Bais op z'n best eindelijk in paperback. Waarom kan niets sneller gaan dan het licht? En waarom lopen bewegende klokken langzamer? In 'De sublieme eenvoud van relativiteit' laat succesauteur Sander Bais de lezer op een weergaloze maar toch toegankelijke manier kennismaken met een van de meest baanbrekende en onovertroffen theorieën uit de natuurkunde. De relativiteitstheorie betekende een radicaal keerpunt in ons begrip van ruimte, tijd, massa en energie. Dit fraai uitgevoerde boek voert je ...

Als bètawetenschapper is het niet eenvoudig om je werk onder de aandacht te brengen bij een groot publiek. Niet omdat exacte wetenschappen per se moeilijk zijn, maar omdat voor veel mensen Higgs-deeltjes en priemgetallen abstracter lijken dan oorlog en liefde.

Hoe breng je de kern van je onderzoek over? Waar let je op bij de keuze van een onderwerp? Hoe schrijf je een aansprekend persbericht of een toegankelijk artikel voor de krant? Gebruik je metaforen en formules, of juist niet? Hoe berei...

This one-semester text is designed for an upper-level majors course. Vertebrates features a unique emphasis on function and evolution of vertebrates, complete anatomical detail, and excellent pedagogy. Vertebrate groups are organized phylogenetically, and their systems discussed within such a context.

Morphology is foremost, but the author has developed and integrated an understanding of function and evolution into the discussion of anatomy of the various systems.

The first, foundational book on blockchain technology, from the bestselling author of Wikinomics Don Tapscott and blockchain expert Alex Tapscott, now in paperback with a new preface and chapter explaining recent developments in the world of blockchain, including cryptoassets, ICOs, smart contracts, and more.

"This book has had an enormous impact on the evolution of blockchain in the world."

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In this revelatory book, Don and Alex Tapscott bring us a...

How can science be brought to connect with experience? This book addresses two of the most challenging problems facing contemporary neurobiology and cognitive science: first, understanding how we unconsciously execute habitual actions as a result of neurological and cognitive processes that are not formal actions of conscious judgment but part of a habitual nexus of systematic self-organization; second, creating an ethics adequate to our present awareness that there is no such thing as a tran...

With over 22,000 entries, Henderson’s Dictionary of Biology is the most comprehensive on the market. It continues to be an essential reference for students, teachers and researchers within any of the biological sciences.

For courses in Optics A Contemporary Approach to Optics with Practical Applications and New Focused PedagogyHecht Optics balances theory and instrumentation and provides students with the necessary classical background through a lively and clear narrative. Optics, Fifth Edition is distinguished by three core imperatives: up-to-date content in line with the ever-evolving technological advances in the Optics field; a modern approach to discourse including studies on photons, phasors, and theory...

A little over a decade since its first publication, the hypotheses set out in Manuel Castells' groundbreaking trilogy have largely been verified. In a substantial new preface to the first volume in the series, Castells demonstrates, in the light of major world trends, how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale.

The 40th anniversary edition of the million copy international bestseller, with a new epilogue from the author. As relevant and influential today as when it was first published, this classic exposition of evolutionary thought, widely hailed for its stylistic brilliance and deep scientific insights, stimulated whole new areas of research.