Títulos em Ciências e Engenharia

This Very Short Introduction describes the main sources of renewable energy—solar PV, wind, hydropower, and biomass—their innovative technologies, and what each could deliver.

The Clean Pet Food Revolution lifts the lid on the current pet food industry; its claims of what constitutes a “natural” diet for pets, its shocking record on animal welfare, and its devastating effect on the environment and climate change. The book explodes myths about “grain-free” diets, protein intake, and what our pets “want.” It details the many exciting scientific developments in alternative proteins that promise not only to completely change what we feed our cats and dogs but to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, end farmed-animal slaughter, and make our pets healthier.

From renowned neuroscientist Dr. Vyshedskiy comes a bold and original account of the evolutionary journey that led to humanity’s most defining trait: syntactic language. Drawing on over 40 years of research and his acclaimed course Neuroscience of Consciousness and the Evolution of Language at Boston University, Vyshedskiy masterfully bridges cutting-edge neuroscience with anthropology, linguistics, and evolutionary biology.70,000 years ago, Earth was home to at least six human species. Today, only Homo sapiens remain. What set us apart?

Dal primo avventurarsi su due gambe nelle pianure africane alla produzione di pitture rupestri, piramidi, bastimenti, parlamenti e molto altro: tanto si è scritto sul cammino evolutivo dell'umanità grazie al lavoro di paleontologi, archeologi e genetisti. Ciascuno di loro ha messo un tassello a formare un quadro generale della nostra storia.

For centuries, the patent has stood as a symbol of invention—a mark of genius, a reward for creativity, a promise that innovation would be protected and shared. But behind this polished image lies a more tangled reality. Patents today are wielded less as shields and more as weapons. They grant monopolies over life-saving drugs, obstruct progress in software and biotechnology, and often reward delay, secrecy, and litigation over actual discovery. In this unflinching exploration, the author traces the journey of the patent system from its noble origins to its increasingly distorted present.

In December 1872, HMS Challenger embarked on the first round-the-world oceanographic expedition. Its goal: to shine a light on the mysteries of the deep sea. For the next four years, Challenger's naturalists explored the oceans, encountering never-before-seen marvels of marine life. The expedition’s achievements are the stuff of legend. It identified major ocean currents and defining features of the seafloor. It measured worldwide sea temperatures and chemistry. And, most spectacularly of all, it collected nearly five thousand sea creatures and plants new to science.

Hubert Reeves est l'humaniste par excellence, passionné autant par le ciel et les galaxies que par la nature, la musique ou la poésie. Deux ans après sa disparition, Laurence Honnorat nous offre un émouvant portrait intime et dévoile les dernières réflexions qu'Hubert Reeves lui a confiées sur l'état de notre planète et les perspectives insoupçonnées qu'il pressent pour un monde meilleur. Elle les illustre par les témoignages inédits de sa famille, de ses proches et de scientifiques de premier plan, tous profondément influencés par le célèbre astrophysicien.

Die Erde steht unter Druck und mit ihr die Menschheit. Extreme Wetterereignisse, schmelzende Eisschilde, verschwindende Artenvielfalt und politische Versäumnisse zeigen: Wir stehen an einem Wendepunkt. Die entscheidende Frage lautet: Was tun wir jetzt und gibt es noch Hoffnung?

In The International Space Station: 10 Amazing Facts, author Daran Volcroft takes you on a journey beyond our atmosphere to discover the secrets, science, and stories behind this incredible achievement. From its humble beginnings as a single Russian module launched in 1998 to its current status as the largest human-made object in space, the ISS is a triumph of vision, technology, and cooperation.

Women and men inhabit the same world, yet it does not suit them both equally. Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a car crash than men. In the military, women suffer pelvic fractures at a much higher rate than their male counterparts. In construction, 90% of women are unable to find proper fitting safety gear. These outcomes are not a coincidence—they are a result of products where the female population is an afterthought at best.

In this audiobook, Dr Kruszelnicki takes us on another exploration of the dazzling world of science. Does cranberry juice cure urinary tract infections? Is the hookah really a safer way to smoke? Will the Large Hadron Collider destroy the Earth and the Universe?

For most of Elizabeth Sawin's career, she was not a multisolver. Instead, she worked on a single, albeit immensely important problem: climate change. Despite tremendous effort, she felt like she was chasing her tail. Unless people began to recognize the multitude of unexpected benefits from ratcheting down emissions, climate change would remain a losing political issue.

Environmental justice recognizes that environmental benefits and burdens should be distributed fairly, and that the people making policy decisions should incorporate the views of those most often harmed: people of color, Indigenous populations, low-income communities, and those who are underserved and disenfranchised for other reasons such as age, gender, or disability. It encompasses not only traditional environmental issues like clean air and clean water, but also social issues such as employment, nutrition, and access to health care.

Heinrich Wilson takes you on a fast-paced journey through time travel, the multiverse, glitches in the matrix, déjà vu, funny coincidences, and the Butterfly Effect — showing how the past may not be fixed, the present may already be patched, and the future isn’t waiting… it’s multiplying. This is not a dry science book. It’s a witty, unsettling, and eye-opening exploration of the idea that our world might not be the first version of reality — just the one that survived.

In Is Teleportation Possible? 10 Scientific Concepts Explained Simply, Lucan Merrian takes listeners on an accessible yet deeply thought-provoking journey through the physics, philosophy, and imagination of teleportation.

You don’t need a farm—or even a backyard—to enjoy fresh, homegrown mushrooms. With the right setup and know-how, you can cultivate gourmet and medicinal fungi indoors, all year long. The Indoor Mushroom Maker is your complete beginner-friendly guide to growing, harvesting, and enjoying edible mushrooms from the comfort of your home.

You’ve memorized road signs and studied traffic laws, yet the test still looms. That pressure only adds to nerves—and slogging through dry manuals doesn’t help. So what’s the solution? How do you walk into the test room calm, prepared, and ready to apply what you know? The answer is here—in a guide that’s more than just a handbook. Think of it as a mentor, helping you not only pass the exam but also become a safer, smarter driver.

Several years ago I became interested in the ideas of real time travel and dimensional travel. I’ve been trained in science and modern physics as well as engineering so I knew that modern theories of our physical world did not include the possibilities that time or dimensional travel existed. As I did my research on stories of people who had travelled through time or additional dimensions there were many very credible stories. These stories eventually led me to conclude that time or dimensional travel through portals or veils does exist and some persons have experienced it.

Desde sus más remotos orígenes, la humanidad se sintió fascinada por la influencia de los astros en la naturaleza. Desde las más pretéritas civilizaciones observamos la bóveda celeste, dibujando constelaciones y escudriñando entre los astros, en busca de respuestas sobre nuestra propia existencia. En ese camino, colosal y formidable, descubrimos el universo, y hoy nos sigue enamorando como lo hizo a los primeros homínidos que levantaron la vista hacia los cielos más oscuros de todos los tiempos.

Free-flowing rivers in the United States are an endangered species. With more than 500,000 dams in place, we've dammed and diverted almost every major river, straightening curves and blocking passage for fish and other aquatic animals, pushing many to the brink. Now a heartening new movement is helping to demolish harmful or obsolete structures and restore new life to rivers and the communities that depend on them. In doing so, it offers a pathway to undoing environmental harm to nature—and to ourselves.