„Remarkable Poles.Pioneers, inventors, explorers” to książka popularno-naukowa dla młodzieży i dorosłych, która w przystępny i niezwykle ciekawy sposób opowiada o osiągnięciach Polaków. Autor opisuje nie tylko powszechnie znane postaci Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, Ignacego Łukasiewicza, Aleksandra Doby czy Henryka Arctowskiego, ale również wielu dzisiaj mniej znanych, jednak niezwykle ważnych w...

The photograph on the front of this book is, in a way, a double symbol. Firstly, it presents the Lvovian philosophical milieu around 1925 when its three main figures were Kazimierz Twardowski, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, and Roman Ingarden. Secondly, it reflects the tension between the two approaches to philosophy referred to in the title: “Intuition and Analysis.” The central item...

'A gripping blockbuster ... Thomas researches meticulously and writes with simmering even-handed anger' TELEGRAPH. Fashionopolis is the definitive book on the cost of fast fashion, and a blueprint for how we get to a more sustainable future. Fashion has blighted our planet. Today, one out of six people on earth work in fashion, churning out 100 billion garments a year. Yet 98 percent of them...

It's 1839 and you are a medical student working on your first human body dissection! Under the watchful eye of Dr Walker, peel the flaps back to reveal the inner workings of the human body, from bone and muscle, to the brain, eyes, heart, lungs and everything in-between. Victorian-inspired illustrations meet with medical notes and sketches to give a complete in-depth exploration of how the...

Książka zapełnia lukę między podejściami w opracowaniach dotyczących edukacji matematycznej. Wskazuje, co w edukacji matematycznej jest najistotniejsze oraz, co powinno być uwzględnione w każdym realizowanym podejściu, tak aby edukacja matematyczna była w pełni prawidłowa i zgodna z aktualną wiedzą oraz wartościowa poznawczo.

`Man does for the reader that most difficult of tasks: he conjures up an ancient people in an alien landscape in such a way as to make them live.` - Guardian The people of the first nomadic empire left no written records, but from 200 BC they dominated the heart of Asia for 400 years. They changed the world. The Mongols, today`s descendants of Genghis Khan, see them as ancestors. Their rise...

Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation: an equal education for girls and...

&i>A Short History of the World in 50 Lies&/i> provides an alternative historical perspective on history as we know it: the fifty greatest lies that have defined us.

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Exceeds maximum length of 2000 characters; “It would still be good for a senior or first-year graduate course in analysis. The material is still all relevant, and the subject matter has not changed a lot in the past 50 years. The present book is positioned at a comfortable level of abstraction, and no more recent books have come out to compete with it at this level.” MAA Reviews “It remains...

Cast in the form of a dialogue, this title treats subjects as diverse as the divinity of the Sun and the quirks of human digestion while showcasing Virgil as the master of all human knowledge from diction and rhetoric to philosophy and religion.

All living things are composed of cells, which have fundamentally the same chemistry. Biochemistry is the study of reactions within these cells, and the molecules that are created, manipulated, and destroyed as a result of them. This book discusses the key concepts of biochemistry, as well as the recent discoveries and innovations in the field.

Hexenmedizin ist die lange Zeit verbotene, geächtete und unterdrückte »alternative« Heilkunst unserer Ahnen, einer Heilkunst, die nicht nur gesund macht, sondern Lust und Erkenntnis, Rausch und mystische Einsicht bringt. Die Autoren nehmen uns mit auf eine Erkundungsreise, die zum Ursprung der Heilkunst, durch die antike Mythologie, zur Hexe als Verkörperung der Sinnlichkeit und schließlich...

This book, founded on the in-depth discussion of sixteen clinical cases of psychoanalysis, tries to answer the question of what psychoanalysts do when they are practicing psychoanalysis. The authors have collaborated with over a thousand colleagues worldwide to collect a unique dataset of everyday clinical sessions using a new workshop discussion method designed to reveal differences. Faced...

Hubble’s most magnificent images With investigations into everything from black holes to exoplanets, the Hubble Telescope has changed not only the face of astronomy but also our very sense of being in the universe. On the 30th anniversary of its launch into low-earth orbit, this updated edition of Expanding Universe presents 30 brand new images, unveiling more hidden gems from the Hubble’s...

The Sobotta Coloring Book - for understanding and learning anatomy The Sobotta Coloring Book offers another excellent way to study anatomy, perfectly suited to all those who are looking for an alternative to learning from textbooks. Dealing with the most important subjects in anatomy, the texts and the simple drawings designed to be colored-in help to understand and revise the most important...

From SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author Bettany Hughes'A wondrous wonderful achievement' Stephen Fry 'Fascinating' Observer 'Thrilling' GuardianTheir names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven...

The most influential book of the past seventy-five years: a groundbreaking exploration of everything we know about what we don't know, now with a new section called "On Robustness and Fragility." A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear...

Professor Włodzimierz Nykiel celebrated his seventieth birthday in 2021. This is a perfect opportunity to thank the Jubilarian for his scientific and academic activities to date. The Editors of this jubilee book – Professor’s long-term associates at the Tax Law Department of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Lodz, the Centre of Tax Documentation and Studies and the...

A leading expert on foreign policy reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics in a Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2021“Sarotte has the receipts, as it were: her authoritative tale draws on thousands of memos, letters, briefs, and other once secret documents-including many that have never been published before-which both fill in and complicate settled...