The Explainer
From Deja Vu to Why the Sky is Blue, and Other Conundrums
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2013
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-0050-1 (ISBN)
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-0050-1 (ISBN)
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Answers the questions on everyone's mind about a diverse range of topics, abstract concepts, and popular and hard core science. Sections include: animals and agriculture, body, climate and energy, medical myths, mind and brain, research and technology, and more.
Ever wondered how vaccines work, why whales strand themselves or if luck exists? The Explainer: From Déjà Vu to Why the Sky Is Blue, and Other Conundrums is a collection of around 100 of the best articles published in ‘The Explainer’ and ‘Monday’s Medical Myths’ sections of The Conversation.
The book answers questions on everyone's mind about a diverse range of topics, abstract concepts, and popular and hard core science. Sections include: animals and agriculture, body, climate and energy, medical myths, mind and brain, research and technology, and more.
Expert authors combine facts, analysis, new ideas and enthusiasm to make often challenging topics highly readable in just a few short pages. This book is for the curious, those with a thirst for answers, and those with a fascination of how phenomena, new technologies and current issues in our daily lives work.
Ever wondered how vaccines work, why whales strand themselves or if luck exists? The Explainer: From Déjà Vu to Why the Sky Is Blue, and Other Conundrums is a collection of around 100 of the best articles published in ‘The Explainer’ and ‘Monday’s Medical Myths’ sections of The Conversation.
The book answers questions on everyone's mind about a diverse range of topics, abstract concepts, and popular and hard core science. Sections include: animals and agriculture, body, climate and energy, medical myths, mind and brain, research and technology, and more.
Expert authors combine facts, analysis, new ideas and enthusiasm to make often challenging topics highly readable in just a few short pages. This book is for the curious, those with a thirst for answers, and those with a fascination of how phenomena, new technologies and current issues in our daily lives work.
The Conversation is an independent source of news and views, sourced from the academic and research community and delivered direct to the public. The team of professional editors work with university, CSIRO and research institute experts to unlock their knowledge for use by the wider public.
Foreword 1
Foreword 2
Acknowledgements
Animals and agriculture
Body
Climate and energy
Ever wondered?
Medical myths
Mind and brain
Research and technology
Space, time and matter
Glossary
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.2013 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Melbourne |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 200 mm |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
| Medizin / Pharmazie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4863-0050-2 / 1486300502 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4863-0050-1 / 9781486300501 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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