Ciencias y técnicas

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

de Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, The God Delusion, which sold more than 2 million copies in English alone. He revolutionized the way we see natural selection in the seminal bestseller...

The Serpent and the Rainbow

de Wade Davis

In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis -- people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had...

Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to Ask

de New Scientist

• How fat do you have to be to become bulletproof?

• Why do people have eyebrows?

• Why do pineapples have spines?

• How much does a head weigh?

• What affects the color of earwax?

• How quickly could I turn into a fossil?...

Our Inner Ape

de Frans De Waal

From "one of the world's greatest experts on primate behavior" (Desmond Morris) comes a look at the most provocative aspects of human nature-power, sex, violence, kindness, and morality-through our closest cousins....

The Self-Aware Universe

de Amit Goswami

Consciousness, not matter, is the ground of all existence, declares University of Oregon physicist Goswami, echoing the mystic sages of his native India. He holds that the universe is self-aware, and that consciousness...

The Department of Mad Scientists

de Michael Belfiore

The first-ever inside look at DARPA—the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—the maverick and controversial group whose futuristic work has had amazing civilian and military applications, from the Internet...

A Short History of Nearly Everything

de Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson is one of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers. In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journey–into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science...

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

de Brian Greene

From Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading physicists and author the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different...

Building Construction Handbook

de Roy Chudley & Roger Greeno

•  Ideal for students on all construction courses
• Topics presented concisely in plain language and with clear drawings
• Fully updated to include all revisions to Building and Construction regulations

Building...

Rabbits for Flesh and Fur - With Information on Breeding, Varieties, Housing and Other Aspects of Rabbit Farming on a Smallholding

de , J. O. Baker

This early work on rabbit farming is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains details on the best methods of housing, breeding, feeding and other aspects of rabbit management. This is...

Making Android Accessories with IOIO

de Simon Monk

Create your own electronic devices with the popular IOIO ("yoyo") board, and control them with your Android phone or tablet. With this concise guide, you’ll get started by building four example projects—after...

Project Planning and Control Using Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8.2 EPPM Web

de Paul E Harris

A user guide, reference book and two-day training course written for Project Management Professionals who wish to learn how to plan and control both an unresourced and resourced project in an established Oracle...

Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster

de Melissa Fay Greene

The deepest coal mine in North America was notoriously unpredictable. One late October evening in 1958, it "bumped" - its rock floors heaving up and smashing into rock ceilings. A few miners staggered out, most...

The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions

de Shing-Tung Yau

The leading mind behind the mathematics of string theory discusses how geometry explains the universe we see

Good Calories, Bad Calories

de Gary Taubes

For decades we have been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more. Yet despite this advice, we have seen unprecedented epidemics...

Biology Workbook For Dummies

de Rene Fester Kratz

From genetics to ecology — the easy way to score higher in biology

Are you a student baffled by biology? You're not alone. With the help of Biology Workbook For Dummies you'll quickly and painlessly get a grip...

The Origin of Species: (A Modern Library E-Book)

de Charles Darwin

Introduction by Edward J. Larson

Perhaps the most readable and accessible of the great works of scientific inquiry, The Origin of Species sold out its first printing on the very day it was published in...

British Architectural Styles

de Trevor Yorke

Here is a compact and useful guide, filled with detailed and original drawings, to help put a date to the variety of period buildings we see around us. It covers an immense range of structures and styles from...

30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius

de Simon Monk

30 Ways to Have Some Computer-Controlled Evil Fun!

This wickedly inventive guide shows you how to program and build a variety of projects with the Arduino microcontroller development system. Covering Windows,...

The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy

de Jon Gordon

The Energy Bus, an international best seller by Jon Gordon, takes readers on an enlightening and inspiring ride that reveals 10 secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking...