Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Their w...
The publication presents the results of research completed within the ‘Coins of the Roman Republic in Central Europe’ project implemented at the Institute of Archaeology, University of ...
Amazon powstał w garażu w 1994 roku, a dziś jest najbogatszą firmą na świecie. Jak to osiągnął? Jakie wnioski z tego niezwykłego sukcesu mogą wyciągnąć inni i co mogą wdrożyć w swoich biznesach?
In mathematics, a nonmeasurable set is one for which the "volume" cannot be assigned. This "volume" can be understood differently depending on the structure in which we search s...
Initially received with muted applause, Darwin's The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was soon recognized as the breakthrough scientific advance that explained the evidence of the wo...
Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life. Pondering this mystery led...
An essential overview of the problems of our world today -- and how we should prepare for tomorrow -- from the world’s leading public intellectualWe have two choices. We can be pessimis...
For generations now, Edward W. Said's Orientalism has defined our understanding of colonialism and empire, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition contains a preface written by Said shortly before...
Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on ...
Overcoming app now available via iTunes and the Google Play Store. 'A thoroughly enjoyable read, and [I] would recommend trainee therapists read it also, as it will increase your understanding of t...
This publication, which is now being bestowed on its readers, opens a new publishing series - Paphos Agora Project. Its purpose is to publish research results of the Jagiellonian University project...
PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of abbreviations1. Introduction2. Parallelization of the objective function calculation3. Parallel estimation of the objective function val...
This humbling and revelatory book shows how infectious disease has shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo sapiens over the equally intelligent Neanderthals to the fall of Ro...
We all use a lot of plastic every day. It is cheap and strong, and plastic things last. But where does plastic come from? And what can we do to recycle all the plastic in our world?Peng...
Why is the Earth's climate changing? And how will this change our lives? HRH The Prince of Wales is worried about climate change. In this book, he explains why it is so important for us to stop cli...
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and comp...
How should I live my life? What values shall I live by? What sort of person should I be? What shall I aim for?In this summation of a lifetime thinking and writing about these great ques...
A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological and cultural significance. They pl...
The occasion for bringing together the articles in this volume was the conference Philosophy and Medicine – the History of Their Relations held at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in 2...
PrefaceI. Introduction to Communication Adaptation Theory1. Conversational Interactions2. Sources of Speech Signal Variability3. Speech SegmentationI...