How humans can learn to thrive in an age of accelerating technology.'Enticing' Sunday Times'Essential' Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn'Powerful' Hannah Fry, author of H...
The world's weaponry is showcased inside this spectacular visual guide.From the spears and swords of ancient times to the guns and grenades of modern warfare, 5,000 years of weaponry is...
In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years the steam engine would be at the...
The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Nanotechnology and nuclear weapons. All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable man: ...
In space the sun rises and sets 16 times a day. You fly over every sea, every mountain and desert, every city and every port. The most ordinary things -- eating, sleeping, brushing your teeth or cu...
When Richard Branson founded Virgin Galactic in 2004, his goal was simple: to offer paying customers a trip to space by the end of the decade. Seventeen years, countless delays, and one catastrophi...
Lighthouses have always unsettled and attracted in equal measure, highlighting the triumphs and failures in humanity's battle with the forces of nature. Taking as its heroes the lighthouses themsel...
A lively introduction to the seminal art and design movement that changed the way we see, think and live.Now 100 years old, the Bauhaus still looks just as fresh today as it did when it...
Słownik zawiera polskie odpowiedniki lub objaśnienia ponad 17 000 terminów angielskich z zakresu geologii, a także pokrewnych dziedzin oraz górnictwa, wiernictwa i przeróbki ko...
Słownik zawiera ok.100 000 terminów francuskich z różnych, zwłaszcza szybko rozwijających się dziedzin nauki i techniki wraz z ich odpowiednikami (lub objaśnieniami w języku polskim)...
Drewno jest tradycyjnym materiałem budowlanym wykorzystywanym na całym świecie. Drewo jest używane od wielu wieków do dziś. Drewno jest także coraz chętniej wykorzystywane w nowoczesnej arch...