Max Tegmark takes us on a mind-blowing journey through the past, present, and future as well as through the physics, astronomy, and mathematics that form the basis of his work, most notably his theory of the ultimate multiverse and the hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure. He not only explains his frequently […]
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Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867, in Warsaw, Poland. She was denied admission to the male-only Warsaw University, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. She met a professor named Pierre Curie there, and the two married shortly after, forging one of history’s most famous scientific partnerships.
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Omri’s birthday has arrived, but all his best buddy, Patrick, has given him is a small plastic Indian toy. Omri places the Indian in a metal cupboard and locks the door with a bizarre skeleton key that previously belonged to his great-grandmother, hoping to hide his disappointment. Omri had no idea that simply turning the
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Each chapter’s narrative is driven by new content, such as extensive coverage of recent disease outbreaks (COVID-19 and others), updated IMPACT applications, and integrated patient-centered case histories, which keep students’ interest while ensuring that they learn the important underlying microbiology concepts. Students benefit from the text’s consistent pedagogy and an unrivalled suite of media resources,
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes is a cutting-edge introductory genetics work written by a world-class author team that includes Nobel Laureate Leland Hartwell. This version builds on the integration of Mendelian and molecular principles, allowing students to see the connections between early genetic thinking and modern molecular discoveries that have revolutionised the way genetics is
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Maria Merryweather, an orphaned girl, feels as if she has arrived in Paradise when she comes at Moonacre Manor. Her new guardian, Sir Benjamin, is kind and amusing; the Manor immediately feels like home; and everyone and everything she meets feels like an old friend. But underlying all of this beauty and comfort, there is
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Roger Zelazny’s science fantasy novel Lord of Light was published in 1967. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1968 and was nominated for a Nebula Award in the same year. The novel’s first two chapters, “Dawn” in April 1967 and “Death and the Executioner” in June 1967, were published as novelettes in
The Noonday Demon, a National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize nominee, addresses depression from a psychological, societal, and scientific standpoint. Andrew Solomon uncovers the nuanced complexity and pure misery of the sickness by drawing on his own experiences with the illness as well as encounters with fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policymakers and politicians,
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We meet Kafka Tamura, a fugitive adolescent, and Nakata, an old simpleton who is drawn to Kafka for reasons he doesn’t understand. In a truly amazing voyage, famed novelist Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and souls slip out of their bodies to make love or
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“Murakami is like a magician who explains what he’s doing while doing the trick but yet manages to convince you that he has supernatural abilities… While everyone can tell a storey that resembles a dream, only a select few artists, such as this one, can make us feel as if we are dreaming ourselves.” —The
