Women in science: Ada Lovelace

Ada lovelace's briliant talent for mathematics and huge imagination helped to pave the way for the invention of the computer software software that powers the world around us. Every time you use a smartphone, you can only do so because of the pioneering work by ada Lovelace. This book tells ada;s story.

We Are the NASA Scientists

These true-life tales show that when we work together and help one another, anything is possible. Whether they are activist, thinkers or athletes, friend change the world.

We Are The Apollo 11 Crew

These true-life tales show that when we work together and help one another, anything is possible. Whether they are activist, thinkers or athletes, friend change the world.

Emerging technology

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9780744091984

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600 LAM e

Mastering AI: a survival guide to our superpowered future

Within the next five years, Jeremy Kahn predicts, AI will disrupt almost every industry and enterprise, with vastly increased efficiency and productivity. It will restructure the workforce, making AI copilots a must for every knowledge worker. It will revamp education, meaning children around the world can have personal, portable tutors. It will revolutionize health care, making individualized,…

The Math of life and death: 7 mathematical principles that shape our lives

In The Math of Life and Death , Yates takes us on a “dizzying, dazzling” ( Nature ) tour of everyday situations and grand-scale applications of mathematical concepts, including exponential growth and decay, optimization, statistics and probability, and number systems. Along the way he reveals the mathematical undersides of controversies over DNA testing, Ponzi schemes, viral marketing, and …

3 minute facts: awesome inventions

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Ed. 1

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9789672341147

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125 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm

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Where food comes from

Where in the world do bananas grow? How are fish and seafood caught? What happens to milk before we drink it? Lift the flaps to find out the answers to questions about how the food you eat is grown, raised and processed. Many people aren't quite sure where their food comes from and this fascinating book is packed with amazing facts that brings food production to life! Informative and entertaini…

The Big Book of Science: Facts, Figures, and Theories to Blow Your Mind

The well-known "a bee in a cathedral" analogy describes the size of an atom and its nucleus in understandable terms. The analogy goes that if an atom were expanded to the size of a cathedral, the nucleus would be only about the size of a bee. The Big Book of Science uses analogies to demonstrate 100 basic scientific truths and principles in new and exciting ways, describing the unbelievably …

Abundance: how we build a better future

The threat to liberal democracy isn't just autocrats - it's a lack of effective action by so-called progressives. We have the means to build an equitable world without hunger, fuelled by clean energy. Instead, we have a politics driven by scarcity, lives defined by unaffordability and public institutions that no longer deliver on big ideas. It's time for change. Bestselling authors Ezra K…