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Very Short Introductions Brilliant Sharp InspiringIn the last few years global awareness of climate change has grown very rapidly through the school strikes led by Greta Thunberg groups like Extinction Rebellion the IPCC s recent high impact reports tv documentaries and declarations from governments around the world that we are in a climate emergency This awareness is continuing to grow as the science shows us that our planet and our species are facing a massive crisis which we ourselves have caused Climate change is one of the few scientific theories that make us examine the whole basis of modern society It is a challenge that has politicians arguing sets nations against each other queries individual lifestyle choices and ultimately asks questions about humanity s relationship with the rest of the planet This Very Short Introduction draws on the very latest science from the 2021 IPCC Report examining the evidence that climate change is already happening and discussing its potential catastrophic impacts in the future Mark Maslin also explores the geopolitics of climate change and the win win solutions we can employ to avoid the very worst effects of climate change Throughout he demonstrates how we must develop new modes of thinking for the 21st

This science book shows how the subject really works with amazing photographs showing the ins and outs of chemistry physics and biology Welcome to the Explanatorium where the wonders of science are revealed Watch as mixtures merge and matter changes state Discover how some chemical changes can be reversed yet others can t and why some reactions produce a bang This science book for kids aged 9 12 answers the biggest and smallest questions about our Universe whether it s elements evolution or energy Exploratorium of Science brings science to life with striking photographic explanations helping kids to understand just how the world works This fact filled science compendium for children offers An extensive chemistry physics and biology guide explaining more than 100 scientific principles including matter reactions materials forces energy life and Earth Supports the science curriculum in schools up to Key Stage 3 Detailed close up photography plus incredible macro images cross sections exploded views time lapse x ray and ultra violet photography This impressive visual guide explains every aspect of science from gigantic galaxies to tiny cells and miniscule atoms Kids will love to see bacteria at work in the world around us and e

In this classic work that continues to inspire many readers Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that the Earth functions as a single organism Written for non scientists Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence in support of a radically different model of our planet In contrast to conventional belief that life is passive in the face of threats to its existence the book explores the hypothesis that the Earth s living matter influences air ocean and rock to form a complex self regulating system that has the capacity to keep the Earth a fit place for life Since Gaia was first published Jim Lovelock s hypothesis has become a hotly debated topic in scientific circles In a new Preface to this edition he outlines his view of the present state of the debate Oxford Landmark Science books are must read classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas and shaped the way we think

A fascinating celebration of the impact that structural engineering has on all our lives an eye opening book The Sunday Times In BUILT structural engineer Roma Agrawal takes a unique look at how construction has evolved from the mud huts of our ancestors to skyscrapers of steel that reach hundreds of metres into the sky She unearths how engineers have tunnelled through kilometres of solid mountains how they ve bridged across the widest and deepest of rivers and tamed Nature s precious and elusive water resources She tells vivid tales of the visionaries who created the groundbreaking materials in the Pantheon s record holding concrete dome and the frame of the record breaking Eiffel Tower Through the lens of an engineer Roma examines tragedies like the collapse of the Quebec Bridge highlighting the precarious task of ensuring people s safety they hold at every step With colourful stories of her life long fascination with buildings and her own hand drawn illustrations Roma reveals the extraordinary secret lives of structures

Frank Close delves into fundamental particles and forces to find clues to a deep unsolved mystery of physics why is matter neutral Human beings have long been aware of the electric and magnetic forces around us from the electrostatic charge built up by rubbing amber with fur to the pull of the lodestone and scientific investigation showed that the two are intimately connected as electromagnetism Lightning shows how devastating electricity can be in nature while humans learned to exploit the flow of negatively charged electrons that make up an electric current In the early part of the 20th century the experiments of Ernest Rutherford showed that at the heart of atoms lies a positively charged nucleus The positive charge comes from protons Atoms are neutral because the charges of the electron and proton cancel out And that enables the much weaker force of gravity always attractive to dominate at large scales building planets stars and galaxies Things would have been very different had the charges not cancelled As far as we know the charges of the proton and electron are opposite and exactly equal even though the proton is far bigger and composed of three quarks tightly bound within it while the electron is a fundamental particle But why are they

Most people remember chemistry from their schooldays as largely incomprehensible a subject that was fact rich but understanding poor smelly and so far removed from the real world of events and pleasures that there seemed little point except for the most introverted in coming to terms with its grubby concepts spells recipes and rules Peter Atkins wants to change all that In this Very Short Introduction to Chemistry he encourages us to look at chemistry anew through a chemist s eyes in order to understand its central concepts and to see how it contributes not only towards our material comfort but also to human culture Atkins shows how chemistry provides the infrastructure of our world through the chemical industry the fuels of heating power generation and transport as well as the fabrics of our clothing and furnishings By considering the remarkable achievements that chemistry has made and examining its place between both physics and biology Atkins presents a fascinating clear and rigorous exploration of the world of chemistry its structure core concepts and exciting contributions to new cutting edge technologies ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every sub

