Bøger af Joel Levy

Levy explores the visions of the writers, futurists and far-sighted inventors of science fiction - and how their visions became reality.

Verden er et forunderligt, fantastisk og fascinerende sted, som ligger for dine fødder og bare venter på at blive udforsket. Men er du klar til at tage på opdagelsesrejse? Ved du hvordan du overlever i stegende hede eller bidende kulde? Kan du finde mad og vand i den vilde natur? Og kan du undgå dødelige sygdomme eller klare en kamp mod menneskeædende vilddyr?Denne bog lærer dig alt, hvad du har brug for at vide, når du rejser gennem jordens mange forskellige landskaber, uanset om du rejser gennem luften, over land eller hav.Og så lærer du også om fortidens opdagelsesrejsende.Her er et par eksempler på, hvad du kan lære her i bogen:at finde vej med hjælp fra stjernernetænde et båltæmme en kamelslippe fri af kviksandbygge en igloog meget meget mere…Bogen er for alle eventyrlystne børn, der har lyst til at opdage mere af verden.

Physicist Stephen Hawking was a scientist for the modern age. He is as renowned for his theories on time and space as he is for his unique life story. Undeterred by a debilitating illness, he trained his mind to work in a new way to become the leading light in modern science. This carefully researched biography tells Hawking's story, highlighting his scientific breakthroughs and how, despite his struggle with a degenerative condition, he became the most celebrated and inspiring scientist of his generation. A beautiful design includes striking photographs, illuminating documents, and helpful sidebars that cast light on Hawking's intellectual achievements.

Freudian Slips presents the essential facts and findings of psychology in an accessible and thoroughly enjoyable way, leaving no Freudian slip or phallic symbol unexamined. From Bobo dolls to invisible gorillas, Clever Hans to Little Albert, the halo effect to the Stockholm syndrome, the book charts a path through the subject's controversial history and along its most intriguing diversions. Discover how Pavlov made a dog neurotic and electroconvulsive therapy turned a man bisexual, why schizophrenics can tickle themselves, and how the U.S. military developed a pigeon-guided missile.

Meltdown investigates and recreates the dramatic events behind the most notorious nuclear accidents in history, as well as those shrouded in secrecy.

Instant Engineering pulls together all the pivotal engineering theories and discoveries into one concise volume.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was conceived against the backdrop of rapid change in the scientific world. Frankenstein and The Birth of Science offers an engrossing insight into the world of science in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century Europe, through the prism of the seminal science fiction novel.

Prepare to be amazed and educated! A Bee in a Cathedral explains basic scientific truths and principles using the power of analogy.