Science is a serious business, right? Wrong.

Scientists have been participants in the best reality show of all time, with all the highs, lows, bust-ups, and strange personalities of any show on telly today. From Luke O'Neill - the science teacher you wish you'd had - this hugely accessible history of science reveals the human stories behind the biggest discoveries.

For example, we meet Charles Darwin as he weighs up the pros and cons of marrying his cousin: 'constant companion' vs 'less money...

This book builds theoretical statistics from the first principles of probability theory. Starting from the basics of probability, the authors develop the theory of statistical inference using techniques, definitions, and concepts that are statistical and are natural extensions and consequences of previous concepts. Intended for first-year graduate students, this book can be used for students majoring in statistics who have a solid mathematics background.

It can also be used in a way that stre...

Foundations of Astrophysics provides a contemporary and complete introduction to astrophysics for astronomy and physics majors. With a logical presentation and conceptual and quantitative end-of-chapter problems, the material is accessible to introductory astrophysics students taking a two-semester survey course.

Previous editions of this popular textbook offered an accessible and practical introduction to numerical analysis. An Introduction to Numerical Methods: A MATLAB (R) Approach, Fourth Edition continues to present a wide range of useful and important algorithms for scientific and engineering applications. The authors use MATLAB to illustrate each numerical method, providing full details of the computed results so that the main steps are easily visualized and interpreted.

This edition also inclu...

A beautiful collection of 100 international flowers and the ways they have shaped our lives

Wie oog heeft voor de wereld boven zijn hoofd, zal zich vaak verwonderen. Of het nu gaat om de adembenemende variatie in wolken of het kleurenspel bij regenbogen, halo's, poollicht en zonsondergang. Of om onvoorstelbare sterrenstelsels, fonkelende planeten en de wassende maan als veranderlijke kunstwerken aan de nachtelijke hemel.

In dit boek beschrijven Helga van Leur en Govert Schilling alles wat er overdag en 's nachts te zien is aan het uitspansel. Van wolkentypen, optische verschijnselen ...