Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541), známý jako Paracelsus, žil a působil na hranici mezi středověkem a moderní dobou. Byl současníkem Lutherovým a nepřítelem tradičního lékařství... Čítať ďalej
Autor, ve Španělsku žijící Angličan, se pokusil o sepsání objektivní historie nejslavnějšího fotbalového klubu minulého století – Realu Madrid, který v roce 2002 oslavil sté výročí své... Čítať ďalej
Why have all human cultures - today and throughout history - made music? Why does music excite such rich emotion? And how do we make sense of musical sound? This title explores how the research in music psychology and brain... Čítať ďalej
Tells the story of physics under Hitler. In an exploration of moral choices under a totalitarian regime, this title deals with human dilemmas, failures to take responsibility and three lives caught between the idealistic... Čítať ďalej
Is there a 'physics of society'? Philip Ball's investigation into human nature ranges from Hobbes and Adam Smith to modern work on traffic flow and market trading, across economics, sociology and psychology. Ball... Čítať ďalej
Understanding the human mind and how it relates to the world that we experience has challenged philosophers for centuries. How then do we even begin to think about 'minds' that are not human?Science now has plenty to... Čítať ďalej
A cutting-edge new vision of biology that proposes to revise our concept of what life is - from Science Book Prize winner and former Nature editor Philip Ball.Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation... Čítať ďalej
