Can science explain everything

Can Science Explain Everything?

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My STEM Day - Science

My STEM Day - Science takes you through the day and explain how incredible science underpins everything you do. Includes experiments and projects.

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A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

Anotace: Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. Bill B...

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A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bryson Bill

Anotace: Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can`t contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, ...

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A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

<p>Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, b...

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Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause (but were too afraid to ask) - Muir Kate

Anotace: `I have huge respect for Kate. A forensic journalist and menopause warrior.` Davina McCallAn eye-opening, no-holds-barred guide to the perimenopause and menopause written by campaigner, journalist and documentary-maker Kate Muir. Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause (and were too afraid to ask) is the thinking woman`s guide to the menopause, bringing ...

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The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day (anglicky) - Terry Pratchett

Anotace: The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with The Really Big Questions, Terry Pratchett's brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen, to bring you a mind-mangling combination of fiction, cutting-edge scie...

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How to Change: The Science of Self-Improvement (0593332598)

Kniha - autor Katy Milkman, 272 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá Set audacious goals. Foster good habits. Create social support. You’ve surely heard this advice before. If you’ve ever tried to change — to boost exercise or healthy eating, to prevent missed deadlines or kick-start savings — then you know there are thousands of apps, books, and YouTube videos pro...

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A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage - Marcus Chown

<p>What is space? What is time? Where did the universe come from? The answers to mankind's most enduring questions may lie in science's greatest enigma: black holes. A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. This can occur when a star approaches the end of its life. Unable to generate enough heat to maint...

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Identically Different, Why You Can Change Your Genes Orion Publishing Co

Professor Tim Spector reveals the astonishing new science that is changing everything we thought we knew about genes and identity - 'Lucid, surprising and with a very human face. It brings epigenetics alive' MICHAEL MOSLEY...

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Inheritance

You can change your genes - and this revelatory, cutting-edge popular science book will explain how.

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Truth About Wind

Age range 5 to 9 But how can Jesse explain to his mother exactly where Wind came from? And is there a way to make everything okay again?

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Snowball in a Blizzard

A unique insight into how and why medicine can go wrong: combines Daniel Kahneman with Atul Gawande to explain the science behind our health

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What if? - Munroe Randall

Science's most intriguing questions answered by the web's favourite writer, the genius behind xkcd.com. Munroe's hilarious and compelling answers explain everything from the odds of meeting your one t

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What Do You Need, Little Rhino?

A delightful story for younger children about a Little Rhino who gets really mad but can't explain why. In the end, everything works out just as it sh

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Are You Thinking Clearly?

The science behind why you might not be in the driver's seat of your own brain - and everything you can do to change that

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Are You Thinking Clearly?

The science behind why you might not be in the driver's seat of your own brain - and everything you can do to change that

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What if? - Randall Munroe

<p>Science's most intriguing questions answered by the web's favourite writer, the genius behind xkcd.com. Munroe's hilarious and compelling answers explain everything from the odds of meeting your one true soulmate to how many humans a rampaging T-Rex would need to eat a day. From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to im...

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Power of Habit

Takes you to the edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. This book brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation. It shows, by harnessing this science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.

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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (9781848549562)

Kniha - autor Randall Munroe, 320 stran, anglicky Science's most intriguing questions answered by the web's favourite writer, the genius behind xkcd.com. Munroe's hilarious and compelling answers explain everything from the odds of meeting your one true soulmate to how many humans a rampaging T-Rex would need to eat a day. From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com...

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Simply AI: Facts Made Fast - Dorling Kindersley

Anotace: Combining clear labelled imagery with easy-to-understand text, this new edition of Simply Artificial Intelligence is the perfect introduction to the latest developments in AI, including ChatGPT and the Internet of Things.Covering a broad range of fields within AI - from computing and mathematics to politics and philosophy - entries demystify what artificial inte...

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Simply AI: Facts Made Fast - Dorling Kindersley

<p>Combining clear labelled imagery with easy-to-understand text, this new edition of Simply Artificial Intelligence is the perfect introduction to the latest developments in AI, including ChatGPT and the Internet of Things.Covering a broad range of fields within AI - from computing and mathematics to politics and philosophy - entries demystify what artificial intel...

