A Nobel Prize winning scientist discovers that the extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by a DNA sequence triggered by global warming sixty million years ago. He now finds that the identical gene in recently extinct and endangered species is becoming active in human beings. He theorizes that current changes in the earth's environment have again triggered the DNA sequence to activity, but is murdered before he can present his findings. While trying to salvage the scientist's research; his...

The power and properties of numbers, from basic addition and sums of squares to cutting-edge theoryWe use addition on a daily basis—yet how many of us stop to truly consider the enormous and remarkable ramifications of this mathematical activity? Summing It Up uses addition as a springboard to present a fascinating and accessible look at numbers and number theory, and how we apply beautiful numerical properties to answer math problems. Mathematicians Avner...

A look at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in mathematics todayElliptic Tales describes the latest developments in number theory by looking at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in contemporary mathematics—the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture. In this book, Avner Ash and Robert Gross guide readers through the mathematics they need to understand this captivating problem.The key to the conjecture lies in elliptic curves, which m...

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

The Twenty-First-Century Media Industry: Economic and Managerial Implications in the Age of New Media examines the role that new media technologies are having on the traditional media industry from a media management perspective. Consumer behaviors and consumer expectations are being shaped by new media technologies. They now expect information on-demand and on-the-go as well as at their finger-tips via the Internet. In order to stay relevant, traditional media managers and practi...

A Warhammer Age of Sigmar Short Story CollectionIn this anthology, you'll find 21 stories from across the Mortal Realms. First published in Inferno!, there are fresh yarns from your favourite authors, plus debut stories from up-and-coming Black Library luminaries.READ IT BECAUSEInferno! has long been a home for sensational Warhammer short fiction, and has acted as proving ground for many up-and-coming Warhammer writers, many of whom ...

The Transcendentalists and Their World offers an intimate journey into the life of Concord and a searching cultural study of major American writers.In the year of the nation's bicentennial, Robert A. Gross published The Minutemen and Their World, a paradigm-shaping study of Concord, Massachusetts, during the American Revolution. It won the prestigious Bancroft Prize and became a perennial bestseller. Forty years later, in this highly anticipated work, Gross...

A Warhammer Age of Sigmar AnthologyTake your first steps into the adrenaline-fuelled fiction of the Mortal Realms with a thrilling collection of tales, including an action-packed novella pitting noble Stormcast Eternals against the sinister beings of Ghur.READ IT BECAUSEWhether you're a hardened veteran or dipping your toes into the realms for the first time, these 19 brand new stories introduce you to the various factions as the Ag...

The true story of the amazing Henry Gross - the man with uncanny extrasensory power! ''Henry Gross and His Dowsing Rod'' (1951) by Kenneth Roberts documents the alleged water-dowsing abilities of Henry Gross, a Maine game warden. Roberts claims Gross used a Y-shaped stick to locate underground water. Henry Gross (1895–1979) was a, Maine-based game warden known for his reputation for finding underground water streams, or "water veins," using a dowsing rod. Kenneth Roberts, a successful hist...

The fourth and final volume in Michel Foucault’s acclaimed History of Sexuality, completed just before his death in 1984 and finally available to the publicOne of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, Michel Foucault made an indelible impact on Western thought. The first three volumes in his History of Sexuality—which trace cultural and intellectual notions of sexuality, arguing that it has been profoundly shaped by the power str...

In der Anthologie "Die Detektive, mit denen alles begann – 3 klassische Kriminalgeschichten" entfaltet sich eine faszinierende Erzählwelt, die die Anfänge der Detektivliteratur beleuchtet. Von schaurigen Erzählungen bis hin zu psychologischen Rätseln bietet die Sammlung eine vielfältige Palette literarischer Stile und Themen. Jedes Stück trägt maßgeblich zur Entwicklung des Krimi-Genres bei und verdeutlicht die Evolution von Erzähltechniken und detektivischen Denkweisen. Diese Werke, von i...

Die maßgebliche Sammlung psychologischer Krisen – 5 Klassiker des Existenzialismus bietet eine facettenreiche Erkundung der menschlichen Bedingung durch die Werke, die den Blick auf die tiefsten seelischen Abgründe und existenziellen Zweifel werfen. Von den introspektiven Reisen Goethes bis hin zu Tschechows meisterhaften erzählerischen Skizzen, verwebt diese Anthologie die Stile der psychologischen Analyse und hintergründigen Reflexionen, die für jeden Leser neue Dimensionen eröffnen. Jed...