The book delves into the lives of influential nineteenth-century British engineers who played pivotal roles in the Industrial Revolution. Through their innovation and determination, these figures not only transformed Britain but also set the groundwork for modern technology. Hart-Davis highlights their contributions and the impact of their work on both the country and the world, showcasing their significance in history.
A dark net tightens on the tiny fishing Scottish fishing community of Kildrumna as conflicting forces loom. Tensions mount between owner of an expanding salmon farming enterprise in the pristine bay, local conservationists and the owners of a sporting lodge. When renowned millionaire environmentalist and keen diver Gunnar Larsen arrives on the scene with his beautiful new wife Ravenna, a deadly chain of events unfolds.Detective Chief Inspector Robb, on holiday there with his troubled teenage daughter Marina, have their trout, salmon, sea fishing and diving idyll interrupted in a way they could never have imagined.Twisting and turning like a foul-hooked fish, D.P.Hart-Davis's latest sporting thriller highlights the tension between conservation and exploitation in Scotland's fastest-growing food industry…
Jim Corbett became the hero of thousands of impoverished local families in the remote Indian region of Kumaon when, throughout the 1920s and 30s, he answered their pleas to rid them of the man-eating tigers and leopards which were ravaging their populations. Man-eaters roamed a region of hundreds of square miles over several years, killing the defenceless villagers at for example the Champawat man-eater had killed over 434 people in six years, the Panar maneater over 400.Jim, one of 15 children, was born in 1875 to the local post-master in Nainital, and taught himself as a barefoot boy in his local jungle to become, in his spare time one, of the most skilled trackers of his day, fluent in the local dialects, patient beyond endurance and an excellent shot.Duff Hart Davis' biography threads together the life of this very private, unassuming Indian railway clerk. Often through Jim's own written words, Duff sets out the highlights of Jim's adventures in sequence and in context, thus thowing light on Jim's remarkable character.
A beautifully illustrated, thematically arranged history of science - covering great scientists, inventions, and ideas - that has been updated to include the latest scientific advances 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. Lavish illustrations and stunning photographs help to tell the story of innovation, from ancient Greek geometry to quantum physics. Fascinating biographies of key players - including Zhang Heng, Isaac Newton, and Marie Curie - give you more information about the people behind each discovery. Packed full of straightforward and informative diagrams and CGIs, Science clearly explains how scientific principles - from algebra to how the heart beats - actually work. Updated to include the latest scientific developments, from recent advances in genetic engineering to the detection of gravitational waves 100 years after Einstein predicted their existence, Science is the ultimate book for anyone who wants to know more about how we came to understand the world around us.
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 Fragen der Mathematik von den alten Griechen bis zur Gegenwart beantwortet dieser ungewöhnliche Band auf unterhaltsame und verständliche Weise. Große Auswahl aus allen Bereichen der Mathematik von Pythagoras bis Turing Fibonaccis Kaninchen behandelt auf unterhaltsame Weise eine große Bandbreite an Fragen, die unseren Alltag beeinflussen. Von den ersten Grundlagen in der Antike wie dem Satz des Pythagoras über die Entdeckung der Booleschen Algebra bis hin zu Turings Lösung des Entscheidungsproblems und Wiles Beweis des Großen Fermatschen Satzes – klare Erklärungen erlauben es, den Kontext, die Vorgehensweise, die Ergebnisse und die Auswirkungen eines jeden Experiments auf die mathematische Forschung einfach und detailliert nachvollziehen zu können. Ein fesselnder Guide durch die Geschichte der Mathematik.
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 be 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-image media: film, television, video games, YouTube, gifs, streaming, virtual reality. This book analyzes our experience of and engagement with horror by focusing on its form, paying special attention to the common ground, the styles and forms that move between mediums. It looks at the ways that moving-image horror addresses its audiences, the ways that it elicits, or demands, responses from its viewers, players, browsers. Camera movement (or "camera" movement), jump scares, offscreen monsters-horror innovates and perfects styles that directly provoke and stimulate the bodies in front of the screen. Analyzing films including Paranormal Activity, It Follows, and Get Out, video games including Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Layers of Fear, and Until Dawn, and TV shows including The Walking Dead and American Horror Story, Monstrous Forms argues for understanding horror through its sensational address, and dissects the forms that make that address so effective.
The first comprehensive guide to the fast-growing field of non-surgical cosmetic treatments. Alice Hart-Davis is a multiple award-winning journalist, widely considered by doctors to be the UK's leading non-medical expert in this field. She has tried these tweakments herself and provides clear unbiased information on how tweakments work.
The word mathematics comes from the Greek word mathema, meaning knowledge or learning. And indeed mathematics is at the heart of almost all processes and patterns that occur in the modern world, yet many still find the discipline hard to fathom. Fibonacci's Rabbits solves this problem in bite-sized 'hops', de scribing the 50 most critical discoveries and revolutionary moments in the history of mathematics from Ancient Greece to the present day.
