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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 Mammoth Book of Space Exploration and Disasters
Астрономия, Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная

The Mammoth Book of Space Exploration and Disasters

Автор: Lawrence Richard Russell
Серия: The Mammoth Book
Язык: английский
Год: 2005
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In the words of those who trod the void and those at mission control, here are over 50 of the greatest true stories of suborbital, orbital and deep-space exploration. From Apollo 8’s first view of a fractured, tortured landscape of craters on the...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Compassionate Instinct
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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...