Rolf Hilfiker
Polymorphism in the Pharmaceutical Industry – Solid Form and Drug Development highlights the relevance of polymorphism in modern pharmaceutical chemistry, with a focus on quality by design (QbD) concepts. It covers all important issues by way of...
Organizational Change. Creating Change Through Strategic Communication
Laurie Lewis
A comprehensive guide to essential theories and practices of change creation and implementation Organizational Change provides an essential overview to implementing deliberate and focused change through effective communication strategies. Author...
