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  • Four Thousand Weeks

    Embrace your limits. Change your life. Make your four thousand weeks count.

    by Oliver Burkeman ...
    A life-changing gift of a book: What if you tried to stop doing everything, so you could finally get round to what counts?**The instant Sunday Times bestseller**Rejecting the futile modern obsession with 'getting everything done,' Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing rather than denying their limitations.Drawing on the insights of both ... Read more

    R239,42

  • The Order of Time

    by Carlo Rovelli ...
    Translated by Simon Carnell, Erica Segre ...
    **'A dazzling book ... the new Stephen Hawking' Sunday TimesThe bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us on an enchanting, consoling journey to discover the meaning of time**'We are time. We are this space, this clearing opened by the traces of memory inside the connections between our neurons. We are memory. We are nostalgia. We are longing for a future that will not come. ... Read more

    R165,70

  • About Time

    Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

    by Paul Davies ...
    This is a book about the meaning of time, what it is, when it has started, how it flows and where to. It examines the consequences of Einstein's theory of relativity and offers startling suggestions about what recent research may reveal. ... Read more

    R202,62

  • Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too

    A Book

    by Jomny Sun ...
    The illustrated story of a lonely alien sent to observe Earth, where he meets all sorts of creatures with all sorts of perspectives on life, love, and happiness, while learning to feel a little better about himself-based on the enormously popular Twitter account.Here is the unforgettable story of Jomny, an alien sent to study Earth. Always feeling apart, even among his species, Jomny feels at home ... Read more

    R209,75

  • The History of Time

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Leofranc Holford-Strevens ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some calendars lunar and some solar? The organisation of time into hours, days, months and years seems immutable and universal, but is actually far more artificial than most people realise. The French Revolution resulted in a restructuring of the French ... Read more

    R124,07

  • Decoding the Heavens

    How the Antikythera Mechanism Changed The World

    by Jo Marchant ...
    In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck near the island of Antikythera dating from around 70 BC.Lying unnoticed for months amongst their hard-won haul was what appeared to be a formless lump of corroded rock, which turned out to be the most stunning scientific artefact we have from antiquity. For more than a century this ... Read more

    R202,62

  • Saving Time

    Discover a wiser way to live

    by Jenny Odell ...
    We're living on the wrong clock. Now is our moment to rethink.In this provocative follow-up to How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell challenges our cultural obsession with productivity. Drawing on philosophy, ecology and art, Saving Time argues that time is not money – it’s life itself.Odell explores how the ‘clock of capitalism’ dictates our days and disconnects us from natural rhythms, proposing ... Read more

    R239,42

  • Einstein's Cosmos

    How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time

    by Michio Kaku ...
    Few figures loom as large as Albert Einstein in our contemporary culture. It is truly remarkable that a man from such humble beginnings, an unemployed dreamer without a future or a job, who was written off by his professors as a hopeless loser, could to dare to scale the heights he reached.In this enlightening book, Michio Kaku reasseses Einstein's work by centring on his three great theories: ... Read more

    R248,27

  • The Power of When

    Learn the Best Time to do Everything

    by Dr Michael Breus ...
    The latest research shows that there is a right time for all of us to do everything, from drinking a cocktail to getting a flu shot. The catch? That 'right time' varies from person to person. Fortunately, as Dr Michael Breus proves in The Power of When, learning to work with your body clock to achieve maximum health and productivity is easy, exciting and fun. When we stop focusing on the 'how' and ... Read more

    R331,53

  • Prof. Brian Cox’s How The Universe Will End

    by Professor Brian Cox ...
    Series Book 1 - Collins Shorts
    Collins Shorts – insight in an instant.Professor Brian Cox shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. In this short he explains how this vast and complex universe – the subject of human fascination and scientific exploration for thousands of years – will end. Taken from his bestselling, mind-blowing exploration of space, Wonders of the Universe.Collins Shorts are a fresh look at the ... Read more

    R43,13

  • Time Reborn

    From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

    by Lee Smolin ...
    In Time Reborn, Lee Smolin, one of our foremost physicists and thinkers offers a radical new view of the nature of time and the cosmosNothing seems more real than time passing. We experience life itself as a succession of moments. Yet throughout history, the idea that time is an illusion has been a religious and philosophical commonplace. We identify certain truths as 'eternal' constants, from ... Read more

    R184,10

  • Time And Beauty: Why Time Flies And Beauty Never Dies

    by Adrian Bejan ...
    Time and beauty are two of our most visceral perceptions. Yet, their nature is seldom questioned. In this ground-breaking new work, Adrian Bejan — a true 'original' among physicists — explains, in a scholarly yet colorful style, the scientific basis for the perception of time and beauty.Organized into three main ideas, the book begins first with the perception of time. The author expounds on why ... Read more

    R321,53

  • La Relatividad y la Danza Del Tiempo

    Curvas del Espacio y el Tiempo

    by Aurora Amoris ...
    Más allá del tiempo: un viaje de descubrimientoEl tiempo… Un misterio profundo e inevitable sobre el que todas las culturas e individuos se han preguntado a lo largo de la historia de la humanidad. La delgada línea entre el pasado, el presente y el futuro nos ha fascinado, fusionando el deseo de comprender el tiempo con el sueño de dominarlo. Decidí embarcarme en este viaje, sumergiéndome en las ... Read more

    R182,47 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Practical Time Series Analysis