In For the Love of Physics beloved MIT professor Walter Lewin whose riveting physics lectures made him a YouTube super star takes readers on a remarkably fun inventive and often wacky journey that brings the joys of physics to life For the Love of Physics captures Walter Lewin s extraordinary intellect passion for physics and brilliance as a teacher Bill Gates For more than thirty years as a renowned professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lewin s lectures made physics not only accessible but fun whether putting his head in the path of a wrecking ball supercharging himself with three hundred thousand volts of electricity or demonstrating why the sky is blue and clouds are white In For the Love of Physics Lewin takes readers on a marvelous journey opening our eyes as never before to the wonders of physics and its amazing ability to reveal the beauty and power embedded in our world Could it be true that we are shorter standing up than lying down Why can we snorkel no deeper than about one foot below the surface Why are the colors of a rainbow always in the same order can we stretch a hand out and touch one Using superbly clear and simple explanations of phenomena we ve always wondered about such as what the big bang would have sound

AN INTRIGUING AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF YORICK WILKS INSIDERS GUIDE TO AIThe benefits and potential nightmares of artificial intelligence have long inspired science fiction writers but in a world where most of us carry a portable device that knows infinitely more than we do these are increasingly real concerns Artificial Intelligence is the essential companion to this unsettling science It surveys the history philosophies and current state of AI and asks key questions such as how should robots think and can machines really learn With subjects ranging from the World Wide Web to artificial companions the book considers such ethical issues as automated warfare internet surveillance and fake news speculating on just how far robots will infiltrate our future This illustrated edition combines compelling photographs with circuit board infographics to lift the curtain on the hidden world of AI

Learn about the most important discoveries and theories of this science in The Biology Book Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format Learn about Biology in this overview guide to the subject brilliant for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike The Biology Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Biology with More than 95 ideas and events key to the development of biology and the life sciences Packed with facts charts timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understanding The Biology Book is a captivating introduction to understanding the living world and explaining how its organisms work and interact whether microbes mushrooms or mammals Here you ll discover key areas of the life sciences including ecology zoology and biotechnology through exciting text and bold graphics Your Biology Questions Simply Explained This book

Una descripción del universo; es decir, de todo el mundo exterior, de contenido científico y divulgativo. El pasado siglo XX nos ha aportado enormes avances en el conocimiento científico: El concepto de la unidad espaciotiempo La relacion intima entre masa y energia La estructura del atomo La constitucion del genomaEstos nuevos conocimientos cientificos nos permit...

¿Sabes que hiciste hace 8 minutos y 19 segundos? Ese es el tiempo que tarda en llegar la luz del sol a la Tierra, y el Sol es la estrella que nos ilumina y calienta, la más cercana a nosotros y sin la cual no habria vida en nuestro planeta. Pero surgen muchas mas preguntas: ¿cuanto de lejos esta el agujero negro del centro de nuestra galaxia, la Via Lactea? ¿Cuanto de nuestras galaxias vecinas como Andromeda? ¿Cuanto hace que salio la luz de Andromeda, cuantos millones de kilometros recorrio hasta llegar a nuestro planeta y que sucedia entonces en la Tierra? Este libro nace del dialogo entre un astrofisico y un prehistoriador cuando conversan sobre el tiempo que transcurrio en llegar la luz de ciertos astros o eventos astronomicos a la Tierra y que sucedia en aquellos momentos en la historia de la humanidad. A traves de sus paginas podremos averiguar la luz de que astro alcanzo la Tierra cuando nuestros antepasados inventaron la escritura, nuestra especie Homo sapiens dio sus primeros pasos o nuestros tataratatarabuelos los Austrolopithecus vivieron en Çfrica.

Este relato, que hemos titulado El caso Oppenheimer, es un ensayo sobre el juicio al que fue sometido Oppenheimer en 1954 para probar su lealtad hacia su patria y negar su pertenencia al partido comunista.Estrictamente hablando, no fue un juicio, sino un conjunto de audiciones de testigos (hearings, en ingles) para discutir si se mantenia su derecho a recibir informacion sec...

