Skip to main content

Carrito de compra

¡Obtienes el tratamiento VIP!

Artículos no disponibles para compra.
Por favor revisa tu carrito. Puedes eliminar los artículos no disponibles ahora o los eliminaremos nosotros automáticamente al momento de pagar.
artículosartículo
artículosartículo

Recomendado para ti

Loading...
  • You Are Here

    A Portable History of the Universe

    "A personal, brilliant, and often amusing account" of the universe and our place in it, and "an idiosyncratic, encyclopedic blitzkrieg of a book" ( The Boston Globe).Here is the life of the universe, from quarks to galaxy superclusters and from slime to Homo sapiens. The universe was once a moment of perfect symmetry and is now 13.7 billion years of history. Clouds of gas were woven into whatever ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Earth Gazers

    Only twenty-four people have seen the whole earth. The most beautiful and influential photographs ever made were taken, almost as an afterthought, by the astronauts of the Apollo space program from the moon. They inspired a generation of scientists and environmentalists to think more seriously about our responsibility for this tiny oasis in space, this “blue marble” falling through empty darkness ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • The Earth Gazers

    The most beautiful and influential photographs ever made were of the whole earth seen from space. They were taken from the moon, almost as an afterthought, by the astronauts of the Apollo space programme. They inspired a generation to think more seriously about our responsibility for this tiny oasis in space, the 'blue marble' falling through empty darkness.This is a book about the long road to ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

La gente que leyó estos también disfrutó

  • Who?

    de Algis Budrys ...
    Set against a backdrop of Cold War paranoia, this futuristic novel about identity and technology is "one of the unrecognized classics of SF" ( Locus).East and West have fused into separate superstates known as the Allied National Government (ANG) and the Soviet International Bloc (SIB). As the Cold War rages, brilliant scientist Lucas Martino works on a top-secret project known only as K-Eighty ... Leer más

    $1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Mathematician's Shiva

    A Novel

    **WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DEBUT FICTIONFor readers of This Is Where I Leave You and Everything Is Illuminated, “a brilliant and compelling family saga full of warmth, pathos, history and humor” (Jonathan Evison, author of West of Here)**When the greatest female mathematician in history passes away, her son, Alexander “Sasha” Karnokovitch, just wants to mourn his ... Leer más

    Antes $7.99 USD Ahora $4.99 USD

  • Time Travel in Einstein's Universe

    The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time

    A Princeton astrophysicist explores whether journeying to the past or future is scientifically possible in this "intriguing" volume (Neil deGrasse Tyson).It was H. G. Wells who coined the term "time machine"—but the concept of time travel, both forward and backward, has always provoked fascination and yearning. It has mostly been dismissed as an impossibility in the world of physics; yet theories ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg

    Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg

    “Any reader who aspires to be scientifically literate will find this a good starting place.”—Publishers WeeklyWhile we may be familiar with some of science’s greatest equations, we may not know that each and every equation emerged not in “Eureka!” moments but in years of cultural developments and scientific knowledge. With vignettes full of humor, drama, and eccentricity, philosopher and science ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Human

    The Science Behind What Makes Your Brain Unique

    "[A] shimmering new book . . . This is the place to look to learn about our best scientific understanding of what it means to be human." —Steven Pinker, New York Times bestselling author of The Language Instinct and How the Mind Works"A cognitive neuroscientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara (and one of the inventors of the field), takes us on a lively tour through the latest ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Hidden Brain

    How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and SaveOur Lives

    The hidden brain is the voice in our ear when we make the most important decisions in our lives—but we’re never aware of it. The hidden brain decides whom we fall in love with and whom we hate. It tells us to vote for the white candidate and convict the dark-skinned defendant, to hire the thin woman but pay her less than the man doing the same job. It can direct us to safety when disaster strikes ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • The Malacia Tapestry

    In a grand medieval city where all change has been outlawed, a roguish young actor tempts fate and dinosaurs, all in the name of loveBy law, nothing can change in Malacia—a teeming, eternal city of dukes, players, wizards, merchants, beggars, ape-men, lizard-boys, and courtesans—but that is of no great consequence to Perian de Chirolo. An out-of-work actor and unabashed rogue, he is well satisfied ... Leer más

    $8.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Enemies of the System

    In the far future, a group of evolved utopians stranded on an inhospitable planet are unable to resist the reemergence of the human animalOne million years in the future, the universe has become a utopia for the humans inhabiting it. Having evolved into the race homo uniformis—"man alike throughout"—they share a centralized nervous system and know nothing of war, disease, violence, emotion, or any ... Leer más

    $1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Earthworks

    War is humanity's only hope. " Aldiss' dark vision of collapsing society and withering earth is poignant and brutal . . . [a] richly detailed world" (Science Fiction Ruminations).In a future where the Earth has been savaged by overpopulation and over‑farming, robots are considered more valuable than humans and sand must be altered to create artificially fertile soil. Ex‑convict Knowle Noland, the ... Leer más

    $8.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus