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Fluke Joseph Mazur A mathematical guide to understanding why life can seem to be one big coincidence-and why the odds of just about everything are better than we would think. What are the chances? This is the question we ask ourselves when we encounter the strangest and most seemingly... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-03-29 ePub 12,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
John Quincy Adams James Traub "Penetrating, detailed, and very readable. . . . A splendid biography." -- Wall Street Journal Few figures in American history have held as many roles in public life as John Quincy Adams. The son of John Adams, he was a brilliant ambassador and secretary of state, a... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-03-22 ePub 10,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Burn Math Class Jason Wilkes A manifesto for a mathematical revolution Forget everything you've been taught about math. In Burn Math Class, Jason Wilkes takes the traditional approach to how we learn math -- with its unwelcoming textbooks, unexplained rules, and authoritarian assertions-and sets it... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-03-22 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Lawyer Bubble Steven J Harper A noble profession is facing its defining moment. From law schools to the prestigious firms that represent the pinnacle of a legal career, a crisis is unfolding. News headlines tell part of the story—the growing oversupply of new lawyers, widespread career... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-03-08 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Stand by Me Jim Downs From a prominent young historian, the untold story of the rich variety of gay life in America in the 1970s Despite the tremendous gains of the LGBT movement in recent years, the history of gay life in this country remains poorly understood. According to conventional... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-03-01 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Bound to Lead Joseph S Nye Is America still Number 1? A leading scholar of international politics and former State Department official takes issue with Paul Kennedy and others and clearly demonstrates that the United States is still the dominant world power, with no challenger in sight. But... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-03-01 ePub 8,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Restless Creatures Matt Wilkinson From flying pterodactyls to walking primates, the story of life as told through the evolution of locomotion. Most of us never think about how we get from one place to another. For most people, putting one foot in front of the other requires no thought at all. Yet the... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-02-23 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Snowball in a Blizzard Steven Hatch There's a running joke among radiologists: finding a tumor in a mammogram is akin to finding a snowball in a blizzard. A bit of medical gallows humor, this simile illustrates the difficulties of finding signals (the snowball) against a background of noise (the... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-02-23 ePub 13,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Perfect Bet Adam Kucharski "An elegant and amusing account" of how gambling has been reshaped by the application of science and revealed the truth behind a lucky bet (Wall Street Journal).For the past 500 years, gamblers-led by mathematicians and scientists-have been trying to figure out how to... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-02-23 ePub 10,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Meathooked Marta Zaraska One of the great science and health revelations of our time is the danger posed by meat-eating. Every day, it seems, we are warned about the harm producing and consuming meat can do to the environment and our bodies. Many of us have tried to limit how much meat we... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-02-23 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Coal Barbara Freese "Engrossing . . . Coal, to borrow a phrase, is king." -- New York Times Book Review In this remarkable book, Barbara Freese takes us on a rich historical journey that begins hundreds of millions of years ago and spans the globe. Prized as "the best stone in Britain" by... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-02-09 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Letters to a Young Therapist Mary Pipher A gifted healer’s powerful guidance on how therapy can help us revitalize our emotional landscape in an increasingly stressful world “A wise and compassionate book.” ―Washington Post Mary Pipher's groundbreaking investigation of America's... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-02-09 ePub 10,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Political Animals Rick Shenkman Can a football game affect the outcome of an election? What about shark attacks? Or a drought? In a rational world the answer, of course, would be no. But as bestselling historian Rick Shenkman explains in Political Animals, our world is anything but rational. Drawing... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-01-05 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
A Crude Look at the Whole John H. Miller A top expert explains why a social and economic understanding of complex systems will help society to anticipate and confront our biggest challenges Imagine trying to understand a stained glass window by breaking it into pieces and examining it one shard at a time.... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2016-01-05 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Home John S Allen A leading anthropologist studies the science behind "feeling at home" to show us how home made us human Home is where the heart is. Security, comfort, even love, are all feelings that are centered on the humble abode. But what if there is more to the feeling of being at... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2015-12-29 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
We Have the Technology Kara Platoni An award-winning journalist investigates how scientists and citizens around the world are re-tooling our senses-and what their discoveries are teaching us about the nature and future of human perception How do we know what's real? That's not a trick question: sensory... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2015-12-08 ePub 12,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Wise King Simon R. Doubleday An illuminating biography of Alfonso X, the 13th-century philosopher-king whose affinity for Islamic culture left an indelible mark on Western civilization "If I had been present at the Creation," the thirteenth-century Spanish philosopher-king Alfonso X is said to have... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2015-12-01 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Ametora W. David Marx The story of how Japan adopted and ultimately revived traditional American fashion Look closely at any typically "American" article of clothing these days, and you may be surprised to see a Japanese label inside. From high-end denim to oxford button-downs,... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2015-12-01 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms Gerard Russell Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2015-12-01 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Lactivism Courtney Jung Social scientist and mother Courtney Jung explores the ever-expanding world of breastfeeding advocacy, shining a new light on the diverse communities who compose it, the dubious science behind it, and the pernicious public policies to which it has given rise Is breast... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2015-11-24 ePub 13,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
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