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  • Simply AI

    Facts Made Fast

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Simply
    Combining clear labelled imagery with easy-to-understand text, this new edition of Simply Artificial Intelligence is the perfect introduction to the latest developments in AI, including ChatGPT and the Internet of Things.Covering a broad range of fields within AI - from computing and mathematics to politics and philosophy - entries demystify what artificial intelligence is and how it works, how it ... Read more

    RM 57.09

  • Simply Nutrition

    For Complete Beginners

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Simply
    Understanding nutrition has never been easier.Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Nutrition is the perfect introduction for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge.Covering a range of topics - from a healthy gut and the essential function of vitamins and minerals, to the pros and cons of plant-based diets, and the reasons why highly processed foods tend to be ... Read more

    RM 57.09

  • Seeing Further

    The Story of Science and the Royal Society

    by Bill Bryson ...
    “Bryson is as amusing as ever….As a celebration of 350 years of modern science, [Seeing Further]it is a worthy tribute.”—The EconomistIn Seeing Further, New York Times bestseller Bill Bryson takes readers on a guided tour through the great discoveries, feuds, and personalities of modern science. Already a major bestseller in the UK, Seeing Further tells the fascinating story of science and the ... Read more

    RM 55.09

  • What If? 10th Anniversary Edition

    Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

    by Randall Munroe ...
    A special 10th anniversary edition of the million-copy bestseller What If? from the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd—revised and annotated with brand-new illustrations and answers to the most absurd hypothetical questions you never thought to ask.Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions: What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can ... Read more

    RM 84.59

  • Laokoon oder über die Grenzen der Malerei und Poesie

    by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ...
    Mit beiläufigen Erläuterungen verschiedener Punkte der alten Kunstgeschichte und mit einem ausführlichen Vorwort von Gunter Pirntke sowie zahlreichen Bildern versehen. In seiner Schrift Laokoon oder über die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie aus dem Jahre 1766 versucht Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, die grundlegenden künstlerischen Unterschiede zwischen bildender Kunst und Literatur herauszuarbeiten. ... Read more

    RM 19.56

  • Mortuary Science

    A Sourcebook

    by John F. Szabo ...
    Now available in paperback! In this first reference book devoted entirely to mortuary science, Szabo presents a thorough bibliographical examination of the funeral industry and related subjects, including even the most specialized area in the field. Most citations are annotated, with special notes on editions and reprints.Areas covered include autopsy, cremation, burial rites and ceremonies, ... Read more

    RM 288.79

  • The Periodic Table

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Eric R. Scerri ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The periodic table of elements, first encountered by many of us at school, provides an arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties, and divided into periodic trends. In this Very Short Introduction Eric R. Scerri looks at the trends in properties of elements that led to the construction of the table, and shows how ... Read more

    RM 31.33

  • Poromechanics

    Proceedings of the 1st Biot conference

    Edited by J.F. Thimus, et al ...
    This text features 105 papers dealing with the fundamentals and the applications of poromechanics from the Biot conference of 1998, held in Louvain-la-Neuve. Topics include: wave propogation; numerical modelling; identification of poromechanical parameters; and constitutive modelling. ... Read more

    RM 1,274.20

  • Sixth Grade Science Quizzes

    by Thomas Bell ...
    This workbook, with over 50 quiz questions, covers the following topics:The Scientific Process, Properties of Matter, The Human Body, Earth / Moon / Sun, Characteristics of Plants, Energy / Force / Motion, Electricity & Magnetism, Periodic Table, Photosynthesis, and WeatherIf you are homeschooling (or if you are just trying to get extra practice for your child), then you already know that science ... Read more

    RM 11.72

  • Escaping Nature

    How to Survive Global Climate Change

    by Orrin H. Pilkey, Charles O. Pilkey, Linda P. Pilkey-Jarvis, Norma J. Longo, Keith C. Pilkey, Fred B. Dodson, Hannah L. Hayes ...
    Industrial and agricultural greenhouse gas emissions are rapidly warming Earth’s climate, unleashing rising seas, ocean acidification, melting permafrost, powerful storms, wildfires, floods, deadly heat waves, droughts, tsunamis, food shortages, and armed conflict over shrinking water supplies while reducing nutritional levels in crops. Billions of people will become climate refugees. Hotter ... Read more

