This book explores the intersection of metaphor studies and translation studies, specifically focusing on popular scientific articles. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in translation studies, metaphor studies, and discourse ana...Lasīt vairāk
This book is the first comprehensive popular science account of AI and RI. It discusses the interdisciplinary science of AI, RI, smartphones, smart sensors, microchips, and the brain-mind connection. It explores what is beyond the physical, includin...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
(Izdošanas datums: 24-Jul-2024, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781003383529)
This book provides a bridge between mathematics and hobby tabletop gaming. Readers interested in either mathematics or tabletop games will find this book an engaging way to begin exploring the other topic or the connection between the topics....Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
(Izdošanas datums: 18-May-2023, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781003332602)
This book contains numerous logical baseball puzzles. To jump in, all you need is logic and a casual fans knowledge of the game. The puzzles are solved by reasoning from the rules of the game and a few facts. The puzzles offer a unique and scintilla...Lasīt vairāk
This book presents glimpses of how the physics of atoms and molecules influences, and even controls, the way our cells function and how we interact with our environment....Lasīt vairāk
Based on live discussions with adults from all walks of life, each chapter begins with an everyday experience, like swallowing a pill or watching a bee on a flower. The main scientific ideas underlying each topic are then explored, so that understan...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 20-Dec-2021, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781003229889)
This unique book helps instructors in popularizing mathematics by uniting them in a unique multidisciplinary way. This cross-disciplinary approach contributes to innovative teaching strategies that not only improve students critical and problem-solv...Lasīt vairāk
Real Scientists Dont Wear Ties looks at science and technology, and their links to general and popular culture and everyday life, in an easy-to-understand style aimed at non-scientists. Selected from his writings in Discover, Nature, MIT Technology...Lasīt vairāk
Although Bright Boys covers the years 1938 to 1958, the critical time period in making Information Technologys transformative toolthe electronic digital computer (Whirlwind)was 1945 to 1949. With the 70th anniversary of the making of that tool comin...Lasīt vairāk
This book addresses the fascinating cross-disciplinary field of quantum information theory applied to the study of brain function, addressing long-standing problems related to consciousness within the framework of modern theoretical physics in a com...Lasīt vairāk
Most of us believe that we sleep in order to rest our tired bodies and minds. Originally published in 1977, this centuries-old common-sense view is challenged by Ray Meddis, who describes and argues for a controversial new theory of the nature and f...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 24-Jul-2014, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198716044)
Science and religious faith are two of the most important and influential forces in human life, yet there is widespread confusion about how, or indeed whether, they link together. This book describes this combination from the perspective of one who...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 19-Sep-2013, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199681976)
Revealing the richness and influence of Oxfords mathematical tradition and the fascinating characters that have helped to shape it for over 800 years, this second edition brings the story right up to the opening of the new Oxford Mathematical Insti...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 22-Jan-2013, Izdevniecība: Imperial College Press, ISBN-13: 9781848169357)
The three greatest scientific mysteries, as yet poorly understood, are the origin of the universe, the origin of life and the development of consciousness. This book follows a narrow scientific pathway from the Big Bang to mankind, and depicts the c...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 28-Sep-2012, Izdevniecība: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789814295550)
What is the origin of the universe? Are we alone in the Universe? This book explores these two interesting scientific-philosophical themes with a broad range of studies, including astronomy, cosmology, chemistry, biology, geology and planet science....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 10-Aug-2012, Izdevniecība: John Wiley & Sons Inc, ISBN-13: 9781118342749)
Discover the inventions that have made our world what it is today A great invention opens the door to a new era in human history. The stone axe, for example, invented some 2 million years ago in East Africa, enabled us to enter the human path of...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 17-Apr-2012, Izdevniecība: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789814324984)
Collects essays on chemistry related themes. This book begins with the age of the earth, and concludes with the life cycle of stars, covering atoms old and new, the ozone hole mystery and how it was solved, synthetic fertilisers and explosives, read...Lasīt vairāk
