epub |eng | 2021-10-12 | Author:Ed Yong

JENNIFER SENIOR Happiness Won’t Save You from The New York Times MORE THAN FORTY years ago, three psychologists published a study with the eccentric, mildly seductive title, “Lottery Winners and ...

epub |eng | 2021-04-13 | Author:Johannes Krause & Thomas Trappe [Krause, Johannes & Trappe, Thomas]

INVENTING THE PATRIARCHY From approximately 2200 BCE the Bell Beaker and Corded Ware cultures fused into the Unetice culture, concentrated mostly in central Germany, which left the famous bronze Nebra ...

mobi |eng | 2020-04-27 | Author:Henry H. Bauer [Bauer, Henry H.]

Over-Reliance on Science The tremendous achievements of modern science make it perfectly reasonable to admire the ability of science to gain reasonably reliable knowledge. But it’s easy to slip from ...

epub |eng | 2015-02-14 | Author:James Franklin

Pascal’s Wager Arguments with a broad similarity to Pascal’s wager are traditional in both popular and learned religion.78 No doubt the “not much to lose” or “insurance policy” aspect to ...

mobi |eng | 2018-03-14 | Author:Madeleine Santos [Santos, Madeleine]

Chapter 4 Quantum Theory There are two types of physicists: experimental and theoretical. The experimental physicist attempts to explain or discover physical phenomena by performing experiments while the theoretical physicist ...

mobi |eng | 2020-11-25 | Author:Unknown

The first X-ray image was taken by Röntgen of his wife Anna’s hand. The dark circle is her wedding ring. On seeing the image, Anna is said to have exclaimed: ...

epub |eng | 2020-11-03 | Author:Michio Kaku

* * * There’s a dismaying randomness to how a megafire can start: the tire on a trailer goes flat and scrapes against the pavement, producing sparks; the DIY wiring ...

epub |eng | 2020-07-09 | Author:Tim Flannery

LORD OF THE DANCE Some male spiders do elaborate dances to attract mates. One of the most incredible dancers is the peacock spider, a teeny-tiny spider with an amazingly colorful ...

mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2014-10-26 | Author:Richard P. Feynman

1 The areas of the mirror whose arrows point generally to the left also make a strong reflection (when the areas whose arrows point the other way are erased). It’s ...

mobi |eng | 2011-10-04 | Author:Mary Roach & Tim Folger [Roach, Mary]

It wasn't Folkman's triumph that Bahcall kept coming back to, however. It was his struggle. Folkman's great insight at the Naval Medical Center occurred in 1960. O'Reilly's breakthrough experiment occurred ...