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Bowie David: Pin Ups - LP (2564628942)

LP vinyl - Pinups je sedmé studiové album anglického hudebníka Davida Bowieho, které vyšlo v říjnu 1973. Pinups je sedmé studiové album anglického hudebníka Davida Bowieho, které vyšlo v říjnu 1973. Hudební chameleon patří k nejinovativnějším a nejinspirativnějším umělcům hudební historie. Ovlivnil mnoho následovníků včetně řady českých muzikantů. Když v roce 2002 BBC ...

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What If? - Randall Munroe

Anotace: Munroe's hilarious and compelling answers explain everything from the odds of meeting your one true soulmate to how many humans a rampaging T-Rex would need to eat a day. From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall ...

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Journey of the Mind

Why do minds exist? How did mud and stone develop into beings that can experience longing, regret, love and compassion-beings that are aware of their own experience? Until recently, science offered few answers to these existential questions. Journey of the Mind is the first book to offer a unified account of the mind that explains how consciousness, language, the Self and...

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The Whole-Brain Child

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than 1 million copies in print! The authors of No-Drama Discipline and The Yes Brain explain the new science of how a child s brain is wired and how it matures in this pioneering, practical book. Simple, smart, and effective solutions to your child s struggles. Harvey Karp, M.D. In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsyc...

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Your Brain and Business

Harvard psychiatrist and executive coach Srinivasan S. Pillay illuminates the rapidly-emerging links between modern brain science and the corner office. What does neuroscience have to do with leadership? Everything. In Your Brain and Business: The Neuroscience of Great Leaders, Phillay discusses recent advances in brain science and neuroimaging and how they can dramatical...

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Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe - Cham Jorge, Whiteson Daniel

Anotace: You`ve got questions: about space, time, gravity, and the odds of meeting your older self inside a wormhole. All the answers you need are right here.As a species, we may not agree on much, but one thing brings us all together: a need to know. We all wonder, and deep down we all have the same big questions. Why can`t I travel back in time? Where did the universe ...

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GOING FOR CLIL + CD

Cross-curricular texts and activities Going for CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) is designed for young teenagers at elementary level (CEFR A1-A2). Going for CLIL can be used in the language classroom as a supplement to a coursebook of the same level, or at suitable moments in the academic subject classroom. Offering a selection of cross-curricular texts an...

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Beasts & Creatures Myths & Tales: Epic Tales - Thompson Tok

Anotace: With their weird combination of animal limbs, or distorted visions of human perception, beasts and creatures can be found in all myths and legends of the world, often used to demonstrate moral or fabulistic stories, and explain extreme natural phenomena. An ideal companion to Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales, this new collection includes more of the most famous and...

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Beasts &amp; Creatures Myths &amp; Tales: Epic Tales - Tok Thompson

<p>With their weird combination of animal limbs, or distorted visions of human perception, beasts and creatures can be found in all myths and legends of the world, often used to demonstrate moral or fabulistic stories, and explain extreme natural phenomena. An ideal companion to Gods &amp; Monsters Myths &amp; Tales, this new collection includes more of the ...

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Numbermania: How Figures Are Taking Over Our Lives and How To Set Ourselves Free - Dahlen Micael

Anotace: `An entertaining and thought-provoking antidote to the tyranny of numbers in the modern world.` -Alex Bellos, author of Can You Solve My Problems?`A smart and insightful read that will totally change the way you think - and live.`-Thomas Erikson, author of Sunday Times bestseller Surrounded By Idiots`Written in lucid, skillfully translated prose that puts the sc...

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Return to the Brain of Eden

Over a period of a million years the human brain expanded at an increasingly rapid rate, and then, 200,000 years ago, the expansion abruptly stopped. Modern science has overlooked this in order to maintain that we are at the pinnacle of our evolution. However, the halt in brain expansion explains not only recently uncovered anomalies within the human brain but also the gl...

