научно-популярная литература

Птицы принимают сложные навигационные решения, поют на региональных диалектах и используют орудия труда. Они обманывают и манипулируют. Подслушивают. Целуются, чтобы утешить друг друга. Дарят подарки. Учат и учатся. Собираются у тела умершего собрата…

Невозможность расслабиться во время секса, слишком растянутый или слишком быстрый процесс, неуверенность в себе – сексолог с 30-летним стажем предлагает легкое избавление от комплексов и стереотипов. Собрали главные рекомендации и пересказ самых ярки…

«Солнечное вещество», «Лучи икс» и «Изобретатели радиотелеграфа» – замечательные повести Матвея Бронштейна, написанные более 80 лет назад. Но по сей день они заслуженно считаются образцом детской научно-популярной литературы. В первой повести автор р…

В книге А. Мещеряковой «География» ты найдешь несколько любопытных рассказов о том, как устроена планета на которой мы живём: отчего происходят землетрясения, извержения вулканов, цунами, отчего сменяются день и ночь, почему возникли горы, острова, п…

Этот иллюстрированный атлас станет незаменимым помощником юным читателям, которые хотят узнать как можно больше о нашей Вселенной. С ним любителям космоса откроется весь путь, который прошла астрономия от прошлого до настоящего. Ребята, рассматривая …

This comprehensive review of cinchona-based chiralilty inducers and their applications covers every topic, including ligands, immobilization and organocatalysis. Each chapter summarizes the scope and limitations of the new methods and technologies, w…

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series. Graduate school can be an exciting, challenging time for students, but it can be scary and intimidating at the same time. Navigating Graduate School and Beyond: A…

The tools for detecting false positives, false negatives, and interference in interactions when testing and monitoring therapeutic drug use For physicians monitoring a patient's progress, efficacy of treatment is often linked to a patient's response …

Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS is an introduction to the critical issues surrounding mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) across a wide range of disciplines for the non-specialist reader. Examines the key influenc…

Helps you choose the right computational tools and techniques to meet your drug design goals Computational Drug Design covers all of the major computational drug design techniques in use today, focusing on the process that pharmaceutical chemists emp…

Rescuing wild animals in distress requires a unique set of skills, very different from those used in handling domestic animals. The equipment, degree of handling, the type of caging and level of care a wild animal receives can mean the difference bet…

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series. Geotrekking in Southeastern Arabia presents the world’s most diverse geology and reveals some of the unique rocks that were once covered under shallow seas and ar…

Biofilm Eradication and Preventions presents the basics of biofilm formation on medical devices, diseases related to this formation, and approaches pharmaceutical researchers need to take to limit this problem. Split into three parts, the first deals…

Digital Design of Signal Processing Systems discusses a spectrum of architectures and methods for effective implementation of algorithms in hardware (HW). Encompassing all facets of the subject this book includes conversion of algorithms from floatin…

Vegetation Description and Data Analysis: A Practical Approach, Second Edition is a fully revised and up-dated edition of this key text. The book takes account of recent advances in the field whilst retaining the original reader-friendly approach to …

A time-tested, systematic approach to the buying and selling of complex research instruments Searching for the best laboratory instruments and systems can be a daunting and expensive task. A poorly selected instrument can dramatically affect results …

R – the statistical and graphical environment is rapidly emerging as an important set of teaching and research tools for biologists. This book draws upon the popularity and free availability of R to couple the theory and practice of biostatistics int…

Over the last decade, in vitro models have become more sophisticated and are at a stage where they can provide an effective alternative to in vivo experiments. Replacing Animal Models provides scientists and technicians with a practical, integrated g…

The goal of this book is to teach undergraduate students how to use Scientific Notebook (SNB) to solve physics problems. SNB software combines word processing and mathematics in standard notation with the power of symbolic computation. As its name im…

Written by some of the most talented young chemists in Europe, this text covers most of the groundbreaking issues in chemistry. It provides an account of the latest research results in European chemistry based on a selection of leading young scientis…