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Raising the Dead dives into the expansive, extraordinary body of work found in Romero's archive, going beyond his iconic zombie movies into a deep and varied trove of work that never made it to the big screen. Based on years of archival research, the book moves between unfilmed scripts and familiar classics, showing the remarkable scope and range of Romero's interests and the full extent of his genius. Raising the Dead is a testament to an ext...

Raising the Dead dives into the expansive, extraordinary body of work found in Romero's archive, going beyond his iconic zombie movies into a deep and varied trove of work that never made it to the big screen. Based on years of archival research, the book moves between unfilmed scripts and familiar classics, showing the remarkable scope and range of Romero's interests and the full extent of his genius. Raising the Dead is a testament to an ext...

The predators that can hunt, kill and eat us occupy a unique place in the human psyche - and for good reason.Whether it's lions in Africa, tigers in India or sharks in the world's oceans, we are fascinated by - and often terrified of - predators. Animals that can hunt, kill, and eat us occupy a unique place in the human psyche, and for good reason. Predation forms a big part of our evolutionary history, but in the modern world there are many p...

Adam Hart-Davis offers a fascinating insight into some of the titans of British history, the nineteenth century engineers who transformed the country and the world through their drive, determination and innovative thinking. These are the men who powered the Industrial Revolution and laid the foundations for the technology of the modern world.

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Animals that can hunt, kill and eat is occupy a unique place in the human psyche. Adam Hart looks at our relationship with these animals from a conservationist's perspective.Whether it's lions in Africa, tigers in India or sharks in the ocean, we are fascinated with, and terrified of, predators. Animals that can hunt, kill, and eat us occupy a special place in the human psyche, and for good reason. Predation is, after all, a big part of our ev...

Die illustrierte Weltgeschichte der Wissenschaften  In diesem außergewöhnlichen, reich bebilderten Buch über Wissenschaft und Technik stellen die Autoren Fortschritte aus Physik, Chemie, Mathematik, Biologie, Astronomie, Geowissenschaften und Medizin vor. Wissenschaftler*innen wie Albert Einstein, Marie Curie und Stephen Hawking werden porträtiert und ihre legendären Entdeckungen, die unser heutiges Leben maßgeblich beeinflusst haben, verstä...

Delve into the story of science - from astronomy and biology to geology and mathematics - with this illustrated guide to the great scientists, discoveries, and inventions that shaped our world.Going from the dawn of science to the information age, Science tells you all there is to know about ground-breaking events, experiments, theories, and individuals, as well as explaining why each is so significant to the development of scientific thought....

This book is a gripping and sobering reminder of how much we are all governed by our genetic inheritance. So much for free will.' The Mail on Sunday Stress, obesity, poor mental health, drug addiction, bowel diseases, violence and fake news, a stark checklist of modern world problems and every one of them is an echo of our evolutionary past. In Unfit for Purpose, biologist and broadcaster Adam Hart explores the mismatch between our fundament...

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Durchgehend illustrierte, verständliche Erklärungen mathematischer Fragestellungen Das Wort Mathematik leitet sich vom griechischem mathema ab, was "Wissen" oder "lernen" bedeutet. Und tatsächlich liegt die Mathematik fast allen Vorgängen und Mustern zugrunde, die uns in der modernen Welt begegnen. Warum hat eine Stunde 60 Minuten? Wie kann ein Schmetterling das Wetter ändern? Lässt sich jede Gleichung lösen? Diese und weitere spannende Frag...

It makes us jump. It makes us scream. It haunts our nightmares. So why do we watch horror? Why do we play it? What could possibly appealing about a genre that tries to terrify us? Why would we subject ourselves to shriek-inducing shocks, or spend dozens of hours watching a television show about grotesque flesh-eating monsters? Monstrous Forms offers a theory of horror that works through the genre across a broad range of contemporary moving-ima...

It makes us jump. It makes us scream. It haunts our nightmares. So why do we watch horror? Why do we play it? What could possibly appealing about a genre that tries to terrify us? Why would we subject ourselves to shriek-inducing shocks, or spend dozens of hours watching a television show about grotesque flesh-eating monsters? Monstrous Forms offers a theory of horror that works through the genre across a broad range of contemporary moving-ima...

Durchgehend illustrierte, verständliche Erklärungen psychologischer Versuche und ihrer Ergebnisse Die experimentelle Psychologie betrat die intellektuelle Bühne Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts und veränderte die Art, wie wir den menschlichen Verstand und menschliches Verhalten verstehen, radikal. Die psychologische Wissenschafte fragte: Wie lernen Tiere? Vergessen wir nie ein Gesicht? Wie trifft man schwierige Entscheidungen? Wie weit würde man g...

Durchgehend illustrierte, unterhaltsame und verständliche Erklärungen physikalischer Versuche und ihrer Ergebnisse Wissenschaft besteht vor allem darin, durch Beobachtungen, Experimente und Belege mehr über unsere Welt herauszufinden. Die Ursprünge der Wissenschaft liegen in der Antike, doch erst im 17. Jahrhundert wurde die Wissenschaft wirklich anerkannt. Klein oder groß - was fällt schneller? Können Magneten Elektrizität erzeugen? Was ist...

Originally trained as a chemist at the universities of Oxford, York, and Alberta, Adam Hart-Davis is a freelan ce writer and broadcaster ¿ former presenter on television of Local Heroes, Tomorrow¿s World, What the Romans (and others) Did for Us, How London was Built, The Cosmos ¿a beginner¿s guide, and many others. He has collected various awards for both television and radio, as well as four medals and 14 honorary doctorates. He has edited se...

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Experimental psychology burst onto the intellectual scene in the middle part of the nineteenth century, radically transforming the way we understand human thought and behavior. Featuring clear explanations and first-rate scholarship, Pavlov's Dog introduces the reader to iconic experiments, including Pavlov's salivating dogs, Bandura's Bobo doll experiments, Milgram's obedience studies and Zimbardo's classic Stanford prison experiment. In each...

Adam Hart-Davis, one of the nations favourite TV presenters, returns to our screens with a tour through the Top Ten developments of each of the great civilisations of the past.