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One of the greatest mysteries of twentieth-century science: a tormented genius discovers a key element of atomic...  Read More >>

Nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize. We are constantly bombarded with inaccurate, contradictory and sometimes...  Read More >>

In 1835, during his voyage on HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin spent several weeks in Galapagos exploring the islands...  Read More >>

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Describes the starcut diagram which underlies many significant geometrical patterns and proportions across the world....  Read More >>

All contributors adopt an explicitly comparative approach, which is based on the premise that comparative studies...  Read More >>

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Dazu werden die detailreichen Schilderungen, die Philipp Lenard zu seinem Lebensweg, aber auch zu den Physikern...  Read More >>

A witty, hard-hitting exploration of the ultimate aims of science in a dramatic form  Read More >>

The Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum (HNF) is the world’s largest c- puter museum and is dedicated to portraying the past,...  Read More >>

"Zahlreiche Abbildungen, viele davon jetzt in Farbe, erhöhen den Lesegenuss des Buches. ""Ein spannender Überblick...  Read More >>

This fascinating book will be enjoyed both by those interested in the science of poisons and also by general readers...  Read More >>

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DasGeheimnisder transzendenten Zahlen zu luften unternimmt der Autor Fridtjof Toenniessen in seinem Buch. Mit anderen...  Read More >>

“A thought-provoking critique of Einstein’s tantalizing combination of brilliance and blunder.”—Andrew Robinson,...  Read More >>

Can we predict cataclysmic disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or stock market crashes? This book...  Read More >>

In 1809, when Darwin was born, much of the world was an unexplored wilderness. Our knowledge of the past was nonexistent,...  Read More >>

The father of string theory recounts his paradigm-shifting debate with Stephen Hawking over the nature of black...  Read More >>

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Wahl, zwei führende Alternsforscher, vermitteln in diesem klar geschriebenen Buch anhand der Befunde moderner Forschung...  Read More >>

In Mad Science Reto Schneider tells the extraordinary tales of 100 of the more unusual experiments conducted across...  Read More >>

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Reveals the lesser-known facts about famous inventors, including their less successful and sometimes ludicrous inventions....  Read More >>

The natural world is full of unusual relationships, and negotiation between life-forms striving to survive is evolution...  Read More >>