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The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics
Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная, Физика

The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics

Автор: Barbour Julian
Язык: английский
Год: 2001
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Two views of the world clashed at the dawn of thought. In the great debate between the earliest Greek philosophers, Heraclitus argued for perpetual change, but Parmenides maintained there was neither time nor motion. Over the ages, few thinkers have...
Awe [The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life]
Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная, Психология

Awe [The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life]

Автор: Келтнер Дачер
Язык: английский
Год: 2023
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**"Read this book to connect with your highest self. " **-- Susan Cain, #1 *New York Times* bestselling author of *Bittersweet* and *Quiet * "We need more awe in our lives, and Dacher Keltner has written the definitive book on where to find...
The Compassionate Instinct
Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная

The Compassionate Instinct

Автор: Келтнер Дачер , Marsh Jason
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...
That Sense of Wonder [How to Capture the Miracles of Everyday Life]
Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная

That Sense of Wonder [How to Capture the Miracles of Everyday Life]

Автор: Dimitri Francesco
Язык: английский
Год: 2018
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'Philosophy begins in wonder,' said Plato. Descartes agreed that 'wonder is the first of all emotions'. Wonder is the impulse behind all scientific and philosophical endeavour, art and spirituality. It is the most fruitful human sense: fuelling our...
Phosphorescence [On awe, wonder & things that sustain you when the world goes dark]
Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная

Phosphorescence [On awe, wonder & things that sustain you when the world goes dark]

Автор: Baird Julia
Язык: английский
Год: 2020
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**** **A beautiful, intimate and inspiring investigation into how we can find and nurture within ourselves that essential quality of internal happiness - the 'light within' that Julia Baird calls 'phosphorescence' - which will sustain us even...
The Science of Interstellar
Астрономия, Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная

The Science of Interstellar

Автор: Торн Кип Стивен , Nolan Christopher
Язык: английский
Год: 2014
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A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film, Interstellar, from executive producer and theoretical physicist Kip Thorne. Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a...
Northmen, The Viking Saga 793-1241 AD
Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная, История

Northmen, The Viking Saga 793-1241 AD

Автор: Хейвуд Джон
Язык: английский
Год: 2016
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The violent and predatory society of Dark Age Scandinavia left a unique impact on the history of medieval Europe. From their chill northern fastness, Norse warriors, explorers and merchants raided, traded, and settled across wide areas of Europe,...
Building the H Bomb: A Personal History
Биографии и мемуары, Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная

Building the H Bomb: A Personal History

Автор: Ford Kenneth William
Язык: английский
Год: 2015
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In this engaging scientific memoir, Kenneth Ford recounts the time when, in his mid-twenties, he was a member of the team that designed and built the first hydrogen bomb. He worked with—and relaxed with—scientific giants of that time such as...
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Военная документалистика и аналитика, Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

Автор: Роуч Мэри
Язык: английский
Год: 2016
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Best-selling author Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war. Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier’s most challenging...