Herman Pontzer's ground-breaking research has revealed how, contrary to received wisdom, exercise does not increase our metabolism. Instead, we burn calories within a very narrow range: nearly 3,000 calories per day, no matter our activity level. In this book, he draws on twenty years of cutting-edge science to take a closer look at what happens to the energy we consume. Burn...

One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical world In Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of reality based on the deep revelations of modern science. With clarity and an infectious sense of joy, he guides us through the essential concepts that...

Polish Libraries is an English-language peer-reviewed journal published by the National Library of Poland and presenting valuable up-to-date library science research. Its current edition (vol.4) includes: an insightful paper by Marta Cichoń about the National Library Descriptors Project; an analysis of adolescents’ reading habits by Zofia Zasacka; a text by Janusz Lachowski about the...

We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world -- but it's a lot older than you think. As ancient as the pyramids, its history is even more surprising. In Spare Parts, cultural historian Paul Craddock takes us on a fascinating journey and unearths incredible untold stories, from Indian surgeons regrafting lost noses in the sixth century BC, to the...

This book is about how to keep bees in a natural and practical system where they do not require treatments for pests and diseases and only minimal interventions. It is also about simple practical beekeeping. It is about reducing your work. It is not a main-stream beekeeping book. Many of the concepts are contrary to "conventional" beekeeping. The techniques presented here are streamlined...

Monografia wykazująca możliwość formowania się złota autogenicznego (egzogenicznego) w osadach złotonośnych związanych z obszarami historycznego górnictwa złota na Dolnym Śląsku. Na podstawie szczegółowej charakterystyki mineralogiczno-geochemicznej złota okruchowego z osadów technogenicznych - odpadów pogórniczych i osadów noszących ślady dawnych prac górniczych w postaci szybów...

Global satellite navigation systems – GPS, GLONASS, Compass, Galileo – bring the world and the outer space closer to us. Regardless of the weather, the time of day or night, satellite navigation allows us to determine the location of points and moving objects anywhere on the surface of the Earth, in the sky, and all over the universe. Each of us can get additional data related to their...

This innovative book recognizes the need within the object-oriented community for a book that goes beyond the tools and techniques of the typical methodology book. In Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models, Martin Fowler focuses on the end result of object-oriented analysis and design—the models themselves. He shares with you his wealth of object modeling experience and his keen eye for...

The world's most popular record book is back with thousands of new categories and newly broken records, covering everything from outer space to sporting greats via Instagram, fidget spinners and all manner of human marvels. Inside you'll find hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and countless facts, figures, stats and trivia waiting for you on every action-packed page. Guinness World...

In recent years, and more specifically, since the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis in 2010, the model of integration has changed. The rising political power of the strongest Member States and the political segmentation of the European Union into separate circles of integration have become the new reality. These processes have been accompanied by a range of related changes, such as the...

This volume is mainly a collection of articles based on the papers delivered during the Third Central European Conference of Young Egyptologists. Egypt 2004: Perspectives of Research, which was held from the 12th to the 14th of May 2004. in the National Museum in Warsaw within five subject groups: Archaic and Old Kingdom Studies, New Kingdom Studies, Nubian Studies, Language and Textual...

Nowe podejście do współzarządzania i współrządzenia, zaprezentowane przez Autorów, jest ważną odpowiedzią nauki na kryzys polityki i funkcjonowania państwa. (…) Współzarządzanie publiczne przezwycięża tradycyjne podziały między domeną państwa, rynku i społeczeństwa obywatelskiego. Potrzebna książka, interdyscyplinarna analiza naukowa na wysokim poziomie. prof. dr hab. Jerzy Wilkin...

Niniejsza praca zajmuje się problematyką fraz nominalnych, w których liczebnik jest jednym z elementów modyfikujących rzeczownik. Głównym zagadnieniem omawianym w książce są morfo-składniowe własności liczebników głównych na przykładach z języka polskiego oraz staro-angielskiego jako przedstawicieli języków fleksyjnych oraz mechanizmy nadawania przypadka w grupach imiennych z liczebnikami....