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Обычно алхимия ассоциируется с изображениями колб, печей, лабораторий или корня мандрагоры. Но вселенная златодельческой иконографии гораздо шире: она богата символами и аллегориями, связанными с обычаями и религиями разных культур. Для того, чтобы у…
Обычно алхимия ассоциируется с изображениями колб, печей, лабораторий или корня мандрагоры. Но вселенная златодельческой иконографии гораздо шире: она богата символами и аллегориями, связанными с обычаями и религиями разных культур. Для того, чтобы у…
Георг Вильгельм Фридрих Гегель – основоположник немецкой классической философии, вошедший в историю как выдающийся реформатор науки о мышлении, разработавший и развивший его диалектические формы. Основная задача логики, по Гегелю, – познание истины. …
Георг Вильгельм Фридрих Гегель – основоположник немецкой классической философии, вошедший в историю как выдающийся реформатор науки о мышлении, разработавший и развивший его диалектические формы. Основная задача логики, по Гегелю, – познание истины. …
Если на улице вам вдруг повстречается человек, никогда ничего не слышавший о Ричарде Докинзе, вы можете смело советовать этому чудаку «Реку, выходящую из Эдема» – с нее удобно будет начать знакомство с творчеством Докинза. В этой книге благодаря блес…
Если на улице вам вдруг повстречается человек, никогда ничего не слышавший о Ричарде Докинзе, вы можете смело советовать этому чудаку «Реку, выходящую из Эдема» – с нее удобно будет начать знакомство с творчеством Докинза. В этой книге благодаря блес…
полная версияНазвание книги не ошибка. Единственная настоящая история принадлежит героям. Тем, кто прокладывал пути, кто боролся и искал, кто открывал неизвестное, кто жертвовал собой, комфортом, достатком, всем. Кто горел заживо буквально и образно, кто «не сдал…
Название книги не ошибка. Единственная настоящая история принадлежит героям. Тем, кто прокладывал пути, кто боролся и искал, кто открывал неизвестное, кто жертвовал собой, комфортом, достатком, всем. Кто горел заживо буквально и образно, кто «не сдал…
Если вам не давалась математика, возможно, дело было не в вас, а в том, как вам ее преподносили.
Эту книгу можно назвать провокацией. Предложенный подход к изучению математики меняет привычное представление о ней как о скучной и абстрактной дисциплин…
Если вам не давалась математика, возможно, дело было не в вас, а в том, как вам ее преподносили.
Эту книгу можно назвать провокацией. Предложенный подход к изучению математики меняет привычное представление о ней как о скучной и абстрактной дисциплин…
The story of both a dramatic journey retracing the historic voyage of France’s greatest 19th-century explorer up the mysterious Mekong river, and a portrait of the river and its peoples today.Any notion of sailing up the Mekong in homage to Francis G…
The story of both a dramatic journey retracing the historic voyage of France’s greatest 19th-century explorer up the mysterious Mekong river, and a portrait of the river and its peoples today.Any notion of sailing up the Mekong in homage to Francis G…
Collins Shorts – insight in an instant.Professor Brian Cox shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. In this short he explains how this vast and complex universe – the subject of human fascination and scientific exploration for thousands o…
Collins Shorts – insight in an instant.Professor Brian Cox shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. In this short he explains how this vast and complex universe – the subject of human fascination and scientific exploration for thousands o…
This edition does not include illustrations.Is there life on Mars? And if not, why not? These questions have gripped mankind throughout the twentieth century. In the shadow of the new millennium, The Quest for Mars seeks the definitive answers from t…
This edition does not include illustrations.Is there life on Mars? And if not, why not? These questions have gripped mankind throughout the twentieth century. In the shadow of the new millennium, The Quest for Mars seeks the definitive answers from t…
Galileo once wrote that ‘the Bible tells us how to go to Heaven, but not how the heavens go’. From the Greeks to the present day, thoughtful people have struggled to reconcile the discoveries of science with religious belief and authority.In the age …
Galileo once wrote that ‘the Bible tells us how to go to Heaven, but not how the heavens go’. From the Greeks to the present day, thoughtful people have struggled to reconcile the discoveries of science with religious belief and authority.In the age …