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How Economics Works: The Concepts Visually Explained - Dorling Kindersley

<p>Discover everything you need to know about Economics. What is Economics? Why do consumers borrow and save? How do economic systems work? Money and investing can be daunting. This book covers all of the key aspects of economic theory and history.How Economics Works brings you the facts visually explained.With this simple Economics book, you can find: An introducti...

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Dune (0340960191)

Kniha - autor Frank Herbert, 58 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune: winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written.Melange, or 'spice', is the most valuable - and rarest - element in the unive...

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Energy : A Beginner´s Guide - Smil Václav

With one famous equation, E=mc2, Einstein proved all matter can be described as energy. It is everywhere and it is everything. In this newly updated and engaging introduction, renowned scientist Vaclav Smil explores energy in all its facets - from the inner workings of the human body to what we eat, the car we drive and the race for more efficient and eco-friendly fuel...

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National Geographic Kids Infopedia 2022

The latest instalment of the best-selling infopedia features brand-new amazing animal stories, explorer profiles, and outrageous attractions that kids know and love, plus more of the incredible inventions, awesome games, and fresh challenges for curious kids who want to learn all about the world and everything that's in it! Kids can have fun keeping up with our rapidly ...

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Big Quiz Book 2: 1001 brain busting trivia questions (National Geographic Kids) - Geographic Kids National

<p>The fun-filled quiz book that kids and the whole family will enjoy Quiz your family and friends with this ultimate Big Quiz Book 2 from National Geographic Kids, bursting with even more questions that will keep everyone guessing and give you hours of fun. Which mammal is the largest animal on Earth? What is the biggest moon in the solar system...

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Woke - neuveden

Anotace: `The book everyone`s talking about` The Times `Titania McGrath is a genius` Spectator `Just as Bridget Jones was the embodiment of the anxiety-ridden Nineties feminist, a creation whose diary entries encapsulated all our hopes, fears and failures, so Titania McGrath is her millennial successor, a girl every bit as lost and confused, every bit as accurately obser...

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Woke : A Guide to Social Justice - Titania McGrath

<p>'The book everyone's talking about' The Times 'Titania McGrath is a genius' Spectator 'Just as Bridget Jones was the embodiment of the anxiety-ridden Nineties feminist, a creation whose diary entries encapsulated all our hopes, fears and failures, so Titania McGrath is her millennial successor, a girl every bit as lost and confused, every bit as accurately ob...

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David Bowie and The Spiders - Total rock review 1969-1974 - DVD plast

t last, Angie Bowie reveals the truth about what went on behind the scenes during the birth of the Bowie legend... Also featured are the candid interviews with Trevor Bolder and Woody Woodmansey making this the ultimate critical retrospective of Bowie and the Spiders: from the inside. The Film draws on rare footage of Bowie and the Spiders alongside rare live radio perfor...

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Indispensable Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman is one of the most famous economists in history. His writings and theories on everything from capitalism and freedom to deregulation and welfare have inspired movements, influenced government policies, and changed the course of America's economic history. Now, acclaimed Friedman biographer Dr. Lanny Ebenstein brings together twenty of Friedman's greatest ...

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Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones - James Clear

Anotace: The instant New York Times bestseller Financial Times Book of the Month A revolutionary system to get 1 per cent better every day People think when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions - ...

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The Familiar: Limited Exclusive Edition - Bardugo Leigh

Anotace: FATE CAN BE CHANGED.CURSES CAN BE BROKEN.In a shabby house in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil. But when her scheming mistress discovers her scullion is hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to win over the royal court.Determined to seize this chance to better he...

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The Familiar: Limited Exclusive Edition - Leigh Bardugo

<p>FATE CAN BE CHANGED.CURSES CAN BE BROKEN.In a shabby house in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil. But when her scheming mistress discovers her scullion is hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to win over the royal court.Determined to seize this chance to better her...

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Age of Vice - Kapoor Deepti

Anotace: This is the age of vice, where money, pleasure, and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also kill. New Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the curb and in the blink of an eye, five people are dead. It's a rich man's car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the ...

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Age of Vice - Deepti Kapoor

<p> </p> <p>This is the age of vice, where pleasure and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also killNew Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the kerb, and in the blink of an eye five people are dead. It's a rich man's car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the st...

