This fascinating approach to sundials offers a rigorous appraisal of the science of sundials, including mathematical treatment and pertinent astronomical background. It also provides a nontechnical treatment simple enough that several of the dials can be built by children. 106 illustrations.

Dr. Joe Schwarcz breaks down the fascinating chemistry all around us in this intriguing look at everyday science From pesticides and environmental estrogens to lipsticks and garlic, the science that surrounds us can be mystifying. Why do some people drill holes in their heads for "enlightenment"? How did a small chemical error nearly convict the unfortunate Patricia Stallings for murdering her son? Where does the expression "take a bromide" come...

Can a story written almost 200 years ago help us understand the modern world? In Searching for Goldilocks, Dr. Matt Kresl explores the search for "just right" within and all around us. Basing his discussion on the Goldilocks Principle, a reference to the children's fairytale Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Dr. Kresl focuses on how science, spirituality, and storytelling form a launching point to explore the concept of "just right" in everyday life. Through...

A groundbreaking popular psychology book that explores the deep connection between our body and our brain. Over decades of study, University of Virginia psychologist Dennis Proffitt has shown that we are each living our own personal version of Gulliver's Travels, where the size and shape of the things we see are scaled to the size of our bodies, and our ability to interact with them. Stairs look less steep as dieters lose weight, baseballs grow bigger...

En el vertiginoso mundo empresarial actual, donde la eficiencia y la precisión son la clave del éxito, la gestión de inventarios se erige como un pilar fundamental para la prosperidad de cualquier organización. Este libro, "Gestión de Inventarios: Estrategias Adecuadas de Manejo y Control", nace de la necesidad imperante de ofrecer una guía completa y actualizada sobre un tema que, a pesar de su criticidad, a menudo se subestima o se maneja...

El equinoccio de primavera se acerca y el invierno está llegando a su fin en Jantival. Kalaen, de once años, lleva una vida ejemplar en su casa familiar. Apasionado por la ciencia y la música, descubre talentos innatos: tiene una percepción inusual del mundo que le rodea. Sus dones extrasensoriales incluso lograron impresionar a su vecino, el anciano alquimista y mago Falchron. Kalaen le tiene un respeto especial y secretamente desea seguir sus...

The New York Times bestselling author takes readers on "a fascinating journey into the trenches of crime [investigation]"-now revised and updated (Lowell Cauffiel, New York Times bestselling author). A body stuffed in a car trunk swallowed by the swirling, muddy waters of the Missouri River. A hiker brutally murdered, then thrown off a steep embankment in a remote mountain range. A devious killer who hid his wife's body under a thick cement patio. For...

If you are contemplating working with a champion, a potential champion, or anyone with untapped talent - be prepared, be very prepared. In 1998 Sir Steve Redgrave stared at Ingham and demanded to know, "Are you going to make me go faster?" Ingham had been trained and developed as a scientist, but in that single instance he questioned everything he thought he knew. Applied science in elite sport has boomed. Science has radically changed elite sport,...

In Kitchen Mysteries, Hervé This-international celebrity and founder of molecular gastronomy-offers a second helping of his world-renowned insight into the science of cooking, answering such fundamental questions as what causes vegetables to change color when cooked and how to keep a soufflé from falling. He illuminates abstract concepts with practical advice and concrete examples-for instance, how sautéing in butter chemically alters the molecules...

The best-selling guide to network science, the revolutionary field that reveals the deep links between all forms of human social life A cocktail party. A terrorist cell. Ancient bacteria. An international conglomerate. All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution. In Linked, Albert-Lálórabá, the nation's foremost expert in the new science of networks, takes us on an intellectual adventure to prove that social...