'I travelled to Haverfordwest to get to the past. From Paddington Station a Great Western locomotive took me on a journey westwards from London further and further back into geological time, from the age of mammals to the age of trilobites ... Under the River Severn and into Wal…
This is an enthralling exploration of time and place in which Richard Fortey peels away the top layer of the land to reveal the hidden landscape. We travel with him as our guide throughout the British Isles and as the rocks change so we learn to read the clues they contain.
"This classic in popular geology, is a unique exploration of Britain's geological diversity. Richard Fortey guides us around the British Isles, and as the rocks change, so we learn to read the clues they contain - cultural as well as geological"--Publisher description
"Nemesis" er historien om Nem, en hardtarbeidende, vanlig ung mann som ble konge av den største slummen i Rio, leder av et narkotikakartell og Brasils kanskje mest ettersøkte kriminelle. En mann som forsøkte å bringe velferd og rettferdighet til en verden av gjengkultur og nød, …
His name was Antonio, but they would call him Nem. From the infamous favela of Rocinha in Rio, he was a hard working young father forced to make a decision that would turn his world upside down. Nemesis is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in R…
His name was Antonio, but they would call him Nem. From the infamous favela of Rocinha in Rio, he was a hard working young father forced to make a decision that would turn his world upside down. Nemesis is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in R…
This informative and entertaining little book answers 100 essential questions about existence. It unravels the knotty, clarifies the conundrums and sheds light into dark corners.
Uses basic mathematics to answer one hundred conundrums from everyday life, from the odds of winning the lottery and the method of determining batting averages to the shapes of roller coasters and the reasoning behind the fairest possible divorce settlements.
Uses basic mathematics to answer one hundred conundrums from everyday life, from the odds of winning the lottery and the method of determining batting averages to the shapes of roller coasters and the reasoning behind the fairest possible divorce settlements.
"Mathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining little book answers one hundred essential questions about existence. It unravels the knotty, clarifies the conundrums and sheds light int…