Sciences et techniques

Steve Jobs

de Walter Isaacson

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS.

Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as...

Why Does E=mc2?: (And Why Should We Care?)

de Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw

The most accessible, entertaining, and enlightening explanation of the best-known physics equation in the world, as rendered by two of today’s leading scientists.

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...

The God Theory: Universes, Zero-Point Fields, and What's Behind It All

de Bernard Haisch

On the one hand, we have traditional science, based on the premises of materialism, reductionism, and randomness, with a belief that reality consists solely of matter and energy, that everything can be measured...

The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology 2008

de Leonard Susskind

What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed it did-and in doing so put at risk everything we know about physics...

Electricity in your French house

de Thomas Malcolm

If you own a house in France or if you are thinking of buying one, an understanding of the French domestic electrical rules and regulations is invaluable.

Whether you wish to reassure yourself that the electrical...

A Briefer History of Time

de Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS

The science classic made more accessible

• More concise • Illustrated

FROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS OF OUR TIME COMES A BOOK THAT CLARIFIES HIS MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS...

Biology for Dummies

de Rene Fester Kratz

An updated edition of the ultimate guide to understanding biology

Ever wondered how the food you eat becomes the energy your body needs to keep going? The theory of evolution says that humans and chimps descended...

The Mayan Code: Time Acceleration and Awakening the World Mind

de Barbara Hand Clow, Christopher Cudahy Clow & Carl Johan Calleman

Ancient Mysteries, Cosmology, Mayan calendar, Mayan astrology, Mayan cosmology, New Age, New Consciousness, Prophecies, Maya astrology, Maya calendar, Maya cosmology, New Thought, Time

Biology Essentials for Dummies

de Rene Fester Kratz & Donna Rae Siegfried

Just the core concepts you need to score high in your biology course

Biology Essentials For Dummies focuses on just the core concepts you need to succeed in an introductory biology course. From identifying the...

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....

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...

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...

Total Quality Management: A pictorial guide for managers

de John S Oakland & Peter Morris

Another new book in the popular and original series of pictorial guides - John Oakland cuts through the complex concepts and confusing jargon associated with implementing Total Quality, and Peter Morris presents...

30-Second Theories: The 50 Most Thought-provoking Theories in Science, Each Explained in Half a Minute

de Paul Parsons & Martin Rees

When it comes to big science, very few things are conclusively known. From Quantum Mechanics to Natural Selection, what we have instead are theories – ideas explain why things happen the way they do. We don’t...

Heavy Oil Production Processes

de James G Speight

As conventional-oil resources are depleted worldwide, vast heavy oil reserves available in various parts of the world become increasingly important as a secure future energy source. Brief but readable, Heavy...

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

de Kwang W. Jeon

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology--both plant and animal. Articles address structure and control of gene expression, nucleocytoplasmic...

Teardowns : Learn How Electronics Work by Taking Them Apart: Learn How Electronics Work by Taking Them Apart

de Bryan Bergeron

Learn practical electronics from a skilled mentor!“The text is written as if Dr. Bergeron, who is a highly experienced electronics practitioner, is speaking directly to the reader with a point-by-point commentary...

Fluid Mechanics DeMYSTiFied

de Merle Potter

Your solution to mastering fluid mechanics

Need to learn about the properties of liquids and gases the pressures and forces they exert? Here's your lifeline! Fluid Mechanics Demystified helps you absorb the essentials...

The Science of Sports: Winning in the Olympics

de Scientific American & Scientific American Editors

The Olympics are the world's most prestigious stage for athletic competition. Fans both casual and hardcore tune in religiously every few years to watch as men and women push themselves to the limits of human...