    Prediction with Statistics and Machine Learning

    by Aileen Nielsen ...
    Time series data analysis is increasingly important due to the massive production of such data through the internet of things, the digitalization of healthcare, and the rise of smart cities. As continuous monitoring and data collection become more common, the need for competent time series analysis with both statistical and machine learning techniques will increase.Covering innovations in time ... Read more

    R993,59

  • Будущее разума

    by Митио Каку ...
    Translated by Наталья Лисова ...
    Прямое мысленное общение с компьютером, телекинез, имплантация новых навыков непосредственно в мозг, видеозапись образов, воспоминаний и снов, телепатия, аватары и суррогаты как помощники человечества, экзоскелеты, управляемые мыслью, и искусственный интеллект. Это все наше недалекое будущее. В ближайшие десятилетия мы научимся форсировать свой интеллект при помощи генной терапии, лекарств и ... Read more

    R119,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • THE VOICE OF VENUS

    by Ernest L. Norman, James M. Brand ...
    THE VOICE OF VENUSBy Ernest L. NormanSynopsisThis book is the first work in the series "The Pulse of Creation" and is therefore, by necesity, an inductive book which bridges the gap, so to speak, between the old materalistic world and the Higher Spiritual Worlds. Inasmuch as Unarius is an INterdimensional Science, and that it is primarily concerned with acquainting the student with the higher ... Read more

    R18,08

  • 同時與異界，多維時空的宇宙奧祕：孿生子悖論×霍金輻射×黑洞戰爭×史瓦西解，沒把「時空」的問題弄懂，都不知道這些科學家們到底在幹嘛！

    by 張天蓉 ...
    雙胞胎同時落地，什麼情況下年紀竟會相差20歲？黑洞不僅不是洞，甚至還會逃逸？每天花著同樣時間、穿梭在不同空間，你真的懂「時空」嗎？那些你聽了也不一定能明白的悖論與定理，相對論這麼說……▎只要「逃」得比光速還快，就是黑洞！　　在物理學的專業術語中，恐怕很難找到一個詞比「黑洞」還更深入人心、更具有神祕魅力！而所謂「黑洞」，給它一個較通俗的定義就是：黑洞是一部分時空，其中的引力大到連光也不能逃離它！　　簡單來說，當往上抛一物體，用的力氣越大，落下回地面的時間便越長，而只要速度大到一定的數字，便能使物體繞著地球轉圈，若速度再加大，物體便能逃離地球引力進到宇宙空間，再也不回來。這就是所謂的「逃逸速度」，因此只要「逃逸速度」大於光速的天體，就叫黑洞！▎「黑洞權威」霍金，卻次次打賭都輸在黑洞問題？</s... ... Read more

    Was R101,32 Now R90,81

  • Física : Ciencia de la energía y el tiempo

    by Ronan D. Irzykiewicz ...
    Comprender la física puede ser una tarea desalentadora. Sin embargo, a principios del siglo XXI, este campo de la ciencia es de suma importancia para la sociedad, ya sea por las innumerables aplicaciones tecnológicas que de él se derivan o por las responsabilidades y consecuencias inherentes a su uso.El objetivo de este libro es ofrecer una visión general de la ciencia física, abarcando los campos ... Read more

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  • Multidimensional Time book [US]

    by Robert Kersten ...
    Time is a concept we all use every day to measure the passage of our days and lives without giving it much thought.Physics inherently does not limit time to going forward only, or to only one dimension, but it is treated that way since we do not understand time any other way. Could time have multidimensions, just like space has? What would it mean to move in multidimensional time? Can the expanded ... Read more

    R158,67 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Experimental Method for Determination of the Lighthouse Frequency

    by Richard Lighthouse ...
    This short technical note describes a simple experimental method for determining the blinking frequency of our physical universe – called the Lighthouse Frequency. This unique frequency has been characterized in previous papers. The method utilizes commercially available hardware. Possible limitations and error sources are discussed. Using a method of engineering estimates, it is concluded that ... Read more

    R63,37

  • Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point

    New Directions for the Physics of Time

    by Huw Price ...
    Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way around? What does quantum mechanics really tell us about the world? In this important and accessible book, Huw Price throws fascinating new light on some of the great mysteries of modern physics, and connects them in a wholly original way. Price begins with the mystery of the arrow of time. Why, ... Read more

    R277,48

  • Gravitational Energy

    by Benjamin Lizio ...
    Sometimes things are not what they seem to be. We can experience something and attribute it to a long held belief. Without questioning it, we may not begin to fully understand the processes in play.The title of this book states a new terminology. In my years of study and pondering over gravity, I arrived at this new concept of how gravity works. The new concept is Gravitational Energy. This new ... Read more

    R15,72

  • A Vehicle for Time Travel

    by Richard Lighthouse ...
    This short ebook describes an approximate mathematical solution for Time Travel involving relativity and very brief time intervals. Time Travel is made possible by exploiting the fact that our universe literally blinks, off and on, at a very high frequency. Limitations of the solution are discussed including possible error sources. Assumptions are made for small changes in the speed of light and ... Read more

    R63,37

  • Een nevel in de Melkweg

    by Lathish Shankar ...
    Amelia, een studente, staat open voor paranormale gebeurtenissen. Ze schreef ooit een artikel voor haar universiteitsmagazine waarin ze zegt dat ze soms stemmen uit de toekomst hoort. Stephen, de hoogleraar natuurkunde leest het artikel en bespreekt dit met zijn vrouw Isabella.Isabella zegt dat Amelia haar patiënt is, die lijdt aan bloedfobie. Dit was de reden waarom ze het zoölogielab en de ... Read more

    R48,76