In this highly accessible history, Robert Snedden looks at what has been described as the fundamental science - the one that underpins all others. From its roots in ancient Greek philosophy and geometry, through the discovery of the laws of gravity, planetary motion, and thermodynamics, to the weird and wonderful world of quantum mechanics, readers are taken on an illuminating journey through humankind’s attempts to understand what makes our world work • The pursuit of knowledge over the centuries by scientists such as Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Richard Feynman has revealed a treasure trove of information about the laws that govern our universe. Great Breakthroughs in Physics reveals how these brilliant individuals built on the work of their predecessors and arrived at their stunning discoveries
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From early humans carving notches in bones to the discovery of quantum mechanics, mathematics has certainly come a long way • Fully illustrated and augmented with helpful timelines and diagrams, Great Breakthroughs in Mathematics explores some of history's greatest mathematical breakthroughs. Covering topics from Ancient Egyptian geometry to chaos theory, readers will learn about Euclid of Alexandria, Brahmagupta, Sir Isaac Newton, Alan Turing and more. Whether solving practical or abstract problems, these mathematicians have each sought to improve our lives, and have bought us to the world we know today • With each concept explained in easy-to-understand language, there's no need to be a calculus genius to marvel at these incredible feats of problem-solving brilliance
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From the earliest numbers carved onto bones to the discovery of quantum mechanics and chaos theory - mathematics has certainly come a long way • Fully illustrated and augmented with helpful timelines and simple diagrams, Problem Solved! reveals how these fascinating breakthroughs have brought us to the world we live in today • Covering the first inklings of geometric theory in Ancient Egypt, the invention of the ‘zero’, the problem of infinity, the use of algebra, and the modern era of computer science, there’s no need to be a calculus genius to marvel at these incredible feats of problem-solving brilliance
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В историю мировой литературы английский писатель Артур Конан Дойл вошел как создатель Шерлока Холмса, гениального сыщика с Бейкер-стрит, 221-б. Приключения Холмса и его друга доктора Уотсона вот уже более столетия приковывают внимание читателей всего мира. Само имя Шерлок Холмс стало нарицательным. И это не случайно - рассказы и повести об этом бессмертном герое отмечены всеми достоинствами первоклассной беллетристики: богатой выдумкой, безукоризненной интригой, точной и легкой манерой изложения, а сам герой являет собой идеал рыцарственного борца со злом, воплощенным в преступлении • В настоящий том вошли две повести о Шерлоке Холмсе: "Этюд в багровых тонах" и "Знак четырех" • Книга на английском языке • In two of the most famous Sherlock Holmes stories, the brilliant detective uses his impressive powers of deduction to unravel the mysteries before him
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From the award-winning author of Becoming Dickens and The Story of Alice comes a major new biography of Charles Dickens, tracing the year that would transform his life and times • The year is 1851. It's a time of radical change in Britain, when industrial miracles and artistic innovations rub shoulders with political unrest, poverty and disease. It's also a turbulent time in the private life of Charles Dickens, as he copes with a double bereavement and early signs that his marriage is falling apart. But this formative year will become perhaps the greatest turning point in Dickens's career, as he embraces his calling as a chronicler of ordinary people's lives, and develops a new form of writing that will reveal just how interconnected the world is becoming
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Heart-breaking, uplifting and full of adventure, The Long Ride Home is the long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller The Horse Boy • Rowan came back from the shamans in Mongolia a changed boy. The three most debilitating effects of his autism - his incontinence, his endless tantruming, and his inability to make friends - were gone • But a year almost to the day since Rowan's improvement he started regressing: the accidents and tantrums reappeared, terrifying his father Rupert. Something had to be done • Father and son embarked on a new quest, journeying from the bushmen of Namibia to the coastal rainforests of Queensland, Australia and finally to the Navajo reservations of the American southwest, where Rowan was transformed - they had begun the Long Ride Home
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Packed with more than 1,200 incredible images you can discover the world's most precious and fascinating objects, from rocks and gems to fossils and shells • Earth's extraordinary minerals, gems, shells, and fossils are all on dazzling display in this essential visual encyclopedia for children. The Rock and Gem Book is an indispensable guide to the natural world's most remarkable treasures the book shows each rock, mineral, fossil, and shell in its natural form, as well as a wide range of everyday and unexpected objects in which they can be found Feast your eyes on the ultimate treasure trove that any pirate would envy! • This genius geology book for kids has over 1200 stunning photographs that showcase rocks and gems in glorious detail, ensuring you can recognise sedimentary from sandstone, metamorphic from marble, and pyrite from pearl
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A series of glasses of transparent liquids is in front of you: but which will quench your thirst and which will kill you? And why? Why does one liquid make us drunk, and another power a jumbo jet? • From the bestselling author of Stuff Matters comes a fascinating tour of these surprising or sinister substances - the droplets, heartbeats and ocean waves we all encounter every day • Structured around a plane journey, encountering water, wine, oil and more, Miodownik shows that liquids are agents of death and destruction as well as substances of wonder and fascination. His unique brand of scientific storytelling brings them and their mysterious properties alive in a captivating new way
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The puzzles and solutions in this wonderful collection are presented in large-print type, making them easy on the eye and extremely enjoyable to solve. Give your word power and general knowledge an enjoyable challenge as you complete them • Easy-to-read puzzles and solutions: Large-print type with plenty of space around the puzzles means that you won't strain your eyes as you solve them • Exercise your brain: Give your mind a great workout as you solve each clue • Reduce stress: Feel your stress melt away as you focus on these satisfying puzzles
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Since the late 19th century, the Mafia has been a presence in North America using intimidation and worse to exert its control over organized crime in the major cities and beyond - anything from loansharking to bootlegging during Prohibition to extortion, kidnapping and racketerring. For the Mob (as they are also known), crime was big business. Feuds between Mafia families and their associates led to Lucky Luciano, the preeminent Mob boss, creating the Commission, which to this day rules over Mob activity and disputes. Throughout the 20th century, the ruthlessness of the Mafia has been in evidence: the list of Mob victims seems endless. Mafia Hits recalls the most important executions - the rival bosses, the stool pigeons and snitches, the good cops and the dirty cops, the vicious feuds and the hit-men who lived by the gun and died by it
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Revenge killings, gangland shootouts, brutal executions and drownings—there was no escape from the Mob’s hit-men • Featuring historical photographs of the victims — some often gruesome, Mafia Murders details the bloody ends of these infamous gangsters • Discover the stories of the hit-men who lived by the gun, and died by it, in this fascinating tale of the American underworld
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Beginning with Alfred the Great, Cath Senker presents an accessible history of the a€?remarkably resilient institutiona€ of monarchy up to the reign of Elizabeth II. Tracing its development from the power held by early kings, through the dominance that figures such as Henry VIII exerted, to the more constitutional form of the modern era, she explains the impact that Britaina€s monarchs have had in shaping the country
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