wyszukanych pozycji: 32
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Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them
ISBN: 9780195336115 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Archimedes to Hawking takes the reader on a journey across the centuries as it explores the eponymous physical laws--from Archimedes' Law of Buoyancy and Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Hubble's Law of Cosmic Expansion--whose ramifications have profoundly altered our everyday lives and our understanding of the universe.
Throughout this fascinating book, Clifford Pickover invites us to share in the amazing adventures of brilliant, quirky, and passionate people after whom these laws are named. These lawgivers turn out to be a fascinating,... Archimedes to Hawking takes the reader on a journey across the centuries as it explores the eponymous physical laws--from Archimedes' Law of ...
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184,53 |
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Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives of Eccentric Scientists and Madmen
ISBN: 9780688168940 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Never has the term mad scientist been more fascinatingly explored than in internationally recognized popular science author Clifford Pickover's richly researched wild ride through the bizarre lives of eccentric geniuses. A few highlights: "The Pigeon Man from Manhattan" Legendary inventor Nikola Tesla had abnormally long thumbs, a peculiar love of pigeons, and a horror of women's pearls."The Worm Man from Devonshire" Forefather of modern electric-circuit design Oliver Heaviside furnished his home with granite blocks and sometimes consumed...
Never has the term mad scientist been more fascinatingly explored than in internationally recognized popular science author Clifford Pickover...
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72,78 |
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The Science Book: From Darwin to Dark Energy, 250 Milestones in the History of Science
ISBN: 9781454930068 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This illustrated compendium includes 250 entries on science selected from titles in the `Sterling Milestones' series.
This illustrated compendium includes 250 entries on science selected from titles in the `Sterling Milestones' series.
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125,80 |
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Time: A Traveler's Guide
ISBN: 9780195120424 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
404,52 |
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The Heaven Virus
ISBN: 9781430329695 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The New York Times writes, "Pickover contemplates realms beyond our known reality." From one of the most original voices in imaginative nonfiction comes a stunning novel of speculation on the afterlife, immortality, and the existence of the human soul. "The Heaven Virus" is inspired by virtual universes making headlines today and offers readers a glimpse of ultimate spiritual technologies for the 22nd century and a mystic encounter in an age of electronic gods. "The Heaven Virus" blends humor, psychedelia, and hope in a meditation on the outer limits of our culture, evolutionary destiny, and...
The New York Times writes, "Pickover contemplates realms beyond our known reality." From one of the most original voices in imaginative nonfiction com...
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109,23 |
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The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: A True Medical Mystery
ISBN: 9781573927949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Mary Toft was a young woman with a peculiar passion and an ordinary life that was forever changed when she gave birth to something nonhuman. This incredible story can justifiably be called history's most fascinating medical mystery, a dark, true-life Alice in Wonderland tale with a streak of horror. With numerous illustrations, this is an engrossing and thoroughly unique introduction to eighteenth-century science and its metaphor for today's scientific superstitions and politics.
Mary Toft was a young woman with a peculiar passion and an ordinary life that was forever changed when she gave birth to something nonhuman. This incr...
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147,82 |
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Time: A Traveler's Guide
ISBN: 9780195130966 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Bucky Fuller thought big," Wired magazine recently noted, "Arthur C. Clarke thinks big, but Cliff Pickover outdoes them both." In his newest book, Cliff Pickover outdoes even himself, probing a mystery that has baffled mystics, philosophers, and scientists throughout history--What is the nature of time?
In Time: A Traveler's Guide, Pickover takes readers to the forefront of science as he illuminates the most mysterious phenomenon in the universe--time itself. Is time travel possible? Is time real? Does it flow in one direction only? Does it have a beginning and an end? What is eternity?... "Bucky Fuller thought big," Wired magazine recently noted, "Arthur C. Clarke thinks big, but Cliff Pickover outdoes them both." In his newest book, Cl...
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110,44 |
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Tod und Jenseits : Wissenschaft
ISBN: 9789089989475 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2018 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
cena:
66,87 |
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Kniha o medicíně
ISBN: 9788073637835 / Czeski / 2021 / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
134,88 |
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Kniha o vědě
ISBN: 9788073639655 / Czeski / 2020 / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Je možné cestovat časem? Co jsou Möbiova páska, teserakt či transcendentní číslo? Proč se po prosté slitině jmenuje celé historické období – doba bronzová? Tyto otázky jsou jen ochutnávkou z nesmírného bohatství témat z oboru přírodních věd, které nám přináší ilustrovaná kniha zkušeného autora mnoha populárně-naučných knih Clifforda A. Pickovera. Představuje 250 největších objevů přírodních věd, techniky i humanitních oborů, které umožnily moderní lidské společnosti vzniknout a prosperovat. Spektrum Knihy o vědě je široké a...
Je možné cestovat časem? Co jsou Möbiova páska, teserakt či transcendentní číslo? Proč se po prosté slitině jmenuje celé historické obdo...
