Science: general issues

Learn how to understand the skies with this comprehensive pocket guide to cloudspotting.

This book tackles the question of why the brain is so difficult to fully understand.

Discover simple patterns for huggable dolls, loveable animals and nursery favourites.

This volume explores emerging approaches and methods inspired by recent research using ctenophores or placozoans, facilitating the study of these enigmatic species and ancient animal lineages.

In order to meet the growing scientific requirements of an increasingly complex society, it is essential for us to have an appreciation of the power and breadth of science.

Since the publication of his seminal monograph "e;The scientific image"e;, Bas van Fraassen is a key figure in philosophy of science.

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

A LIVELY EXPLORATION OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS IN SCIENCEHow Did the Universe Begin?

This book provides expert treatment of the use of the Calphad calculations for the study of crystal structures and thermodynamics relationships in phase diagram determination.

Das Buch gibt einen systematischen Überblick über die grundlegenden Theorien, die Bezugssysteme und die Mess- und Auswertemethoden der Geodäsie, wobei der Beitrag der geodätischen Raumtechniken zur Positionierung und zur Schwerefeldbestimmung besonders herausgestellt wird.

Nuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles, with J.

This book presents an Asian perspective on transformative science education in the context of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The acclaimed climate futurist examines our unquestioning faith in progress, and its limits in the face of peak oil and climate change.

Honorable Mention, Premio al Mejor Libro en Humanidades, Latin American Studies AssociationMexico Section, 2025 Most scholars study postrevolutionary Mexico as a period in which cultural production significantly shaped national identity through murals, novels, essays, and other artifacts that registered the changing political and social realities in the wake of the Revolution.

The history of science is littered with mad, bad and delightfully dotty inventions, from the bicycle that relied for its momentum on the rider waggling his head back and forth continually to the Improved Pneumatic Advertising Hat - a bowler that hurled a lit-up billboard into the air at the touch of a button - or the suitcase that turned into a small boat for the nervous ferry passenger.

Introduction to Statistical Analysis of Laboratory Data presents a detailed discussion of important statistical concepts and methods of data presentation and analysis Provides detailed discussions on statistical applications including a comprehensive package of statistical tools that are specific to the laboratory experiment process Introduces terminology used in many applications such as the interpretation of assay design and validation as well as fit for purpose procedures including real world examples Includes a rigorous review of statistical quality control procedures in laboratory methodologies and influences on capabilities Presents methodologies used in the areas such as method comparison procedures, limit and bias detection, outlier analysis and detecting sources of variation Analysis of robustness and ruggedness including multivariate influences on response are introduced to account for controllable/uncontrollable laboratory conditions

Between 1945 and 1970, Canada's Department of National Defence sponsored scientific research into the myriad challenges of military operations in cold regions.

A fiendish collection of over 100 super-tricky brainteasers from puzzle-maestros Rob Eastaway and David Wells.

Being a dad is a 365-day job.

Welcome to the world of the chilli cult.

A bold new theory on what sparked the "e;big bang"e; of human cultureThe abrupt emergence of human culture over a stunningly short period continues to be one of the great enigmas of human evolution.

Isaac Newton was accorded a semi-divine status in the 18th and 19th centuries, whereby his image linked together religion and science.

The book Encyclopaedia of Fruit Flies covers different pest species of economic importance of world and presented alphabetically with latest taxonomic status.

This, the first in-depth and comprehensive book-length study of the Russian neo-Kantian movement in English language, challenges the assumption of the isolation of neo-Kantianism to Germany.

The Mission: Total protection, aesthetics, perfection, maximum functionality - not only are the demands imposed on coatings extremely high, but the base products must also meet sustainability considerations.

This volume brings together a series of cutting-edge studies on significant controversies and prize essay contests of the German Enlightenment.

Dinosaurs are back.

This book presents an Asian perspective on transformative science education in the context of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Spending long hours in her claustraphobic office cubicle, a customer service assistant is struggling.

Despite the recent turn to affects and emotions in the humanities and despite the unceasing popularity of romantic and erotic love as a motif in fictional works of all genres, the subject has received surprisingly little attention in academic studies of contemporary drama.

"e;The Illuminated Mind of Avicenna"e; by Yasmin F.

Grammaticalization research looks back on a rich history, but recent empirical findings, as well as new insights from cognitive science and psycholinguistics, entice researchers to reassess and review what we know about the process.

No detailed description available for "e;1963"e;.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "1963" verfügbar.

The acclaimed climate futurist examines our unquestioning faith in progress, and its limits in the face of peak oil and climate change.

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La période est sombre : conflits et catastrophes déferlent dans les médias, débordés par ce flot recouvrant le réel d’un voile inquiétant.

The Ethnographer's Way guides researchers through the exciting process of turning an initial idea into an in-depth research project.

Stellen Sie sich eine weit entfernte, aber technologisch hoch entwickelte und uns Menschen in allen Belangen überlegene Alien-Zivilisation vor.

El título del libro, delimita muy bien el sentido de la presente obra y de sus distintas contribuciones: presentar a los amables lectores la manera sui generis y fecunda como se complementan el trabajo científico y la reflexión filosófica en la producción intelectual y creativa de Albert Einstein.

Martyrs create space and time through the actions they take, the fate they suffer, the stories they prompt, the cultural narratives against which they take place and the retelling of their tales in different places and contexts.

Science and Catholicism in Argentina (1750-1960) is the first comprehensive study on the relationship between science and religion in a Spanish-speaking country with a Catholic majority and a "e;Latin"e; pattern of secularisation.

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On March 14-15, 2023, the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a 2-day workshop in Washington, DC to explore the use of data, research, and experiments to improve the processes for and outcomes of federal funding of scientific research.