This book presents a complete explanation of consciousness and a probable history from inert matter to the formation of single-celled life, then to multicellular and intelligent life and finally describes human consciousness. In this book consciousness is defined and the living effect that corresponds to it is described. It explains consciousness and all its states and characteristics in a very complete way. This book is part of Bepe Popu's Theory of Everything which aims to explain everything from the formation of the universe to the emergence of life, intelligent life, humanity and describes a universal cyclical performance, but the most unusual thing is that the theory en Based on classical physics. According to this theory, reality is constantly changing, since new effects are constantly taking shape, generating a single future reality that is the succession of the previous reality. Probable effects are those that are likely to occur. When these effects come to fruition, they become part of the current reality that will form the future reality. The author maintains that reality is the sum of all concrete effects from probable effects. This means that any specific effect that occurs can be reproduced in the future if the conditions are met, but they will be different effects because they occur in a present different from the previous one because their own probable condition occurs. The author also maintains that concrete effects will continue to be part of future realities, because any present effect will be a cause of future effects and future effects will be causes of the following effects. Thus a continuity is maintained that gives the cumulative character of physical reality.

Existe un acuerdo general entre los especialistas de que el siglo XXI será el siglo de la Biología, así como el siglo XX ha sido el siglo de la Física. Pero, sin duda, el siglo XX no sólo fue el siglo de la Física, sino también el siglo de los genes. En esta reconstrucción histórica de la genética desde 1900, los autores analizan los descubrimientos que en el siglo XX han abierto el camino hacia los avatares del siglo XXI. Los patrones de explicación en genética se han modificado a través del tiempo, debido principalmente al desarrollo de técnicas experimentales, al uso de diferentes organismos y a los nuevos conocimientos o formulación de nuevas teorías. El avance científico ha sido gradual y continúa hasta el presente. Es necesario impulsar discusiones a fondo y difundir el conocimiento acerca de los organismos transgénicos, las terapias génicas, sus posibles riesgos, y aprender de lo que las ideologías eugenésicas han ocasionado en el pasado.

The evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks explores the latest research on intimacy and desire to consider how new technologies and fundamental human behaviors interact He details how existing artificial intelligences can already learn and exploit human social needs and are getting better at what they do

If you want to see what that future might look like Duncan s book is a fun place to start NPR Intensely readable downright terrifying and surprisingly uplifting Vanity Fair 5 books not to miss A fascinating work of imaginative futurology USA Today One of Time magazine s 32 Books You Need to Read This Summer a riveting read One of David Baldacci and Elizabeth Acevedo s best summer reads on USA Today s Today programme A refreshing variation on the will intelligent robots bring Armageddon genre this colourful mixture of expert futurology and quirky speculation does not disappoint Kirkus Reviews What robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now What do they say about us their creators Will they usher in a fantastic new future or destroy us What do some of our greatest thinkers from physicist Brian Greene and futurist Kevin Kelly to inventor Dean Kamen geneticist George Church and filmmaker Tiffany Shlain anticipate about our human robot future For even as robots and AI intrigue us and make us anxious about the future our fascination with robots has always been about more than the potential of the technology it s also about what robots tell us about being human From present day Facebook and Amazon bot

Enter Ormerod s vital manual Pandora Sykes A statistic packed investigation into a worldwide phenomenon It is no exaggeration to say this book is essential reading for anyone METRO Who better to help us wade through the muddy waters of the great Insta sham ELLE Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life tackles head on the pressure cooker of comparison and unreachable levels of perfection that social media has created in our modern world It uncovers how our relationship with social media has rewired our behavioural patterns destroyed our confidence and shattered our attention spans The book is a rallying cry that will provide you with the knowledge tactics and weaponry you need to find a more healthy way to consume social media and reclaim your happiness

In this lively and entertaining book Donald R Prothero explores the astonishing connections between climate and life through the ages telling the remarkable stories of the scientists who made cruc

Who benefits from smart technology Whose interests are served when we trade our personal data for convenience and connectivity Smart technology is everywhere smart umbrellas that light up when rain is in the forecast smart cars that relieve drivers of the drudgery of driving smart toothbrushes that send your dental hygiene details to the cloud Nothing is safe from smartification In Too Smart Jathan Sadowski looks at the proliferation of smart stuff in our lives and asks whether the tradeoff exchanging our personal data for convenience and connectivity is worth it Who benefits from smart technology Sadowski explains how data once the purview of researchers and policy wonks has become a form of capital Smart technology he argues is driven by the dual imperatives of digital capitalism extracting data from and expanding control over everything and everybody He looks at three domains colonized by smart technologies collection and control systems the smart self the smart home and the smart city The smart self involves more than self tracking of steps walked and calories burned it raises questions about what others do with our data and how they direct our behavior whether or not we want them to The smart home collects data about our habits that offe

Many of the revolutionary effects of science and technology are obvious enough Bertrand Russell saw in the 1950s that there are also many negative aspects of scientific innovation Insightful and controversial in equal measure Russell argues that science offers the world greater well being than it has ever known on the condition that prosperity is dispersed power is diffused by means of a single world government birth rates do not become too high and war is abolished Russell acknowledges that is a tall order but remains essentially optimistic He imagines mankind in a race between human skill as to means and human folly as to ends but believes human society will ultimately choose the path of reason This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Preface by Tim Sluckin