Philip Ball (5 kníh)
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Philip Ball Beyond WeirdRichard Feynman wrote this in 1965 – the year he was awarded the Nobel prize in physics for his work on quantum mechanics. Quantum physics is regarded as one of the most obscure and impenetrable subjects in all of science...
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Philip Ball Beyond Weird‘I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.’ Richard Feynman wrote this in 1965 – the year he was awarded the Nobel prize in physics for his work on quantum mechanics. Over the past decade, the enigma ...
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Philip Ball Ďáblův doktor CZTheophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493 - 1541), známý jako Paracelsus, žil a působil na hranici mezi středověkem a moderní dobou. Byl současníkem Lutherovým a nepřítelem tradičního lékařství, postrachem univerzit (na všech německých školách se nelze naučit více než na trhu ve Frankfurtu), vojenským ranhojičem a alchymistou. Mýty o něm - počínaje jeho léčením ze záhrobí v Salcburku 19. století až po jeho…
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Philip Ball Serving the Reich ENServing the Reich tells the story of physics under Hitler. While some scientists tried to create an Aryan physics that excluded any ‘Jewish ideas’, many others made compromises and concessions as they continued to work under the Nazi regime.
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Philip Ball The Water Kingdom ENChina's history is an epic tapestry of courtly philosophies, warring factions and imperial intrigue. Yet, over five thousand years, one ancient element has so dramatically shaped the country's fate that it remains the key to unlocking China's story. That element is water. In The Water Kingdom Philip Ball takes us on a grand tour of China's defining element, from the rice terraces and towering karts of its battle…
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