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Biology: An Illustrated History of Life Science (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
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Category: Popular Science | Series: Ponderables
Hardcover with removable fold-out Timeline
Brain Ponderables by Tom Jackson
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Category: Popular Science | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to the human brain, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines the three pounds of matter inside our heads that does all our thinking for us. With 100 billion nerve cells joined by thousands more to every corner of the body, the brain is wired together with 10 ...Show more
Engineering : An Illustrated History From Ancient Craft To Modern Technology by Tom Jackson
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Category: Popular Science | Series: Ponderables Ser.
From ancient aqueducts to soaring skyscrapers, explore engineering milestones over the centuries. Combining engaging text with captivating images and helpful diagrams, renowned science writer Tom Jackson guides readers through the history of Engineering in this engaging installment of the groundbreaking ...Show more
Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
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Category: Popular 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
Philosophy (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
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Category: History | 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: Popular 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
Ponderables Computer Science: An Illustrated History of the World's Smartest Machines by Tom Jackson
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Category: Popular 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 Engineering: An Illustrated History From Ancient Craft to Modern Technology by Tom Jackson
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Category: Popular Science | Series: 100 Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to engineering, an authoritative reference book and timeline about how technology has given shape to our civilization. Here is the updated essential guide to engineering, an authoritative reference book and timeline about how technology has given shape to our civilisation. En ...Show more
Ponderables Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers by Tom Jackson
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Category: Popular 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 - Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers
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Category: Popular 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 Physics: An Illustrated History of the Foundations of Science by Tom Jackson
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Category: Popular 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: Popular Science | 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