Few revolutions in science have been more far-reaching -- but less understood -- than the quantum revolution in physics. Everyday experience cannot prepare us for the strange phenomena of the subatomic world, where quantum effects become all-important. Here, particles can look like waves, and vice versa; electrons seem to lose their identity and instead take on a shifting, unpr...(展开全部)

Few revolutions in science have been more far-reaching -- but less understood -- than the quantum revolution in physics. Everyday experience cannot prepare us for the strange phenomena of the subatomic world, where quantum effects become all-important. Here, particles can look like waves, and vice versa; electrons seem to lose their identity and instead take on a shifting, unpr...(展开全部)

Agatha Christie's audacious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended? Marina's froze...(展开全部)

Science is a serious business, right? Wrong. Scientists have been participants in the best reality show of all time, with all the highs, lows, bust-ups, and strange personalities of any show on telly today. From Luke O'Neill - the science teacher you wish you'd had - this hugely accessible history of science reveals the human stories behind the biggest discoveries. For example,...(展开全部)

Science is a serious business, right? Wrong. Scientists have been participants in the best reality show of all time, with all the highs, lows, bust-ups, and strange personalities of any show on telly today. From Luke O'Neill - the science teacher you wish you'd had - this hugely accessible history of science reveals the human stories behind the biggest discoveries. For example,...(展开全部)

對女裝感興趣，喜歡同性，「有某個地方和別人不同」……由於坦白說出了說不出口的煩惱，原本在班上被霸凌的三島和霸凌他的桐野締結了堅定的羈絆。不過片刻的寧靜卻因為三島被社會科老師‧柳田盯上而開始粉碎瓦解。傳遍鄉村小鎮的謠言和對兒子懷抱過高期待的母親的感情，三島和桐野兩人一邊和所有的這些對峙，一邊得出的答案是──

對女裝感興趣，喜歡同性，「有某個地方和別人不同」……由於坦白說出了說不出口的煩惱，原本在班上被霸凌的三島和霸凌他的桐野締結了堅定的羈絆。不過片刻的寧靜卻因為三島被社會科老師‧柳田盯上而開始粉碎瓦解。傳遍鄉村小鎮的謠言和對兒子懷抱過高期待的母親的感情，三島和桐野兩人一邊和所有的這些對峙，一邊得出的答案是──

When I was born, there were a million elephants roaming Africa. By the time my daughter Charlotte was born in 2015, the numbers of savannah elephants had crashed to just 350,000. At the current pace of illegal poaching, when Charlotte turns twenty-five the African elephant could be gone from the wild. HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge An elephant is killed in Africa every...(展开全部)

In 1551, King João III of Portugal gave Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon. The elephant’s journey from Lisbon to Vienna was witnessed and remarked upon by scholars, historians, and ordinary people. Out of this material, JoséSaramago has spun a novel already heralded as a triumph of language, imagination, and humor”( El País ). Solomonand...(展开全部)

In 1551, King João III of Portugal gave Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon. The elephant’s journey from Lisbon to Vienna was witnessed and remarked upon by scholars, historians, and ordinary people. Out of this material, JoséSaramago has spun a novel already heralded as “a triumph of language, imagination, and humor”( El País ). Solomon...(展开全部)