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cena:
134,88 |
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Artificial Intelligence: An Illustrated History: From Medieval Robots to Neural Networks
ISBN: 9781454955788 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
76,61 |
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Kniha o umělé inteligenci
ISBN: 9788076752320 / Czeski / 2025 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ačkoliv se může zdát, že téma umělé inteligence je ryze současné, Clifford A. Pickover nám v další ze svých bohatě ilustrovaných knih ukáže, že úvahy o myslících strojích sahají hluboko do lidské historie. S umělou inteligencí se můžeme setkat v různých kontextech: v lékařství, populární kultuře, mytologii či filozofii. Kde se objevily pohyblivé automaty napodobující lidi i zvířata? Odkud se bere fascinace androidy a roboty? Kdy software poprvé porazil profesionálního hráče go? V čem spočívají limity velkých jazykových modelů? Kniha...
Ačkoliv se může zdát, že téma umělé inteligence je ryze současné, Clifford A. Pickover nám v další ze svých bohatě ilustrovaných knih ...
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97,91 |
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Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story
ISBN: 9781573928953 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. For countless generations people have practiced a broad range of dramatic techniques to peer into the future. Here Pickover presents an exhaustive list of fortune telling techniques, from the ominous practice of human sacrifice to reading clues on the internet. Illustrations.
For countless generations people have practiced a broad range of dramatic techniques to peer into the future. Here Pickover presents an exhaustive lis...
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Kniha o matematice
ISBN: 9788073633684 / Czeski / 2012 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Autor nás ve 250 stručných kapitolách provádí důležitými milníky historie matematiky a otevírá před námi svět plný nesmírných záhad a krásy. Fundovaně a s láskou představuje nejvýznamnější matematické poznatky a teorie spolu s jejich geniálními objeviteli od Pythagora a Eukleida přes Newtona, Eulera a Gausse po Gödela, Mandelbrota a Tegmarka.
Najdeme zde ale i ty nejpodivuhodnější hádanky a hříčky, jaké kdy lidé vymysleli. Každou zastávku doprovázejí kvalitní ilustrace, které dokládají tajemství a nádheru matematického světa. Pickover... Autor nás ve 250 stručných kapitolách provádí důležitými milníky historie matematiky a otevírá před námi svět plný nesmírných záhad...
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134,88 |
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The Science of Aliens
ISBN: 9780465073153 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. If extraterrestrials ever landed on Earth, they would find us extremely strange. Their first intimation of our existence might well be a Super Bowl broadcast or a stray transmission from the Playboy channel. But, of course, they might seem equally strange to us. How strange? Their senses could be entirely different from ours--they might see in the infrared or "hear" radio waves.What would aliens look like? An intelligent octopus-like creature is certainly plausible. What about odd numbers of limbs--a three-legged alien with three arms and three eyes? What about an entire planet of...
If extraterrestrials ever landed on Earth, they would find us extremely strange. Their first intimation of our existence might well be a Super Bowl br...
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87,41 |
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The Physics Book: From the Big Bang to Quantum Resurrection
ISBN: 9781454957805 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
107,27 |
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The Pattern Book: Fractals, Art and Nature
ISBN: 9789810214265 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book will allow you to travel through time and space. To facilitate your journey, the editor has scoured the four corners of the earth in a quest for unusual people and their fascinating patterns. From Mozambique, to Asia, to many European countries, the contributors to The Pattern Book include world-famous cancer researchers, little-known artists and eclectirc computer programmers. Some of the patterns are ultramodern, while others are centuries old. Many of the patterns are drawn from the universe of mathematics. Computer recipes are scattered throughout.Although the emphasis is on...
This book will allow you to travel through time and space. To facilitate your journey, the editor has scoured the four corners of the earth in a quest...
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708,73 |
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The Mathematics of Oz: Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge
ISBN: 9780521700849 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Thought-provoking mysteries, puzzles, and problems ranging from zebra numbers and circular primes to Legion's number.
Thought-provoking mysteries, puzzles, and problems ranging from zebra numbers and circular primes to Legion's number.
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112,76 |
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The Stars of Heaven
ISBN: 9780195171594 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Do a little armchair space travel, rub elbows with alien life forms, and stretch your mind to the furthest corners of our uncharted universe. With this astonishing guidebook, you don't have to be an astronomer to explore the mysteries of stars and their profound meaning for human existence. Clifford A. Pickover tackles a range of topics from stellar evolution to the fundamental reasons why the universe permits life to flourish. He alternates sections that explain the mysteries of the cosmos with sections that dramatize mind-expanding concepts through a fictional dialog between futuristic...
Do a little armchair space travel, rub elbows with alien life forms, and stretch your mind to the furthest corners of our uncharted universe. With thi...
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142,85 |
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The Mathematics of Oz: Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge
ISBN: 9780521016780 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Grab a pencil. Relax. Then take off on a mind-boggling journey to the ultimate frontier of math, mind, and meaning as acclaimed author Clifford Pickover, Dorothy, and Dr. Oz explore some of the oddest and quirkiest highways and byways of the numerically obsessed. The thought-provoking mysteries, puzzles, and problems range from zebra numbers and circular primes to Legion's number--a number so big that it makes a trillion pale in comparison. The strange mazes, bizarre consequences, and dizzying arrays of logic problems entertain readers at all levels of mathematical sophistication. The tests...
Grab a pencil. Relax. Then take off on a mind-boggling journey to the ultimate frontier of math, mind, and meaning as acclaimed author Clifford Pickov...
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376,74 |