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Featuring stunning full-colour photography from both personal collections of astronauts and NASA s archives, the human story of space is told through intimate and powerful …

In How the Laser Happened, Nobel laureate Charles Townes provides a highly personal look at some of the leading events in twentieth-century physics. Townes was inventor of the …

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit …

Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This lively book will answer that question. It'll take you on a journey from the science behind nuclear reactors, through …

Throughout history, medical science has been at the helm of human development, from Neanderthals stitching their wounds with bone needles to modern organ transplantation. Robert …

A thrilling, fact-packed journey of discovery through the body's immune systemThe human body is like an exceedingly well-fortified castle, defended by billions of soldiers some …

Ashley Montagu, who first attacked the term "e;race"e; as a usable concept in his acclaimed work, Man's Most Dangerous Myth, offers here a devastating rebuttal to those who …

A journey through 55 alternative realities, parallel worlds and possible futures.It's lucky you're here. But for a series of incredible coincidences and roads not taken, your life …

Acclaimed popular-science writer Brian Clegg and popular TV and radio astronomer Rhodri Evans give us a Top Ten list of physicists as the central theme to build an exploration of …

Quantum physics is believed to be the fundamental theory underlying our understanding of the physical universe. However, it is based on concepts and principles that have always …