    RM 81.79

  • 50 Amazing Facts from Josh and Chuck

    Fainting Goats, Exploding Lakes, and Other Stuff You Should Know

    by howstuffworks.com ...
    In this exciting, interactive ebook, Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant, the hosts of the Science Channel's hit show and HowStuffWorks' top-rated podcast Stuff You Should Know, answer fifty of the most astonishing questions about our weird and wacky world. Prepare to be amazed.For years, Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant, hosts of Stuff You Should Know, the popular podcast on Discovery's award-winning website ... Read more

    RM 50.79 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Understanding Metaphors in the Life Sciences

    by Andrew S. Reynolds ...
    Series series Understanding Life
    Covering a range of metaphors from a diverse field of sciences, from cell and molecular biology to evolution, ecology, and biomedicine, Understanding Metaphors in the Life Sciences explores the positive and negative implications of the widespread use of metaphors in the biological and life sciences. From genetic codes, programs, and blueprints, to cell factories, survival of the fittest, the tree ... Read more

    RM 54.69

  • Imponderables

    by David Feldman ...
    Series Book 1 - Imponderables Series

    RM 34.49

  • Männerphantasien

    by Klaus Theweleit ...
    Vor 40 Jahren erschien mit Männerphantasien Klaus Theweleits große Untersuchung über die sexuelle, psychologische und soziopolitische Vorgeschichte des Nationalsozialismus in der Weimarer Republik. Das Werk, das für viele als Auftakt der Männerforschung in Deutschland gilt, ist längst zu einem Klassiker auch der Gewaltforschung geworden. Angesichts der Rückkehr rechten Straßenterrors und ... Read more

    RM 147.89

  • Technologie und Race

    Essays der Migration

    by Louis Chude-Sokei ...
    Translated by Utku Mogultay ...
    Am Anfang der US-amerikanischen Unterhaltungskultur steht eine Schwarze Frau, von der das Publikum nicht weiß, ob es sich um einen 161 Jahre alten Menschen, einen Schwindel oder um einen Automaten handelt: Joice Heth, George Washingtons »Mammy«, mit der P. T. Barnum durch das Land tourt und schließlich die American Sideshow und den modernen Zirkus begründet. In Louis Chude-Sokeis eindringlichen ... Read more

    RM 77.19

  • Geology of Utah's Mountains, Peaks, and Plateaus

    Including descriptions of cliffs, valleys, and climate history

    by William T. Parry ...
    Utah’s landscape is among the most spectacular in the world. It is a region of prominent peaks, sweeping valleys, dramatic canyons, and plateaus rimmed by sheer cliffs. Unique among western states, Utah’s landscape includes the Colorado Plateau, Basin and Range, and Rocky Mountains geologic provinces. Exposed rocks tell the geologic story of the region’s basement structures, overlying surface ... Read more

    RM 20.19

  • Ist Mathematik die Sprache der Natur?

    Von der Keilschrift bis zu den Grenzen der Erkenntnis

    Edited by Spektrum der Wissenschaft ...
    Series Book 20143 - Spektrum Highlights
    Fast alles um uns Menschen ist in irgendeiner Art und Weise von der Mathematik bestimmt: geometrische Eiskristalle, musikalische Tonleitern, geheime Nachrichtencodes - selbst beim Lottospiel können wir uns unsere Gewinnchancen eigentlich schon vorher ausrechnen. Noch heute staunen Physiker immer wieder, wie sich die Mathematik zur Beschreibung der Natur bis in die kleinsten Strukturen eignet. Die ... Read more

