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That's Maths: The Mathematical Magic in Everyday Life
Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная, Математика

That's Maths: The Mathematical Magic in Everyday Life

Автор: Lynch Peter
Год: 2016
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Mathematics isn't just for academics and scientists, a fact meteorologist and Irish Times columnist Professor Peter Lynch proves elegantly in this wide-ranging and unconventional ode to the numbers at the heart of everyday life. With chapters on...
The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art
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The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art

Год: 2016
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Pulitzer Prize–winning art critic Sebastian Smee tells the fascinating story of four pairs of artists—Manet and Degas, Picasso and Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning, Freud and Bacon—whose fraught, competitive friendships spurred them to new...
The Beatles от A до Z: необычное путешествие в наследие «ливерпульской четверки»
Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная, Культурология

The Beatles от A до Z: необычное путешествие в наследие «ливерпульской четверки»

Язык: русский
Год: 2020

Британский писатель, продюсер и музыкант Питер Эшер рассказывает историю «Битлз» через песни: их собственные, их коллег,...
The Blue Zones: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest [2d Edition]
Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная, Здоровье

The Blue Zones: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest [2d Edition]

Год: 2012
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A long, healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. If you adopt the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are you may live up to a decade longer. Buettner has led teams of researchers across the...
The Compassionate Instinct
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The Compassionate Instinct

Язык: английский
Год: 2010
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Leading scientists and science writers reflect on the life-changing, perspective-changing, new science of human goodness.In these pages you will hear from Steven Pinker, who asks, "Why is there peace?"; Robert Sapolsky, who examines violence among...
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): Adventures in Math and Science
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The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): Adventures in Math and Science

Год: 2022
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The complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it (minus the boring parts). Despite our clever linguistic abilities, humans are spectacularly ill-equipped to comprehend what’s happening in the universe. Our senses and intuition...
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

Год: 2021
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From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos—and a call for a more liberatory practice of science. Winner of the 2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science & Technology A Finalist for the...
The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI
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The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI

Автор: Birch Jonathan
Год: 2024
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Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects, or spiders? How do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When does a fetus in the womb start to have conscious experiences? Could...