‘Highly readable, subtle and thought-provoking scientific history’ ScotsmanIn this penetrating work, Pyenson and Pyenson identify that major advances in science stem from changes in three distinct areas of society: the social institutions that promot…
‘Highly readable, subtle and thought-provoking scientific history’ ScotsmanIn this penetrating work, Pyenson and Pyenson identify that major advances in science stem from changes in three distinct areas of society: the social institutions that promot…
A narrative history of the men and women who have explored Mars and mapped its surface from afar, and in so doing conditioned our understanding of our nearest planetary neighbour.The maps of Mars are exquisitely detailed representations of a land as …
A narrative history of the men and women who have explored Mars and mapped its surface from afar, and in so doing conditioned our understanding of our nearest planetary neighbour.The maps of Mars are exquisitely detailed representations of a land as …
The imperative to 'know thyself' is both fundamental and profoundly elusive – for how can we ever truly comprehend the drama and complexity of the human experience?In ‘Why Us?’ James Le Fanu offers a fascinating exploration of the power and limits of…
The imperative to 'know thyself' is both fundamental and profoundly elusive – for how can we ever truly comprehend the drama and complexity of the human experience?In ‘Why Us?’ James Le Fanu offers a fascinating exploration of the power and limits of…
A book which offers fresh perspectives on the scientific developments of the past hundred years through the complementary work of two of the century’s greatest thinkers, Einstein and Freud.At the turn of the century there was a widespread assumption …
A book which offers fresh perspectives on the scientific developments of the past hundred years through the complementary work of two of the century’s greatest thinkers, Einstein and Freud.At the turn of the century there was a widespread assumption …
(This ebook contains a limited number of illustrations.)The ebook of the critically-acclaimed popular science book by a writer who is fast becoming a celebrity mathematician.Prime numbers are the very atoms of arithmetic. They also embody one of the …
(This ebook contains a limited number of illustrations.)The ebook of the critically-acclaimed popular science book by a writer who is fast becoming a celebrity mathematician.Prime numbers are the very atoms of arithmetic. They also embody one of the …
An environmental parable for our times – the story of a beautiful blue bird meeting its nemesis at the end of the 20th-century.In December 1897 the Reverend F. G. Dutton lamented that ‘there are so many calls on a parson’s purse, that he cannot alway…
An environmental parable for our times – the story of a beautiful blue bird meeting its nemesis at the end of the 20th-century.In December 1897 the Reverend F. G. Dutton lamented that ‘there are so many calls on a parson’s purse, that he cannot alway…
This edition does not include illustrations.‘A book that lives up to its title – Guy Brown handles an exciting topic with the energy and expertise it deserves. A first-rate read!’ Roy PorterEverybody knows what it is like to be short of energy, or ev…
This edition does not include illustrations.‘A book that lives up to its title – Guy Brown handles an exciting topic with the energy and expertise it deserves. A first-rate read!’ Roy PorterEverybody knows what it is like to be short of energy, or ev…
Cave exploration has uncovered archaeological finds which have enhanced our understanding of human evolution, and fossil remains, such as woolly mammoths, which reveal something of the Pleistocene animal world. But perhaps most fascinating of all is …
Cave exploration has uncovered archaeological finds which have enhanced our understanding of human evolution, and fossil remains, such as woolly mammoths, which reveal something of the Pleistocene animal world. But perhaps most fascinating of all is …
In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising,…
In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising,…
This edition does not include illustrations.‘Dry Store Room No. 1’ is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour …
This edition does not include illustrations.‘Dry Store Room No. 1’ is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour …
The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs.In ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’ Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkab…
The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs.In ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’ Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkab…