Van Ditmar Boeken B.V. (65)
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Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum
2024 || Paperback || Leonard Susskind e.a. || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
In The Theoretical Minimum, the author provided a first course in classical mechanics, offering readers everything they need to start doing physics. In this book, he returns with the next challenge that every aspiring physics buff must tackle: quantum mechanics. It combines explanations, helpful dialogues, and basic exercises.
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The Order of Time
2024 || Paperback || Carlo Rovelli || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The bestselling author of "Seven Brief Lessons on Physics" is back with a thrilling exploration of the meaning of time. Bringing together science, art and philosophy, Rovelli attempts to unravel the mystery of time, as well as inviting us to imagine a world where time is in us and we are not in time.
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Galileo's Middle Finger
Heretics, Activists, and One Scholar's Search for Justice
2024 || Paperback || Alice Dreger || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
"Smart, delightful . . . a splendidly entertaining education in ethics, activism, and science." -The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)
An impassioned defense of intellectual freedom and a clarion call to intellectual responsibility, Galileo's Middle Finger is one American's eye-opening story of life in the trenches of scientific controversy. For two decades, historian Alice Dreger has led a life of extraordinary engagement, combining activist service to victims of unethical medica...
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Why We Photograph Animals
2024 || Hardcover || Huw Lewis-Jones || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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What Shape Is Space?
A primer for the 21st century
2024 || Paperback || Giles Sparrow || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
One of four titles in Thames & Hudson’s innovative new ‘Big Idea’ series, this well-informed and lucid book takes a comprehensive look at the incredible ideas and possibilities born from the simple question, ‘What shape is space?’
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers
How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets
2024 || Paperback || Graham Farmelo || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A groundbreaking exploration of how the interplay of physics and mathematics has enriched our understanding of the universe - essential reading for anyone who wants to grasp how physicists are attempting, in Stephen Hawking's words, to 'know the mind of God'.
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The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health and Disease
2024 || Paperback || Daniel Lieberman || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodies. This book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong. It asks how our bodies got to be the way they are, and considers how that evolutionary history - both ancient and recent - can help us evaluate how we use our bodies.
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The Dawn of Modern Cosmology
From Copernicus to Newton
2024 || Paperback || Nicolaus Copernicus e.a. || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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The Planets
2024 || Paperback || Professor Brian Cox e.a. || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
‘So staggering you go “whoa!” every few seconds’ Guardian ‘Really impressive’ Eamonn Holmes, ITV This Morning A companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series.