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 …

365 curious question and answers science and technology

365 CURIOUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS " IS YOUR DAILY DOSE OF SURPRISING FACTS. IT OFFERS ONE SMART QUESTION, ONE SHARP ANSWER, EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. FROM SPACE AND THE HUMAN BODY TO NATURE AND TECHNOLOGY, THIS SERIES UNCOVERS FASCINATING INFORMATION THAT WILL AMAZE READERS OF ALL AGES. EASY TO READ, HARD TO FORGET, THIS SERIES IS PERFECT TO KEEP YOUR CURIOSITY THRIVING.

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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600 FUJ t

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…

Inventions: a visual encyclopedia

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9781465473691

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600 BRO i

Giant Vehicles

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9781848774179

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unpaged ; ill. ; 22,5 cm

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629 BIE g

100 Facts : inventions

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9781848106284

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48 p. ; ill. ; 30 cm

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100 Facts

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608 BRE o

Machines: technology is all around you!

Technology is all around you! From the bicycle you ride to the green technology helping the planet, machines can make your life easier. Uncover the machine that was hardest to invent, marvel at machines of the future, and learn how you can become a top inventor. Meet the scientists whose inventions changed the world forever, then build your own rocket and race wind-up cars with the try-at…