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  • From the Earth to the Moon

    Annotated for Our Spacefaring Age

    door Jules Verne ...
    Vertaald door Walter James Miller ...
    Serie series Imagination, Annotated
    A new, annotated edition of Jules Verne’s classic, which considers the past, present, and future of spaceflight from scientific as well as humanistic angles.In an age when the idea of a “planet B” seems tempting, this edition of Jules Verne’s classic From the Earth to the Moon (1865) offers a complete and unabridged translation into English alongside extensive annotations and essays from ... Meer lezen

    17,69 €

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  • 18 Miles

    The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather

    “With wit and a humbling sense of wonder, this is a book that can be shared and appreciated by a wide audience who now religiously check their phones for daily forecasts.” — Publishers Weekly Starred Review“This terrific, accessible, and exciting read helps us to better understand the aspects of weather and the atmosphere all around us.” —Library Journal Starred ReviewWe live at the bottom of an ... Meer lezen

    8,47 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • The Science of Star Trek

    The Scientific Facts Behind the Voyages in Space and Time

    door Mark Brake ...
    Serie series The Science of
    Boldly go where no man has gone before and discover the real science behind the cyborgs, starships, aliens, and antimatter of the Star Trek galaxy.Star Trek is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. It has changed our cultural landscape in so many ways since it first aired in 1966. The franchise has generated billions of dollars in revenue, leading to a wide range of spin-off ... Meer lezen

    12,29 €

  • Atlantis the Great Flood and the Asteroid

    Atlantis the Great Flood and the Asteroid examines the evidence for an asteroid impact in early human prehistory which interrupted the progression of human development. It considers whether a large asteroid caused the Earth to shift its axis the Great Flood a Mass Extinction Event and possibly sank the island of Atlantis right where Plato said it was. Clues come from geology physics archeology ... Meer lezen

    6,36 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Mountains of Fire

    The Secret Lives of Volcanoes

    **SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE'If Michael Palin had been a volcanologist, this is the book he would have written' LITERARY REVIEW**'Gripping' THE ECONOMIST'Wonderful' PETER FRANKOPAN'Like a thriller ... This is terrific' SPECTATOR'Beautiful ... bursting with poetry, with storytelling' WERNER HERZOGWe are made of the same stuff as the breat... ... Meer lezen

    3,99 €

  • A Crack in the Edge of the World

    America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

    door Simon Winchester ...
    The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive ... Meer lezen

    11,99 €

  • Maps & Civilization

    Cartography in Culture and Society

    A concise introduction to the history of cartography.In Maps & Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), illuminate the many ways in which various ... Meer lezen

    12,29 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • The Big Ones

    How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do About Them)

    door Dr. Lucy Jones ...
    By the world-renowned seismologist, a riveting history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to comeEarthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--they stem from the same forces that give our planet life. Earthquakes give us natural springs; volcanoes produce fertile soil. It is only when these forces exceed our ability to withstand them ... Meer lezen

    10,48 €

  • A Crack in the Edge of the World

    The Great American Earthquake of 1906

    door Simon Winchester ...
    A burgeoning new city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. It is also built upon a landscape that has been stretching, sliding and breaking apart for millennia. In 1906 the dreams of this city came crashing down beneath the rippling wave of a horrifying earthquake that turned roads into great rippling rivers, that set buildings ablaze for days on end, that made homes collapse upon ... Meer lezen

    8,49 €

  • Starborn

    How the Stars Made Us - and Who We Would Be Without Them

    door Roberto Trotta ...
    **A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKA NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR**'A stunning and unforgettable voyage through the stars' STEPHEN FRY'Trotta writes like a poet' WALL STREET JOURNAL'Illuminating' Robin Ince'Will leave readers viewing the stars with fresh eyes' MARTIN REESA sweeping inquiry into how the night sky has shaped what it means to be human.</... ... Meer lezen

    3,99 €

  • From the Earth to the Moon

    door Jules Verne ...
    Serie series Extraordinary Voyages
    Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne’s prophetic novel of man’s race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen.When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes that they build a gun big ... Meer lezen

    1,92 €

  • The Flat Earth Conspiracy

    door Eric Dubay ...
    Wolves in sheep’s clothing have pulled the wool over our eyes. For almost 500 years, the masses have been thoroughly deceived by a cosmic fairy-tale of astronomical proportions. We have been taught a falsehood so gigantic and diabolical that it has blinded us from our own experience and common sense, from seeing the world and the universe as they truly are. Through pseudo-science books and ... Meer lezen

    6,56 €