Arcturus Astronomy. From plotting the stars to pulsars and black holes

People have always sought order in the apparent chaos of the universe. Mathematics has been our most valuable tool in that search, uncovering the patterns and rules which govern our world and beyond. This book traces humankind's greatest achievements, plotting a journey through the mathematical intellects of the last 4,000 years to where we stand today • Topics include • The Ancient Egyptians and geometry • The movement of the planets • Algebra, solid geometry, and the trigonometric tables • The first computers • How statistics came to rule our finances • Impossible shapes and extra dimensions • Measuring and mapping the world • Chaos theory and fuzzy logic • Set theory and the death of numbers • Beautifully illustrated throughout

Tales of the Tea Trade looks at the world of tea from a completely new perspective • Taking the reader on a fascinating journey directly into the lives of those who plant, pluck and process tea; going beyond the standard story of leaf to cup; this book offers readers a unique first-hand insight into the culture, ceremony, opportunities and threats surrounding an ancient art. Closer to home, Michelle and Rob Comins offer their perspectives on how Eastern tea rituals can find a place in our increasingly busy Western lives. Beyond this, the book explores the key ingredients that separate a ‘good’ from a ‘great’ tea, covers ethical sourcing and shows how readers can translate and recreate tea ceremonies at home • Chapters include The Story of Tea, The Tea Plant, The Main Types of Tea, The International Tea Industry, Tea and Health and Time for Tea

Немногие книги пользовались такой всеобщей любовью как у детей, так и у взрослых, как «Маленький принц» • Прекрасная подарочная коллекция цитат из оригинального перевода Кэтрин Вудс с разноцветными иллюстрациями • Пилот, застрявший в пустыне, однажды утром просыпается и видит перед собой самого необычного маленького человека. «Пожалуйста… — просит незнакомец, — нарисуй мне овцу…» • «Маленький принц» покоряет сердца читателей по всему миру с момента его публикации в 1943 году — в этом новом сборнике цитат собраны любимые мудрые слова из лирического, причудливого текста Антуана де Сент-Экзюпери. Цитаты взяты из оригинального перевода Кэтрин Вудс, любимца фанатов • В этой коллекции каждый найдет что-то для себя, включая темы детства, печали, дружбы, любви и многого другого

Do you eat when you're not hungry? Or when you're angry and upset? Do you eat to control your feelings? • Allen Carr's Easyway is the most successful self-help stop-smoking method of all time. It has helped millions of smokers all over the world to quit, and has since been used to treat other addictions such as drinking and gambling. Allen Carr's Easyway method works by unravelling the brainwashing that leads us to desire the very thing that is harming us, meaning that we are freed from the addiction rather than merely restricting our behaviour • The Easyway method has now been applied to the problem of emotional eating. With Allen Carr's Easyway method, you can eat as much of your favourite foods as you want, whenever you want, as often as you want, and be the exact weight you want to be, without dieting, special exercise, using willpower or feeling deprived

From icy polar tundra to lush tropical rainforests, readers can explore the wonders of the planet we call home in this spectacular visual guide • This beautiful jacketed hardback introduces the many landscapes and systems that make up Planet Earth, from its molten core and plate tectonics to the different landscapes which make up its surface. Readers can explore the Amazon basin, taiga forests across the frozen wastes of Siberia and vast deserts on almost every continent • Includes • Land: volcanoes, glaciers, caves, wetlands • Air: the geomagnetic field, weather, the auroras • Sea: tides, coral reefs, fjords • The text is brought to life by superb full-colour photos, charts, maps and infographics to reveal the planet in all its splendor

The unexamined life is not worth living • - Plato (c.427-347BC) • This book traces the historical development of philosophical thought from the Ancient Greeks through the Enlightenment to the present day. It explores the five main branches of philosophy - metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics, and aesthetics - and includes biographies of significant philosophers and accounts of important texts. It is an accessible and fascinating account of the preoccupations of some of the world's greatest thinkers • Topics include • The nature of being and reality • The existence of God • Free will and predestination • Ethics in daily life • How we might make a good society

The FBI estimate that there are between 25 and 50 serial killers at large in the USA at any given time. But the truth is few people kill. We occasionally say we could kill someone, but that is usually hyperbole. Most of us can imagine what it might be like to be driven to a senseless act of violence in an unendurable situation. To kill once is one thing; to kill over and over again is quite another. What drives these people who kill and kill again Are they evil or are they mad Serial killing is a worldwide phenomenon and no two killers are alike. Each one comes with a grisly though compelling tale that takes the reader to the darkest reaches of the human psyche

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