Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had been sealed for over sixty years, Barbara Goldsmith reveals the Marie Curie behind the myth—an all-too-human woman struggling to balance a spectacular scientific career, a...
To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary computer. Then, attempting to break a Nazi code during World War II, he successfully designed and built one, thus ensuring the Allied victory. Turing...
La Psychologie pour les Nuls est une introduction à tous les champs de la psychologie moderne. Facile d'accès, sans trop de jargon -juste les concepts-clés-, ce guide délivre une information fiable et nécessaire à la compréhension des...
„Kompleks Kopernika” Caleba Scharfa to książka o poszukiwaniu odpowiedzi na pytania, które ludzkość zadaje sobie niemal od zarania dziejów. Jakie jest miejsce Ziemi we Wszechświecie? Czy jesteśmy w kosmosie sami? Czy jesteśmy ważni i...
The year 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of the paper that launched Einstein's career, made E=mc2 famous, and ushered in a revolution in science—the paper that announced the theory of special relativity. And there's no better...
Many of us, especially since 9/11, have become personally concerned about issues of security, and this is no surprise. Security is near the top of government and corporate agendas around the globe. Security-related stories appear on the front page...