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Philosophy (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to philosophy. Philosophy: An Illustrated History of Thought is an authoritative yet fun reference book and timeline on the compilation of human knowledge. Both art and science attempt answers to the big questions -- what is truth, how to be good, and where did we come from? ...Show more
Physics: An Illustrated History of the Foundations of Science (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
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Category: Science | Series: Ponderables
Our journey begins with the first attempts to understand reality, Mother Nature - or as the ancient Greeks called it, physis. Follow the journey through history as great scientists, such as Thales, Galileo, Feynman, and many others, gradually unpick the fabric of the Universe revealing an array of funda ...Show more
Physics Ponderables by Tom Jackson
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Category: Science | Series: Ponderables
NEW EDITION includes a recently updated removable 12-page fold-out timeline that traces the history of physics from the very beginning all the way up to 2017.
Ponderables Computer Science: An Illustrated History of the World's Smartest Machines by Tom Jackson
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Category: Science | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to computers, an authoritative reference book and timeline about the most powerful tools ever devised. Computing has been the sharp end of cutting-edge technology for a generation and it now permeates all our lives. But to many computer science remains something of a mystery. ...Show more
Ponderables - Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers
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Category: Science | Series: Ponderables
Legend has it that the first magic square, where all lines and diagonals add up to the same figure, was revealed more than 2,000 years ago when a river turtle appeared to have ancient Chinese numerals inscribed on sections of its shell. Patterns are everywhere in nature, and counting, measuring, and cal ...Show more
Ponderables Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers by Tom Jackson
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Category: Science | Series: 100 Ponderables Ser.
Here is the updated essential guide to mathematics, an authoritative reference book and timeline that explores the work of history's greatest mathematicians. These include the teasing genius of Pierre de Fermat, who said he knew the answers but rarely gave them up, the helpful guidance of Fibonacci, who ...Show more
Ponderables Physics: An Illustrated History of the Foundations of Science by Tom Jackson
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Category: Science | Series: 100 Ponderables Ser.
Here is the updated essential guide to physics, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines the foundations upon which all scientific knowledge rests. Without physics, everything else from astronomy to zoology would be meaningless conjecture. Our journey begins with the first attempts to ...Show more
Psychology Ponderables by Tom Jackson
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Category: Psychology | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to psychology, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines how we learned to understand the mysteries of the human mind. Psychology is a young science. While great thinkers have pondered the nature of thought itself for centuries, the idea of using scientific ...Show more
The Elements - An Illustrated History of the Periodic Table by Tom Jackson
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Category: Science | Series: Ponderables Ser.
NEW 2024 UPDATED EDITION Here is the essential guide to the Periodic Table, an authoritative reference book and timeline with at-a-glance information for every element. The Periodic Table, set out by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869, is the result of centuries of accumulated knowledge. It is a powerful yet ele ...Show more
The Universe : An Illustrated History of Astronomy by Tom Jackson
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Category: Science | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Astronomers today believe that the Universe may have begun 13.7 billion years ago, when its entire energy, mass, space, and even time, expanded out from a single point. New, empty space was lit by innumerable baby stars and infant galaxies, their light finally reaching Earth many billions of years later ...Show more
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