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Terwijl hij ons door de omwentelingen voert binnen het biologische denken dat uiteindelijk leidde tot de oorsprong van de soort, brengt Jonathan Miller ons in aanraking met die merkwaardige revolutionair; Charles Darwin - een opmerkelijk bescheiden man, die het grootste deel van zijn leven in afzondering doorbracht; een halve invalide gekweld door twijfel, bang voor de controverse die zijn theorieën teweeg konden brengen; maar ook de man die uiteindelijk het geloof in de schepping door God ondermijnde. Gaandeweg ontmoeten we een fascinerende groep medespelers: Darwins wetenschappelijke voorgangers, zijn tijdgenoten (onder wie Alfred Russell Wallace, wiens vooruitlopen op de natuurlijke selectie Darwin dwong tot publiceren), zijn tegenstanders, en zijn opvolgers wier werk met betrekking tot de moderne genetica noodzaakte tot wijzigingen in Darwins oorspronkelijke werk. Met zijn schitterende illustraties vormt dit slimme, geestige en zeer informatieve boek een perfecte inleiding tot Darwins leven en gedachtegoed.

A biography about four Essex lads who became award-winning stadium superstars and champions of synth pop/rock. It features interviews with founder member Vince Clarke, engineer-cum-producer Gareth Jones - who together with Mute Records founder/mentor Daniel Miller - played a pivotal role in shaping Depeche Mode's unique sound over theyears.

Six accurately detailed, movable three-dimensional models and dozens of instructive drawings accompany a text that explains the process of human reproduction from the moment of conception through birth

How do you paint a picture of infinity? How do you dance about death? How do you draw a diagram explaining entropy? Images and Understanding explores the human problem of moving facts and ideas from one mind to another - the problems of how we see and communicate using images expressed in pictures, diagrams, words, music and dance. For artists as well as scientists discussion of this topic is timely; electronic and computing technology is expanding the means of generating and communicating images, while physiology and psychology are revealing the neural mechanisms of coding, perceiving and understanding them. The book is divided into six sections, each with an explanatory introduction followed by comprehensively illustrated contributions from internationally distinguished figures from fields as diverse as art history, choreography, psychology, computer science, and philosophy. Images and Understanding is unique in viewing the problems of imagery through the eyes of both science and art; it gives new insight into images and new ideas about understanding.

A director's brilliant inquiry into the problems--and solutions--of staging, filming, and acting classics for modern audiences. 90 black-and-white and color illustrations.

Did you know that a King Cobra's bite contains enough poison to kill 20 people? This text includes many fascinating facts and records about the world of snakes. It features photographs, detailed illustrations and suggested Web site addresses.

Dramatic underwater photography shows sharks hunting, feeding and attacking, how they sense other fish and what drives them into feeding frenzies.

Three-dimensional and movable illustrations enable the reader to experience the mechanisms by which one thinks, sees, hears, moves and stays alive. By operating scale models, the reader can make a heart beat, lungs breathe and muscles contract.

Karl Sabbagh's Palestinian father became famous throughout the Arab world by broadcasting for the BBC Arabic Service during the Second World War. When the war ended, Isa Khalil Sabbagh covered the fateful events of 1947-8 and later became an adviser in the American State Department. In Palestine, Sabbagh delves back centuries in an attempt to come to terms with his family's - and his people's - turbulent past. It is a panoramic survey of the political and religious barriers that have undermined the pursuit of lasting peace.

Each football skill is illustrated with action photographs, detailed diagrams and easy-to-follow instructions.

My book is about my interpretation of good over evil, how God takes a simple young man to a man with true values, who became a warrior of God and charity and humbleness to the end, and how God shows how wisdom is the only way to live, the ugliness of violence and crimes to the man that finds unconditional love in a woman that needs her knight and shining armor.

Najznámejšie druhy hadov z celého sveta, lov, umenie prežiť a veľa iného o hadoch nájdete v knihe Hady.

In these essays, Jonathan Miller, Oliver Sacks and Daniel Kevles show how and why some discoveries and insights in science emerge with great promise, only to be discarded or forgotten, then re-emerge years later as important. Richard Lewontin and Stephen Jay Gould suggest deep and largely unacknowledged distortions in the way scientists and popularizers alike conceive the sturcture of the world and its natural history. Illustrations.

Eine fesselnde Biographie über vier junge Männer aus Essex, die zu Superstars und Meistern des Synthie-Pop wurden, jetzt endlich auf Deutsch erhältlich!

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Poznatky o najznámejších druhoch, stavbe tela, ich zvláštne zmysly. História žralokov a ich rozoznávanie nájdete v knihe Žraloky.

S knížkou Jaro, léto, podzim, zima poznají nejmenší čtenáři všechna roční období, procvičí si slovní zásobu, soustředění a rozlišovací schopnosti. Tato knížka je nejen ideální příležitostí k učení hrou, ale i k společnému setkávání rodičů a dětí.

Bohatě ilustrovaná publikace seznamuje žáky a studenty s možnosti využití počítače při vypracovávání domácích úkolů. Nechybí ani informace o potřebném počítačovém vybavení (hardware + software), návody, jak programy spustit či jak používat klavesnici. (www.mlp.cz)

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