Lewis Dartnell è un divulgatore scientifico focalizzato sull'astrobiologia e sull'insegnamento presso l'Università di Westminster. Il suo lavoro è caratterizzato dallo sforzo di rendere accessibili argomenti scientifici complessi a un pubblico più ampio attraverso una scrittura avvincente. Attraverso i suoi libri e le sue apparizioni sui media, ispira lettori e spettatori a interessarsi alla conoscenza scientifica e alle sue applicazioni pratiche. Il suo approccio enfatizza la connessione tra scienza, vita quotidiana e le sfide future che l'umanità deve affrontare.
Why is the world the way it is? Lying imperceptibly beneath everything we encounter in the modern world is an architecture of causal links, chains of consequences that explain why things are the way they are. Origins is the story of this connectivity; it's not about what we've done to our environment, but about what our environment has done to us
'Illuminating' TIM MARSHALL 'Refreshing' THOMAS HALLIDAY A mind-expanding, revolutionary journey across time that shows how our biology has determined human history for the first time. This book will change how you see the world. We're a wonder of evolution, capable of incredible feats. But we're also deeply flawed. Our bodies and minds often break, fail, and hinder us. To be human is to live with this extraordinary contradiction. So, to understand the course humanity has taken - from prehistoric times through the age of empire and into the modern era - we must understand who, and what, we are. Being Human is history made flesh. From the epidemic that brought Europe's peasants freedom, to the health deficiency which gave rise to the world's largest criminal organisation, to the cognitive biases that led to military catastrophes in Crimea and Iraq, we see how our unique nature shaped our relationships, economies and societies - and, importantly, how it continues to impact human progress today. 'This book is quite literally wonderful' ED CONWAY 'A wild ride' TIM HARFORD 'A gripping, red-blooded narrative from a master storyteller' JO MARCHANT
By presenting outer space as a vacation destination, a guidebook shows armchair astronauts some of the best sights--from the Mariner Valley on Mars to the gravity-light moon, Enceladus--and provides facts about places from the sun to a black hole.
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Fertig zum Abheben? An Bord des Raumkreuzers geht es auf eine spannende Expedition zum Weltall. Es locken zahlreiche Reisehighlights wie Eisfontänen, Gasringe, doppelte Sonnenaufgänge, Magnetstürme und Sternennebel. Ausflugsziele sind das Lavagebirge der Venus, ein Krater auf dem Mars, eine Fahrt mit dem Schneemobil über den Saturnmond und noch viele mehr. Erfahrungsberichte anderer Reisender geben Aufschluss darüber, was sich lohnt und was man vielleicht besser meiden sollte. Die wichtigsten Fakten für Touristen - wie Anreisezeit, Temperatur und Windgeschwindigkeit vor Ort sind dabei immer griffbereit. Durch die ungewöhnliche und spannende Präsentation des beliebten Themas wird ganz nebenbei wertvolles Wissen über das Weltall vermittelt. Ein tolles Geschenk für kleine Astronauten!
Odhalte, jak biologie ovlivnila historii lidstva a formovala dnešní svět! Objevte fascinující propojení mezi našimi nedostatky a událostmi, které utvářely naši současnost. Jak mohla hemofilie přispět k vzniku Sovětského svazu? Jak souvisí kurděje na zámořských lodích s růstem mafie v Itálii v 19. století? A jak se z nejbohatší francouzské kolonie stala jedna z nejchudších zemí světa kvůli komárům? Lidé jsou zázrakem evoluce. Výjimečné schopnosti nám umožnily přežít, rozmnožovat se a tvořit svět, jak ho známe dnes. Lidský organismus však obsahuje chyby, které omezují naše možnosti. Rozpor mezi našimi schopnostmi a nedostatky je podstatou „bytí člověkem“ a veškerá historie se odehrává právě na této tenké hranici. Lewis Dartnell ve své knize přístupným a poutavým způsobem vypráví složitý příběh lidského vývoje skrze naši křehkou biologii. Ponořte se do strhujícího vyprávění o tom, jak naše biologie formovala vztahy, společnosti i ekonomiky a začínala války, a jak i nadále ovlivňuje náš vývoj. Přečtěte si tuto výjimečnou knihu a získejte nový pohled na to, jak hluboce je naše historie provázána s naší biologií. Vaše porozumění světu se změní navždy.