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Results for 'brian clegg'
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Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology could be the key to future scientific and engineering breakthroughs, space travel and kickstarting a new industrial revolution. But what exactly is it?In this accessible and concise primer, Rahul Rao takes the reader on a journey to the hidden world of the nano realm. This world is invisible to the human eye, but without it, life as we know it simply wouldn't exist. Nanotechnology is the craft of editing, manipulating and shaping this parallel world in ways that can have profound impacts on a huge scale.Celebrating the power and potential of the small things, this book looks at a diverse range of examples of nanotechnology including super-strength carbon nanotubes, speciality nanoparticles and biological nanomachinery. It explains the science behind these breakthroughs and offers a tantalising glimpse at what may await us in the world of tomorrow.
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The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 2
Quanta and Fields'Luminous and straightforward.’ Carlo Rovelli
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Dark Matter and Dark Energy
'Clear and compact ... It's hard to fault as a brief, easily digestible introduction to some of the biggest questions in the Universe' Giles Sparrow, BBC Four's The Sky at Night, Best astronomy and space books of 2019: 5/5All the matter and light we can see in the universe makes up a trivial 5 per cent of everything. The rest is hidden. This could be the biggest puzzle that science has ever faced.Since the 1970s, astronomers have been aware that galaxies have far too little matter in them to account for the way they spin around: they should fly apart, but something concealed holds them together. That 'something' is dark matter - invisible material in five times the quantity of the familiar stuff of stars and planets.By the 1990s we also knew that the expansion of the universe was accelerating. Something, named dark energy, is pushing it to expand faster and faster. Across the universe, this requires enough energy that the equivalent mass would be nearly fourteen times greater than all the visible material in existence.Brian Clegg explains this major conundrum in modern science and looks at how scientists are beginning to find solutions to it.
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Tijdreizen
Kriskras door de tijd met behulp van wetenschapTijdreizen klinkt misschien als sciencefiction, maar is volgens de wetenschap echt mogelijk. Albert Einstein toonde met zijn relativiteitstheorie namelijk aan dat naar de toekomst reizen sowieso kan – en naar het verleden reizen misschien ook. In Tijdreizen bespreekt wetenschapsschrijver Brian Clegg welke hordes we moeten nemen om dit kunstje in de praktijk te brengen. Kun je jezelf laten invriezen en in de toekomst wakker worden? Hoe bouw je een warpdrive die de ruimtetijd om zich heen kromt en je zo naar de toekomst brengt? Kun je een wormgat in duiken om terug in de tijd te gaan? En kun je dankzij de quantummechanica een boodschap naar het verleden sturen? Tot slot duikt Clegg in de paradoxale gevolgen van een universum waarin iedereen kriskras door de tijd beweegt.
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Eyes in the Sky
Space Telescopes from Hubble to WebbThe writing is accessible and engaging, and will no doubt spark the imagination
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Biomimetics
How Lessons from Nature can Transform TechnologyAn exploration of the transformative ways in which nature has inspired the technological advancement of humankind.
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Nine Musings on Time
Science Fiction, Science Fact, and the Truth about Time TravelTime travel is a familiar theme of science fiction, but is it really possible?
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Forensic Science
Today, criminal investigation doesn't just rely on smoking guns and witnesses - police investigators also engage with the mysterious, invisible world of forensic evidence. But what exactly is the science behind this evidence and the methods used to procure and analyse it?In this accessible and entertaining book, Sanjukta Mondal lifts the petri dish lid on this murky world, revealing how scientific methods have become essential weapons in the arsenal of the modern police. With the help of references to TV show forensics, the book explores topics such as DNA profiling and toxicology and brings in notable successes - and blunders - from the real world. This is an enlightening read, whether you're a budding Sherlock Holmes or have simply always wondered just how exactly a misplaced fingerprint or lost hair can lead to a successful prosecution.
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Brainjacking
Brainjacking takes us on a journey through advertising and marketing's attempts to understand and influence our thoughts and desires, from the earliest billboards to the technologies of the future. To discover how science intersects with our desires and decisions, the book pulls together three strands that have a huge impact on our lives: advertising, how much privacy we can and should have in the new electronic world, and how to draw the line between information and influence.With Brian Clegg as your guide, this is a book that will help you unpick the insidious world of brainjacking. Expertly pulling together different strands on disparate topics including AI, Big Data, subliminal advertising and more, this essential investigation shows how new and old technology and science can be combined to influence human behaviour and beliefs.
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The Intertidal Zone
Where the land meets the sea, life clings to the margins in a world of relentless change. The intertidal zone is a place of extremes - where creatures endure crashing waves, scorching sun, and the constant ebb and flow of the tides. It is a place of resilience and adaptation and home to some of the most extraordinary organisms on the planet.Blending marine biology, oceanography and evolutionary science, marine biologist Ruth Searle takes us on a journey through the deep history of the intertidal zone - from its ancient origins as the possible cradle of life to the remarkable adaptations of the species that inhabit it today. Exploring the geological forces that shape coastlines, the mechanics of tides and waves, and the evolutionary arms race that has unfolded on the shore, this book reveals how the intertidal zone has not only survived mass extinctions but has driven some of nature's most extraordinary innovations.The Intertidal Zone: Life on the Edge is a celebration of one of Earth's most dynamic ecosystems - its beauty, its mysteries, and its fragility. As climate change and human activity reshape coastlines across the planet, understanding this environment has never been more urgent.
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Judgement at Work
How we identify, assess and exercise judgement in decisions big and small - and how to do it better
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The Multiverse
The universe was supposed to be all there was - the whole of existence. For centuries the size of the universe and whether or not it is finite fascinated scientists and philosophers.But however big the universe may be, there being only one gave astronomers and cosmologists a headache. Existence as we know it is contingent on so many constants in nature which, if altered only slightly, would make life impossible. This seems so unlikely to happen by chance. What if, instead, there is in fact a vast range of different universes, with many variants of the universal contents, making ours just one of many that happens to be viable for life?In this illuminating exploration, Brian Clegg delves into the endless possibilities of the multiverse. Investigating questions of expanding, parallel and communicating universes, this accessible guide takes the reader into one of the weirdest and most exciting areas of modern physics and cosmology.
€ 14,00