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Physics in Mind Werner Loewenstein No one can escape a sense of awe when reflecting on the workings of the mind: we see, we hear, we feel, we are aware of the world around us. But what is the mind? What do we mean when we say we are "aware" of something? What is this peculiar state in our heads, at once... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-01-29 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Feynman's Tips on Physics Richard P. Feynman , Michael A Gottlieb Feynman's Tips on Physics is a delightful collection of Richard P.Feynman's insights and an essential companion to his legendary Feynman Lectures on Physics With characteristic flair, insight, and humor, Feynman discusses topics physics students often struggle with and... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-01-29 ePub 9,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Tinkerers Alec Foege From its earliest years, the United States was a nation of tinkerers: men and women who looked at the world around them and were able to create something genuinely new from what they saw. Guided by their innate curiosity, a desire to know how things work, and a belief... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-01-01 ePub 13,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Getting Better Charles Kenny As the income gap between developed and developing nations grows, so grows the cacophony of voices claiming that the quest to find a simple recipe for economic growth has failed. Getting Better, in sharp contrast, reports the good news about global progress. Economist... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-12-04 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Eve of Destruction James T. Patterson At the beginning of 1965, the U.S. seemed on the cusp of a golden age. Although Americans had been shocked by the assassination in 1963 of President Kennedy, they exuded a sense of consensus and optimism that showed no signs of abating. Indeed, political liberalism and... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-11-27 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed Howard Gardner From ancient times, philosophers, theologians, and artists have attempted to describe and categorize the defining virtues of civilization. In Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed, renowned education authority Howard Gardner explores the meaning of the title's three... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-11-06 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Life's Ratchet Peter M Hoffmann Life is an enduring mystery. Yet, science tells us that living beings are merely sophisticated structures of lifeless molecules. If this view is correct, where do the seemingly purposeful motions of cells and organisms originate? In Life's Ratchet, physicist Peter M.... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-10-30 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Louder Than Words Benjamin K. Bergen Whether it's brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning -- a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else's mind.... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-10-30 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Mismatch Richard Sander , Stuart Taylor The debate over affirmative action has raged for over four decades, with little give on either side. Most agree that it began as noble effort to jump-start racial integration; many believe it devolved into a patently unfair system of quotas and concealment. Now, with... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-10-09 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Mean Genes Terry Burnham , Jay Phelan Short, sassy, and bold, Mean Genes uses a Darwinian lens to examine the issues that most deeply affect our lives: body image, money, addiction, violence, and the endless search for happiness, love, and fidelity. But Burnham and Phelan don't simply describe the... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-10-02 ePub 9,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Bloodlands Timothy Snyder From the author of the international bestseller On Tyranny, the definitive history of Hitler’s and Stalin’s politics of mass killing, explaining why Ukraine has been at the center of Western history for the last century. Americans call... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-10-02 ePub 12,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Predictive Health Kenneth L. Brigham , Michael Me Johns Our health care system is crippled by desperate efforts to prevent the inevitable. A third of the national Medicare budget -- nearly 175 billion -- is spent on the final year of life, and a third of that amount on the final month, often on expensive (and futile)... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-10-02 ePub 13,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Citizen Soldier Aida D. Donald When Harry S. Truman left the White House in 1953, his reputation was in ruins. Tarred by corruption scandals and his controversial decision to drop nuclear bombs on Japan, he ended his second term with an abysmal approval rating, his presidency widely considered a... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-10-02 ePub 13,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Blood of Free Men Michael Neiberg As the Allies struggled inland from Normandy in August of 1944, the fate of Paris hung in the balance. Other jewels of Europe -- sites like Warsaw, Antwerp, and Monte Cassino -- were, or would soon be, reduced to rubble during attempts to liberate them. But Paris... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-10-02 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Answers for Aristotle Massimo Pigliucci How should we live? According to philosopher and biologist Massimo Pigliucci, the greatest guidance to this essential question lies in combining the wisdom of 24 centuries of philosophy with the latest research from 21st century science.In Answers for Aristotle,... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-10-02 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
America's Unwritten Constitution Akhil Reed Amar From a preeminent constitutional scholar, a “highly engaging and thought-provoking” (Wall Street Journal) exploration of the unwritten rules that inform the American Constitution Despite its venerated place atop American law and politics, our written... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-09-11 ePub 11,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Darwin Among The Machines George B. Dyson As timely now as it was when it was first published in 1997, Darwin Among the Machines tells the story of humankind's long journey into the digital age. Historian of technology George Dyson traces the course of the information revolution, illuminating the lives and work... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-09-04 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Restless Empire Odd Arne Westad As the twenty-first century dawns, China stands at a crossroads. The largest and most populous country on earth and currently the world's second biggest economy, China has recently reclaimed its historic place at the center of global affairs after decades of internal... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-08-28 ePub 11,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Ravenous Brain Daniel Bor Consciousness is our gateway to experience: it enables us to recognize Van Gogh's starry skies, be enraptured by Beethoven's Fifth, and stand in awe of a snowcapped mountain. Yet consciousness is subjective, personal, and famously difficult to examine: philosophers have... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-08-28 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Ready Elizabeth Gregory Over the past three decades, skyrocketing numbers of women have chosen to start their families in their late thirties and early forties. In 2005, ten times as many women had their first child between the ages of 35 and 39 as in 1975, and thirteen times as many had their... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2012-08-07 ePub 9,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
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