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What If? 2 - Munroe Randall

Anotace: WHAT IF... one man decided to answer all the unanswerable questions, using science.The Sunday Times-bestselling author and xkcd creator, Randall Munroe is here to provide the best answers yet to the important questions you probably never thought to askThe millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions ar...

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How to Support a Champion

If you are contemplating working with a champion, a potential champion, or anyone with untapped talent - be prepared, be very prepared. In 1998 Sir Steve Redgrave stared at Ingham and demanded to know, "Are you going to make me go faster?" Ingham had been trained and developed as a scientist, but in that single instance he questioned everything he thought he knew. Applied...

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What If? 2 - Randall Munroe

<p>WHAT IF... one man decided to answer all the unanswerable questions, using science. The Sunday Times-bestselling author and xkcd creator, Randall Munroe is here to provide the best answers yet to the important questions you probably never thought to ask The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions ...

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More. Numbers. Every. Day.: How Figures Are Taking Over Our Lives - And Why It´s Time to Set Ourselves Free - Dahle Micael

Anotace: How many steps have you done today?How many emails answered?How much money have you spent this week And how many hours have you slept?Welcome to the numberdemic, where a deluge of figures, stats and data manipulate your every move. From the way you work, date and exercise to the products you buy and the news you read, numbers have worked their way into every par...

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More. Numbers. Every. Day.: How Figures Are Taking Over Our Lives - And Why It´s Time to Set Ourselves Free - Micael Dahle

<p>How many steps have you done today?How many emails answered?How much money have you spent this week And how many hours have you slept?Welcome to the numberdemic, where a deluge of figures, stats and data manipulate your every move. From the way you work, date and exercise to the products you buy and the news you read, numbers have worked their way into every part...

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Numbermania: How Figures Are Taking Over Our Lives and How To Set Ourselves Free - Micael Dahlen

<p>'An entertaining and thought-provoking antidote to the tyranny of numbers in the modern world.' -Alex Bellos, author of Can You Solve My Problems?'A smart and insightful read that will totally change the way you think - and live.'-Thomas Erikson, author of Sunday Times bestseller Surrounded By Idiots'Written in lucid, skillfully translated prose that puts the sci...

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Translation State - Leckieová Ann

Anotace: `There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could` John ScalziThe mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful new novel by award-winning author Ann Leckie.Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they ...

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Translation State - Ann Leckie

<p>'There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could' John ScalziThe mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful new novel by award-winning author Ann Leckie.Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they a...

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Atomic Habits : An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones - James Clear

<p>THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD</p> <p>Transform your life with tiny changes in behaviour starting now.</p> <p>People think when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effe...

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Redeeming 6: Epic, emotional and addictive romance from the TikTok phenomenon - Walsh Chloe

Anotace: An epic and unforgettable love story continues in Redeeming 6, the fourth book in the international bestselling and TikTok-phenomenon The Boys of Tommen series, from Chloe Walsh. The power and pain of first love has never been more deeply felt than in Chloe Walsh`s extraordinary stories about the irresistible Boys of Tommen, which will give you the ultimate boo...

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Boys of Tommen 4: Redeeming 6 - Chloe Walsh

<p>An epic and unforgettable love story continues in Redeeming 6, the fourth book in the international bestselling and TikTok-phenomenon The Boys of Tommen series, from Chloe Walsh. The power and pain of first love has never been more deeply felt than in Chloe Walsh's extraordinary stories about the irresistible Boys of Tommen, which will give you the ultimate book...

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Lost and Wanted

"Freudenberger's brilliant and compassionate novel takes on the big questions of the universe and proves, again, that she is one of America's greatest writers." --Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less A LitHub, O Magazine, and Entertainment Weekly 'Most Anticipated Book of 2019' A Newsday 'New Book to Look Forward To' Listed in Kirkus Reviews' 'What to ...

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Eyes of the Void

Anotace: From the author of the thrilling science-fiction epic Children of Time, which won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award. Eyes of the Void is the second high-octane instalment in Adrian Tchaikovsky`s Final Architecture space opera trilogy.`One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction` - Christopher PaoliniWhat waits in the shadows ...

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