Автор: McGuire
Название: Global Catastrophes
ISBN: 0192804936 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780192804938
Издательство: Oxford Academ
Цена: 4950 T
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Описание: Focuses on the many potential catastrophes facing our planet, from global warming, and New Ice Ages, to asteroid impact, super volcanoes, and mega-tsunami. This book presents a look at both the science behind these events and our chances of survival. It explains both the mechanisms and the risks of global catastrophes.

Автор: Maslin Mark
Название: Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0198719043 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198719045
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: In the new edition of Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction (previously titled Global Warming), Mark Maslin explores all of the key debates. Examining the most recent scientific research, he looks what climate change is, its impact on our planet, and why it`s such a complex problem to solve.

Автор: Crawford, Dorothy H.
Название: Viruses: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199574855 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199574858
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Цена: 4950 T
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Описание: From modern pandemics such as HIV, swine flu and SARS, to stories of vaccination and antiviral drugs, this Very Short Introduction charts man`s struggle against viruses. Outlining their origins, structure, and method of infection, Dorothy Crawford explores the vast variety of viruses, asking if we can live in harmony with them in the future.

Автор: Winfield Alan
Название: Robotics: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199695989 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199695980
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Robotics is a key technology in the modern world. Yet, despite these successes, robots have failed to live up to the predictions of the 1950s and 60s. In this Very Short Introduction, Alan Winfield considers how robotics can be both a success story and a disappointment, and how robots can be both ordinary and quite remarkable.

Автор: Tuniz Claudio
Название: Radioactivity: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199692424 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199692422
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Radioactivity - the breakdown of unstable atomic nuclei, releasing radiation - is a fundamental process in nature, and used to provide important applications in science, medicine, and energy production. But it remains misunderstood and feared. In this Very Short Introduction, Claudio Tuniz explains the nature and mechanisms of radioactivity.

Автор: Floridi Luciano
Название: Information: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199551375 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199551378
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Цена: 3640 T
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Описание: Luciano Floridi unpacks this fundamental concept - what information is, how it is measured, its value and meaning - cutting across the sciences and humanities, from DNA to the Internet, and the ethical issues related to privacy, copyright, and accessibility.

Автор: Charlesworth, Brian (Institute of Cell, Animal and
Название: Evolution: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0192802518 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780192802514
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Talks about the role of evolutionary biology in transforming our view of human origins and relation to the universe, and the impact of this idea on traditional philosophy and religion. This book aims to introduce some of the important findings, concepts, and procedures of evolutionary biology.

Автор: Close, Frank
Название: Nothing: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199225869 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199225866
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and history of the elusive void: from Aristotle's theories to black holes and quantum particles, and why the latest discoveries about the vacuum tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos.

Автор: Hobson, J. Allan
Название: Dreaming A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0192802151 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780192802156
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Focusing on dreaming to explain the mechanisms of sleep, the author explores how the new science of dreaming affects theories in psychoanalysis, and how it is helps the understanding of the causes of mental illness. He investigates his own dreams to illustrate and explain some of the discoveries of modern sleep science.

Автор: McGuire
Название: Global Catastrophes
ISBN: 0192804936 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780192804938
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Цена: 4950 T
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Описание: Focuses on the many potential catastrophes facing our planet, from global warming, and New Ice Ages, to asteroid impact, super volcanoes, and mega-tsunami. This book presents a look at both the science behind these events and our chances of survival. It explains both the mechanisms and the risks of global catastrophes.

Автор: Hallam, Tony (Emeritus Professor of Geology, Unive
Название: Catastrophes and lesser calamities: the causes of mass extinctions
ISBN: 0192806688 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780192806680
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Mass extinctions were periods in the Earth's history when life nearly died out on Earth. This book looks at the different theories and also what the study of mass extinctions might tell us about the future.

Автор: Arnold Hanslmeier
Название: Habitability and Cosmic Catastrophes
ISBN: 3642095615 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642095610
Издательство: Springer
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Цена: 83480 T
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Описание: Catastrophic cosmic events such as asteroid impacts appear in the range of some 100 million years and have drastically affected evolution. The author discusses whether and how such events could have occurred in recently found extrasolar planetary systems.

Автор: Courtillot, Vincent
Название: Evolutionary catastrophes
ISBN: 0521891183 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521891189
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Mass extinction and cataclysmic volcanic activity: will fascinate everyone interested in the history of life and death on our planet.