Dit boek is voor iedereen die op eenvoudige wijze de verbluffende fundamenten van ons buitengewone,

uitdijende heelal wil begrijpen. Ruimte is samengesteld uit tien boeiende, toegankelijke essays. Het leidt u snel door de sterrenstelsels, legt de mysteries uit van zwarte gaten, donkere materie en wat er bestond voor de Big Bang. Het presenteert bewijs of we echt alleen zijn in het heelal, belicht wat we nog steeds niet weten, en nog veel meer. Als je grote vragen hebt over de ruimte zal dit b...

Waarom zie je nooit een wilde nectarine? Wie sleutelt ongemerkt aan het DNA van tarwe? En waarom zit een aardbei vol nutteloos rommel-DNA?

In dit meeslepende boek duik je met Ruben en Dorien in de fascinerende wereld van springende genen en verdubbelend DNA. Je ontdekt hoe planten veranderen – spontaan of gestuurd – en wat dat betekent voor onze landbouw, voeding en gezondheid.

Europa buigt zich momenteel over het gebruik van CRISPR en andere nieuwe gentechnieken in de landbouw. Maar wat ...

Animal Behavior: Concepts, Methods, and Applications uses a conceptual approach that puts the process of science and applications front and center.

The book describes what it means to say the world is complex and explores what that means for managers, policy makers and individuals. The first part of the book is about the theory and ideas of complexity. This is explained in a way that is thorough but not mathematical.

It compares differing approaches, and also provides a historical perspective, showing how such thinking has been around since the beginning of civilisation. It emphasises the difference between a complexity worldview and the...

A new updated edition of the first integrated and comprehensive textbook to explain the principles of evolutionary biology from a medical perspective and to focus on how medicine and public health might utilise evolutionary biology.

In this remarkable book, Duncan Watts, one of the principal architects of network theory, sets out to explain the innovative research that he and other scientists are spearheading to create a blueprint of our connected planet. Whether they bind computers, economies, or terrorist organizations, networks are everywhere in the real world, yet only recently have scientists attempted to explain their mysterious workings. From epidemics of disease to outbreaks of market madness, from people searchi...

The gold standard text for helping students visualize and understand geologic processes makes hands-on and real-world exploration easier and more impactful than ever, in any course setting. New 3D specimen and digital elevation models, with corresponding Smartwork exercises, allow students to examine specimens and sites as if they were in the field or lab. And new highly visual "Practice What You Know" and "What Can You See?" activities at the end of each chapter and in Smartwork help student...

Systems thinking/analysis is widely applied for solving complex problems in engineering and certain other fields. Astrobiology, which inherently involves complex problems, can benefit from such an approach.

Human benefit from the organic chemistry of plants is incalculable in terms of health, food, comfort and security. Indeed, the future well-being of humanity rests in significant measure upon a responsible relationship with the plant kingdom in order to re-establish balance in the Earth’s natural environmental systems.