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Now including full coverage of the NC500, SWC300 and NE250. Forget the jet set. Come back down to earth. There is another way to travel, see the world and truly be a part of it. Taking the slow road is about turning your back on the fast lane to make time for people, places and nature. Stopping...

A thoroughly updated edition of the ultimate guide to the most scenic routes for camper vans and motorhomes around the valleys, mountains and coastlines of England and Wales Forget the jet set. Come back down to earth. There is another way to travel, see the world and truly be a part of it...

How did the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids? What makes a suspension bridge so strong? An why do some machines revolutionize society while others fade into obscurity? Exploring all of the most important ideas and groundbreaking developments that have shaped the world of engineering in a...

With the suspense of a thriller and the emotional depth of human drama, Beneath Waves and Shadows is the untold, meticulously researched story of survival after a 1906 shipwreck in the Pacific Northwest. On a mild January day in 1906, the Valencia steamed out of San Francisco and began the...

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Nuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles, with J. J. Thomson's discovery of the electron at the end of the nineteenth century, which implied the existence of a positive charge in the atom to make it neutral. In this Very Short Introduction, Frank Close gives...

Whether they're building a startup or scaling an established org, engineering leaders know the real job is keeping chaos under control. In a world of shifting priorities, scarce resources, and rapid change, leadership means embracing the unknown, managing moving targets, and creating clarity...

An eye-opening account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point Underlying our seamless access to AI, cryptocurrency, and unlimited cloud storage is a hulking, costly physical infrastructure. Massive data centers full of energy-hungry chips and processors power...

Read by award-winning narrator, L.J. Ganser. Bestselling author of The Arsenal of Democracy and The Accidental President, A. J. Baime returns with the incredible story of the airplane that ended World War II, the B-29 Superfortress, the rise of American airpower, and the man who made it all...

Humanoide Roboter werden bald unter uns sein. Sie stehen kurz davor, unsere Welt und unser Selbstverständnis grundlegend zu verändern. Sie werden nicht nur kommen, sondern auch viele Arbeiten effektiver erledigen und in vielem, vielleicht sogar in allem, besser sein als wir. Diese Kränkung...

On a hazy July night in 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren vanished over the waters off Martha’s Vineyard—triggering a national vigil and one of the most ambitious search operations in American history. For days, the world watched and waited. But the full...

Richard David Precht stellt die radikalste Frage unserer Zeit: Wenn Künstliche Intelligenz nicht nur schneller denkt, sondern auch schöpferischer arbeitet als der Mensch – was bleibt dann von Kultur? In seinem neuen Essay entwirft Precht ein eindringliches Szenario vom Ende der geistigen Selbstverwirklichung. Wo früher Kunst, Bildung und Kreativität Sinn stifteten, herrscht nun die Sofortness der Maschine. KI ersetzt nicht nur Arbeit, sondern das Erzählen, das Verstehen, das Menschsein selbst.

Anschaulich wird erklärt, was Energie eigentlich ist und wie sie für uns funktioniert. Am Beispiel des Alltags einer vierköpfigen Familie rechnen wir den Energieverbrauch durch, zeigen, in welchem Verhältnis Energiebedarf und Energiegewinnung stehen und wo Einsparmöglichkeiten stecken. Aber wie viel Energie benötigen wir täglich eigentlich, wofür benötigen wir sie vor allem, und wie schaffen wir es künftig, ausreichend Energie zu gewinnen, wenn wir auf fossile Brennstoffe verzichten?

"Exciting and brilliantly reported . . . Roose makes the technology understandable while also conveying the historic nature of a new world being born." —Walter Isaacson, author of Elon Musk This is the story of the twenty-first century’s Manhattan Project: the race to create artificial...

Future Build exposes the devastating environmental impact of modern construction while offering a bold vision for change. Construction shapes the world we live in, but also leaves one of the heaviest footprints on our planet. From the relentless heat of cement kilns to the towering steel and...

The ultimate guide to the very best scenic and fun routes for camper vans and motorhomes around the mountains, coastlines and winding roads of beautiful Spain and Portugal. Forget hurrying. Forget putting your foot down and racing through sweeping bends. Forget the understeer (whatever that is). Forget the blur of a life lived too fast. This is a look at taking life slowly. It's about taking the time to enjoy journeys and places for their own sake. It's about stopping and putting the kettle on. Stopping to take a picture. Stopping to enjoy stopping. How are you going to do it?

The gripping, definitive history of the Hindenburg disaster, the rise of the Nazis, and the road to World War II as never before told On the evening of May 6, 1937, the majestic German zeppelin Hindenburg arrived before cheering crowds in Lakehurst, New Jersey, when suddenly, a titanic inferno...

THE FASCINATING AND UNEXPECTED STORY OF THE ICONIC HARRIER JUMP JET, AND THE BRITISH ENGINEER WHO BUILT IT Victory in the Falklands War made the Harrier’s name as a world-beating British icon, as capable of giving the enemy a bloody nose as it was of thrilling the crowds at airshows with its...

Bloomsbury presents Concrete by Stephen Parnell, read by Matt Addis. Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Concrete has an image problem. Portrayed as boring, cheap, and thoughtless, it is often considered synonymous with bad...

A true adventure in which two amateur scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery - and make history themselves For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport. But in 1991, not even these courageous divers were prepared for what they found 230...