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Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) woonde zijn laatste jaren in de prachtige villa Hofwijck, gebouwd door zijn vader – de dichter en diplomaat Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) – een paar kilometer ten zuid... Meer

De zee komt op en trekt zich terug volgens regels die voor de meesten van ons een mysterie zijn. De lange zoektocht van de mens om het getij te doorgronden is een episch verhaal: van Aristoteles, van... Meer

Hugh Aldersey-Williams transports us to the Dutch Golden Age a time of immense scientific and artistic innovation - in this histo-biography of Christiaan Huygens, one of Europes leading, yet unsung, t... Meer

"A marvelous, organ-by-organ journey through the body eclectic...Irresistible [and] impressive." -John J. Ross, Wall Street Journal Meer

Hugh Aldersey-Williams transports us to the Dutch Golden Age - a time of immense scientific and artistic innovation - in this histo-biography of Christiaan Huygens, one of Europe's leading, yet unsung... Meer

»Ein Lesevergnügen.« The Sunday TimesEbbe und Flut faszinieren die Menschen seit jeher und beflügeln die Fantasie. Trotz aller heutigen Erkenntnisse bergen die Gezeiten noch viele Geheimnisse. Schon A... Meer

Half of the world's population today lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. But the tide rises and falls according to rules that are a mystery to almost all of us. In The Tide, celebrated sc... Meer

Die Hälfte der Menschheit lebt an Küsten - trotzdem wissen wir wenig über die Elementarkraft der Gezeiten. Und das obwohl deren physische Präsenz uns seit jeher beeinflusst und vielleicht sogar unsere... Meer

Half of the world's population today lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. But the tide rises and falls according to rules that are a mystery to almost all of us. In The Tide, celebrated sc... Meer

Unser Körper - eine wundersame WeltBeim abwechslungsreichen Streifzug durch Kulturgeschichte, Medizin, Kunst, Literatur und den ganz normalen Alltag stößt man auf eine Fülle wissenswerter Fakten und s... Meer

Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) was an English writer, physician, and philosopher whose work has inspired everyone from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Jorge Luis Borges, Virginia Woolf to Stephen Jay Gould. In... Meer

Including facts, stories and information drawn from across history, science, art and literature - from finger-prints to angel physiology, from Isaac Newton's death-mask to the afterlife of Einstein's... Meer

Everything in universe is made of them, including you. Like you, elements have personalities, attitudes, talents, shortcomings, stories rich with meaning. This book is packed with stories and unexpect... Meer

In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales. Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a captivating look at the elements—and the amazing,... Meer

"Combines statistics from news sources and government reports withtheir own analysis to take a rational look at many of today's fears."--USA Today Meer

The Most Beautiful Molecule "The molecule, buckminsterfullerene, is beautiful physically and intellectually. Its qualities, and even some of its properties, can be appreciated instantly and intuitivel... Meer

An experimental biography of Sir Thomas Browne, the 17th century physician, philospher and writer Meer