    RM 24.69

  • Erzählweisen des Sagbaren und Unsagbaren / Between Commemoration and Amnesia

    Formen des Holocaust-Gedenkens in schweizerischen und transnationalen Perspektiven / Forms of Holocaust Remembrance in Swiss and Transnational Perspectives

    by Valérie Arato Sulzer, Wulff Bickenbach, Klaus-Michael Bogdal, Barbara Bonhage, Sabina Bossert, Hannah Einhaus, Anna Fersztand, Peter Gautschi, Daniel Gerson, Remo Gysin, Helena Kanyar-Becker, Nadev Kaplan, Hans-Lukas Kieser, Sara Kviat Bloch, Regula Ludi, Anna Minta, Marc Perrenoud, Erik Petry, Joel E. Rubin, Balz Spörri, Gregor Spuhler, René Staubli, Walter Stoffel, Kaspar Surber, Benno Tuchschmid, Judy Tydor Baumel-Schwartz ...
    Series series Erinnerungsräume / Spaces of Memory
    Das Holocaust- und Zweit-Weltkriegs-Gedenken und die daraus erwachsenen Erzählungen haben auch in der Schweiz ihre Spuren hinterlassen. Die vorhandenen "Denkmäler" sind jedoch nicht allein materieller oder monumentaler Natur. Das jeweils Sagbare und Unsagbare zeigt sich auch im musikalischen und literarischen Schaffen, in Biografien und Selbstzeugnissen, in Spiel- und Dokumentarfilmen, in ... Read more

    RM 234.69 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Primate Comparative Anatomy

    by Daniel L. Gebo ...
    A comprehensive, illustrated textbook that reveals the structural and functional anatomy of primates.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLWhy do orangutan arms closely resemble human arms? What is the advantage to primates of having long limbs? Why do primates have forward-facing eyes? Answers to questions such as these are usually revealed by comparative studies of ... Read more

    RM 282.79

  • Geekspeak

    How Life + Mathematics = Happiness

    by Graham Tattersall ...

    RM 37.09

  • The Methods of Ethics : Book III-Book IV (Illustrated)

    by Henry Sidgwick ...
    In offering to the public a new book upon a subject so trite as Ethics, it seems desirable to indicate clearly at the outset its plan and purpose. Its distinctive characteristics may be first given negatively. It is not, in the main, metaphysical or psychological: at the same time it is not dogmatic or directly practical: it does not deal, except by way of illustration, with the history of ethical ... Read more

    RM 7.80

  • Hurrikane verstehen

    Entstehung, Aufbau, Gefahren und Schutzmaßnahmen bei den stärksten Stürmen der Erde

    by Falko Braast ...
    Series Book 13 - Naturgewalten
    Hurrikane gehören zu den beeindruckendsten und gleichzeitig gefährlichsten Naturphänomenen unseres Planeten. Doch wie entstehen diese gewaltigen Wirbelstürme? Warum bilden sie ein Auge? Welche Rolle spielen warme Ozeane, Luftdruck, Wind und Feuchtigkeit? Und weshalb können Sturmfluten und Überschwemmungen oft gefährlicher sein als die stärksten Windböen? Dieses verständlich geschriebene Sachbuch ... Read more

    RM 21.19

  • A Guide to Cyanobacteria

    Identification and Impact

    by Mark A. Nienaber, Miriam Steinitz-Kannan ...
    Blue-green algae (also known as cyanobacteria) and the toxins they can produce pose serious economic, environmental, and public health problems worldwide. Much of the scientific and public interest in these microorganisms arises from their tendency to undergo explosive population growth and form harmful blooms, which have inflicted damage in industries as diverse as health care, public utilities, ... Read more

    RM 64.29

  • World Energy Crisis

    A Reference Handbook

    by David E. Newton ...
    Series series Contemporary World Issues
    This book provides a historical background for the world's current energy problems, describing how the Industrial Revolution has led us to the impending end of the "Age of Fossil Fuels," and describes possible solutions for averting a global crisis.World Energy Crisis: A Reference Handbook provides a thorough investigation of a controversial topic: our current global energy situation, and what ... Read more

    RM 221.09