A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated film, Interstellar, from executive producer and theoretical physicist Kip Thorne.
Drawing on the phenomenological tradition in the philosophy of science and philosophy of nature, this title states that perception is a cognitive, world-building act, and is therefore never absolute or finished.
An Economist BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR As the data economy grows in power, Carissa Veliz exposes how our privacy is eroded by big tech and governments, why that matters and what we can do about it. The moment you check your phone in the morning you are giving away your data.
Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? This title includes tales that follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold and every single element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, conflict, the arts, medicine and the lives of the mad scientists who discovered them.
Explores the human mind and shows how our emotions and personality are the result of genes and environment. This book explains how memories are formed and lost, how the ever-changing brain is responsible for toddler tantrums and teenage angst, and reveals the truth behind extra-sensory perception as well as out-of-body experiences.