Bøger af Michael Brooks

Quadratic equations, Pythagoras' theorem, imaginary numbers, and pi - you may remember studying these at school, but did anyone ever explain why? Never fear - bestselling science writer, and your new favourite maths teacher, Michael Brooks, is here to help.In The Maths That Made Us, Brooks reminds us of the wonders of numbers: how they enabled explorers to travel far across the seas and astronomers to map the heavens; how they won wars and halted the HIV epidemic; how they are responsible for the design of your home and almost everything in it, down to the smartphone in your pocket. His clear explanations of the maths that built our world, along with stories about where it came from and how it shaped human history, will engage and delight. From ancient Egyptian priests to the Apollo astronauts, and Babylonian tax collectors to juggling robots, join Brooks and his extraordinarily eccentric cast of characters in discovering how maths made us who we are today.

From Michael Brooks, host of The Michael Brooks Show and co-host of the Majority Report, comes the first book to directly respond to the Intellectual Dark Web and Jordan Peterson.

How can Christians believe in an all-powerful and loving God when there is so much suffering and evil in the world? Good God sets out to answer this question.

I'm a TRUE CITIZEN. She's a DEFECTOR. To love her is a CRIME. It's a law I'm willing to BREAK. In a distant future, all criminals of violent crimes are sentenced to life in the Arena where they must battle against both man and beast in a fight to the death. When sixteen-year-old Calvin Sawyer is wrongly convicted of his father's murder, his charmed life as the son of a senator is changed forever. He's stripped of his rights, his humanity, even his name. Now as the property of the Arena, offender CS4521 must learn to fight in the colosseum. It's kill or be killed. What's being said about OFFENDER: "Murder, friendship, and lost romance in a tech-heavy futuristic world. Offender is everything we love about dystopian literature." -Rebecca Rode, USA Today bestselling author of the Numbers Game Trilogy."Offender gripped me on the first page and didn't let go until the last line. Sharp and emotional writing combined with a hero you can't help but cheer on. It will keep you turning pages with anticipation. Can't wait for the next installment!" - Ilima Todd, bestselling author of the Remake series."Edmond Dantes meets The Hunger Games in this incredible dystopian thriller. But Offender is so much more than a screaming roller coaster ride. Calvin's struggle to stay true to his values and overcome the odds pierced me to the very core! I'm still reeling!" -Shauna E. Black, award-winning author of Rebel Bound. "Offender starts off at a run and never lets up. Full of action, heart, and excitement enough to keep any reader up late, you're going to have a great time fighting and racing along with Calvin on his heroic journey." -Jarred Garrett, author of the BEAT Series.

The national bestseller that shows how anyone can master the proven scientific techniques of neurolinguistic programming (NLP) and forge instant relationships, instant chemistry, instant intimacy at will--now with a special chapter on sexual rapport! Trains the reader to control others' perceptions, dissolve communication barriers, create more intimate relationships, negotiate more effectively, and more.

Answers to the 20 biggest questions about quantum physics, relativity and our attempts to grasp the true nature of reality.

The hilarious new popular science book from the bestselling authors of the Sunday Times Book of the Year Science(ish)

In this new book, the author bridges the gap between theory and practice. The author describes an original approach-Feedback Strategy-that builds on the strengths of previous planning theories with one big difference: it not only acknowledges but welcomes politics-the bogeyman of real-world planning.

In this new book, the author bridges the gap between theory and practice. The author describes an original approach-Feedback Strategy-that builds on the strengths of previous planning theories with one big difference: it not only acknowledges but welcomes politics-the bogeyman of real-world planning.

The atom. The Big Bang. DNA. Natural selection. All ideas that have revolutionised science - and that were dismissed out of hand when they first appeared. Michael Brooks, bestselling author of 13 Things that Don't Make Sense, investigates the new wave of unexpected insights that are shaping the future of scientific discovery. He reveals that the best science is about open-mindedness, imagination and a love of mind-boggling adventures at the edge of uncertainty.

Die groen Fragen behandeln grundlegende Probleme und Konzepte in Wissenschaft und Philosophie, die Forscher und Denker seit jeher umtreiben. Anspruch der ambitionierten Reihe ist es, die Antworten auf diese Fragen zu prasentieren und damit die wichtigsten Gedanken der Menschheit in einzigartigen Ubersichten zu bundeln. Im vorliegenden Band Physik beleuchtet Michael Brooks die oft verwirrenden Fragen dieser Disziplin, sei es zu Quantenphysik, Relativitat oder der Natur der Realitat. Die groen Fragen sind: Wozu ist Physik da?, Was ist Zeit?, Was geschah mit Schrodingers Katze?, Warum fallt der Apfel nach unten?, Sind feste Stoffe wirklich fest?, Warum gibt es nichts umsonst?, Ist letztlich alles Zufall?, Was ist Gottes Teilchen?, Bin ich einmalig?, Konnen wir durch die Zeit reisen?, Wird das Erdmagnetfeld verschwinden?, Warum ist E gleich mc2?, Verandert ein Blick das Universum?, Ist Chaos gleich Katastrophe?, Was ist Licht?, Geht es in der Stringtheorie um Bindfaden?, Warum gibt es uberhaupt etwas?, Leben wir in einer Simulation?, Welche ist die starkste Naturkraft?, Was ist das wahre Wesen der Realitat?

Michael Brooks nimmt sich in diesem Buch die Zunft der Forscher zur Brust. Mit einer Fulle faszinierender Geschichten zeigt er, dass Wissenschaftler durchaus keine objektiven, abwagenden, gerechten Ubermenschen"e; sind, sondern Individuen, die ein Ziel, eine Vision antreibt und die dieses Ziel auch gegen Widerstande, auf eigene Kosten wie auf Kosten anderer, in der Uberzeugung, recht zu haben, verfolgen und dabei nicht selten unordentliche"e; Pfade einschlagen - freie Radikale"e; eben. Informationstext zur englischen Ausgabe: How did Newton, Galileo, Einstein and myriad Nobel laureates create the modern world? Through anarchy. In science, anything goes ...For more than fifty years, scientists have been involved in a cover-up that is arguably one of the most successful of modern times. It has succeeded because even the scientists haven't understood what has been going on. The public image of science - cool, logical, rational, level-headed; rather boring, in other words - was a careful creation. The reality of science is very different. To make a breakthrough or to stay on top, scientists take drugs, they follow crazy dreams, they experiment on themselves and on one another, and occasionally they die in the process. They fight - sometimes physically, but mostly in intellectual battles that can wreck careers and end in suicide. They break all the rules of polite society, trampling on the sacred and showing a total disregard for authority. They commit fraud or deceive or manipulate others in order to get to the truth about how the world works. They conjure up seemingly ridiculous ideas, then fight tooth and nail to show that the ideas are not only far from ridiculous, but exactly how things really are. Some challenge the interests of government and business, occasionally sacrificing their reputations for the greater good. Science is peppered with successes that defy rational explanation, and failures that seem even more illogical. There are moments of euphoria and - just once in ten thousand working lifetimes - world-changing success...

Is 96 percent of the universe missing? Was the 1977 signal from outer space a transmission from an alien civilization? This book presents thirteen modern-day anomalies that may become tomorrow's breakthroughs. Spanning fields from chemistry to cosmology, psychology to physics, it captures the excitement and controversy of the scientific unknown.