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Книга "О природе вещей" Тита Лукреция–это удивительное произведение, которое занимает свою особую нишу среди философских трактатов древности. В этом произведении Лукреций открывает перед нами философские и научные идеи о природе мира, человека и вселенной. Ключевым аспектом книги является исследование внутреннего мира человека. Лукреций погружается в сложности человеческих эмоций, желаний и страхов, рассуждая о природе счастья, любви и смерти.

Through a unique mix of personal stories, the exploration of global issues, science, and even humor, Bharmal uses physics to explain the social and political interactions that affect us all. From the physics of getting fired to using chaos theory to predict civilisation-level catastrophes, The Art of Physics helps answer some of the most important questions facing our lives and society today.

This book argues that we are entering an age where humanity must build truly complex things to continue our progress. This means learning to build as nature builds, and as it turns out, forces us to redefine knowledge and skill, and more broadly our scientific and engineering paradigm.

The Next Decade of Biotech is a sweeping exploration of how biotechnology is transforming health, food, industry, and the environment. It covers breakthroughs like CRISPR, mRNA vaccines, and synthetic biology, and examines the integration of biotech with AI, robotics, and quantum computing. The book highlights how biotech is enabling personalized medicine, sustainable agriculture, regenerative materials, and ecological restoration. It also addresses critical ethical challenges—gene editing, data privacy, access, and environmental risk—and urges inclusive, democratic governance.

What if meaning wasn’t missing—but misassigned? The Silence That Spoke in Symbols is not a sequel, but a continuation. It picks up not where the story ends, but where language itself collapses. Following the quiet tremors left by The Shatter That Called Itself an Unraveling, A.J. Salara returns with a haunting meditation on language, symbolism, and the illusions we call sacred. This is not a book about healing, resolution, or narrative redemption. It does not tell you who you are, or how to reclaim what you lost. Instead, it sits beside you while the scaffolding of self slips away.

Vive una aventura intelectual, pertinente para el contexto nacional, junto a la obra del científico y pensador Humberto Maturana. Una invitación a reevaluar los modos de pensar y actuar que se han anquilosado en nuestra convivencia humana y nos impide escucharnos. Corrientemente usamos la...

En La Ciencia Pop 3, Gabriel León nos sumerge en relatos sorprendentes con la naturalidad de quien habla junto a una fogata o en un laboratorio, justo antes de hacer una mezcla explosiva entre una narración perfecta y datos desconocidos. Aquí descubrirás la historia de un pollo que vivió un año y medio sin cabeza, una mujer que hizo enfermar a todo un hospital sin que nadie entendiera cómo, e incluso una curiosa propuesta para advertir de peligros en el futuro usando gatos fosforescentes.

Es más fácil decirlo en negativo: la divulgación de la ciencia no es una forma diluida o rebajada de la ciencia. Desde luego se apoya en el conocimiento que producen los científicos, los métodos que emplean y las preguntas que hacen, pero no es un acto condescendiente para que alguien medio burro reciba un barniz de sabiduría. Para Sergio de Régules, la buena divulgación escrita es, sobre todo, literatura: vivaz, seductora, convincente.

'Quirkology is stuffed with the kind of offbeat insight that people find irresistible' – The Times Ever wondered why bad musicians always win the Eurovision Song Contest, or how incompetent politicians get elected? You need some Quirkology in your life. While other scientists beaver away on...

Was könnte da der Sinn des Lebens sein? Der Wissenschaftsinfluencer Tim Vollert hat darauf eine faszinierende Antwort, und die liegt in der Physik. Auf seiner spannenden Reise vom Urknall bis zum Kältetod des Universums erklärt er nicht nur die Physik des Kosmos, sondern auch die Biologie hinter der Entstehung des Lebens.

A captivating exploration of climate change that uses nine different emotions to better understand the science, history, and future of our evolving planet Scientist Kate Marvel has seen the world end before, sometimes several times a day. In the computer models she uses to study climate change...

This unique self-help guide equips undergraduates, postgraduate students, and early career researchers within the sciences with transferable communication skills that they can adapt and refer back to as they progress through their careers. This book facilitates clear and concise communication in both academic scenarios and the workplace. It covers settings ranging from job interviews, through conference presentations, to explaining your research to the general public.

In "Icarus; or, The Future of Science," Bertrand Russell explores the potential consequences of scientific advancement, drawing parallels between the myth of Icarus and the development of technology. He argues that while science can lead to progress, it also poses risks, particularly regarding power and societal structures. Russell suggests that scientific advancements, especially in the physical sciences, can increase power, lead to industrialism and war, and necessitate large-scale organization, which could potentially be used for oppressive purposes.

Fun, funny, blasphemous, easy to understand but hard to refute: GOD DOES NOT EXIST BUT, IF HE DOES, HE’S NOT GOOD, AND ANYWAY, A GOOD GOD WOULD NOT WRITE YOUR BIBLE OR ENDORSE YOUR RELIGION is a comprehensive look at all the ways in which it is possible to deny the existence of God, and what it means for someone to say that they're an atheist.

The relationship between science and religion has long been a heated debate and is becoming an ever more popular topic. Drawing on extensive research with over a hundred leading thinkers in the UK—including Martin Rees, Brian Cox, Susan Greenfield, A.C. Grayling, Ray Tallis, Linda Woodhead, Steve Bruce, Adam Rutherford, Robin Dunbar, Francesca Stavrakopoulou, and Iain McGilchrist—The Landscapes of Science and Religion takes the much-needed step of asking what science and religion actually are, before turning to the familiar question of how they relate to one another.

BEST-SELLER DO NEW YORK TIMES E DO SUNDAY TIMES UM DOS MELHORES LIVROS DE 2022 PELA AMAZON, SPECTATOR E FINANCIAL TIMES Um caminho para entender o que está desviando a sua atenção e como recuperá-la. Durante três anos, o jornalista e escritor best-seller internacional Johann Hari fez uma jornada para descobrir as razões por trás da diminuição do nosso tempo de atenção. Ele entrevistou os maiores especialistas mundiais em foco e descobriu que tudo o que pensamos sobre o assunto está equivocado. Achamos que nossa incapacidade de focar é uma falha pessoal, mas não é.

An award-winning mathematician—he "made me smile and made me feel clever" (Peter Frankopan)—shows how we prove what’s true, and what to do when we can’t How do we establish what we believe? And how can we be certain that what we believe is true? And how do we convince other people that...

Crafted by satirical philosopher and literary trickster George Kevers, The Uncertainty Principle is a thought experiment dressed in academic robes and running shoes. It spirals through epistemology, solipsism, metaphysics, and the mess of modern meaning—equal parts intellectual farce and spiritual séance.

Tras el éxito de Y el cerebro creó al hombre, Destino incorpora dos clásicos de Antonio Damasio. El error de Descartes lo supo ver, hace ya varios siglos, Spinoza. El filósofo holandés, al que Damasio califica de «protobiólogo», teorizó ya en el siglo XVII sobre la conexión entre...

In the year 1600, a monk is burned at the stake for claiming to have built a device that will allow him to know all things. 350 years later, having witnessed 'Trinity' — the first test of the atomic bomb — America's leading scientist outlines a memory machine that will help end war on earth. 25 years in the making, an ex-soldier finally unveils this 'machine for augmenting human intellect', dazzling as he stands 'Zeus-like, dealing lightning with both hands'.