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Paul Strathern

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Vzostup a pád


Kniha Vzostup a pád mapuje dejiny sveta na pozadí diania v desiatich najväčších ríšach v histórii. Skúma odvekú túžbu ľudstva po moci vo všetkých jej neslávnych formách a sleduje vývoj imperiálnych ambícií od hrubej vojenskej agresie starovekých ríš až po omnoho rafinovanejší, no ďalekosiahly kultúrny vplyv dnešných superveľmocí. Predstavuje protikladné a čitateľsky veľmi atraktívne charakteristiky ríš, ale predovšetkým vedie čitateľa k pochopeniu, že túžba po vytvorení slávneho impéria korenila u každého vodcu od rímskych cisárov až po Hitlera v snoch o utópii a nesmrteľnosti. Kniha nám pripomína, že pokrok ľudstva má mnoho podôb a že systémy, ktoré dnes možno považujeme za samozrejmé, majú ďaleko od jedinej či nevyhnutnej podoby budúcej civilizácie.
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17,09 € 17,99 €

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Vzostup a pád


Kniha Vzostup a pád mapuje dejiny sveta na pozadí diania v desiatich najväčších ríšach v histórii. Skúma odvekú túžbu ľudstva po moci vo všetkých jej neslávnych formách a sleduje vývoj imperiálnych ambícií od hrubej vojenskej agresie starovekých ríš až po omnoho rafinovanejší, no ďalekosiahly kultúrny vplyv dnešných superveľmocí. Predstavuje protikladné a čitateľsky veľmi atraktívne charakteristiky ríš, ale predovšetkým vedie čitateľa k pochopeniu, že túžba po vytvorení slávneho impéria korenila u každého vodcu od rímskych cisárov až po Hitlera v snoch o utópii a nesmrteľnosti. Kniha nám pripomína, že pokrok ľudstva má mnoho podôb a že systémy, ktoré dnes možno považujeme za samozrejmé, majú ďaleko od jedinej či nevyhnutnej podoby budúcej civilizácie.
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9,95 €

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Lacná kniha Curie and Radioactivity (-50%)


Marie Curie had one of the finest scientific minds of the twentieth century, overturning established ideas in both physics and chemistry. She had an equally profound effect in the social arena, challenging the commonly held belief that women were intellectually inferior to men. Her work influenced current cancer research and her exploration of radioactivity was groundbreaking. Curie & Radioactivity tells the captivating story of Curie's early life in which she worked as a governess to support her sister during medical school, through to her later life, as the first person ever honoured with Nobel Prizes in two different sciences. Her untimely death from cancer, due to overexposure to radium, marked the end of an exceptional career of a woman who was ahead of her time and never far from controversy. The Big Idea: Curie & Radioactivity is accessible and absorbing, placing Curie's remarkable life in the context of the times and rendering the essence of her unprecedented discoveries in a form comprehensible even to non-scientists. The Big Idea series is a fascinating look at the greatest advances in our scientific history, and at the men and women who made these fundamental breakthroughs.
Na sklade 1Ks
3,98 € 7,95 €

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Mendělejevův sen


V této knize, objasňuje spisovatel dramatické dějiny chemie prostřednictvím putování po stopách prvků. Dějiny oboru jsou orámovány životním příběhem ruského vědce devatenáctého století Dmitrije Mendělejeva, kterého jednoho dne u psacího stolu přepadla dřímota, z níž se probudil poté, co přišel na myšlenku periodické soustavy prvků – popisu, na kterém je založena moderní chemie a jehož vypracování klasifikovalo tento obor v nadcházejícím věku jako vědu.
Vypredané
10,76 € 11,33 €

Hawking and Black Holes


At a moment of great discovery, one Big Idea can change the world...Black holes have long been a topic of fascination, from pop culture to science fiction. Stephen Hawking's discoveries and research on black holes and cosmology have made him an academic celebrity and perhaps the best-known scientist of our time. His book, "A Brief History of Time", was a record-breaking, worldwide bestseller and his Big Ideas have changed the way we view the world and the universe, for ever. "Hawking &, Black Holes" tells the incredible story of Hawking's early life in which he created his own complicated board games, to his being diagnosed with AML, and his subsequent brilliant research into black holes and the cosmos. "Hawking's Big Idea" is presented in an accessible and engrossing way, providing an explanation of the meaning and importance of his discoveries, and the way his work has changed and influenced our lives today. "The Big Idea" series is a fascinating look at the greatest advances in our scientific history, and at the men and women who made these fundamental breakthroughs.
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7,55 € 7,95 €

Rise and Fall


Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a great deal of western classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyid Caliphates. Then, while Europe was beginning to emerge from a period of cultural stagnation, it almost fell to a whirlwind invasion from the East, at which point we meet the Emperors of the Mongol Empire . . . Combining breathtaking scope with masterful concision, Paul Strathern traces connections across four millennia and sheds new light on these major civilizations - from the Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty to the Aztec and Ottoman, through to the most recent and biggest Empires: the British, Russo-Soviet and American. Charting 5,000 years of global history in ten succinct chapters, Rise and Fall makes comprehensive and inspiring reading to anyone fascinated by the history of the world.
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18,00 € 18,95 €

The Borgias - Power and Fortune


* * A Daily Mail Book of the Week * * The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history. ____________________ 'A wickedly entertaining read' The Times ____________________ The Borgias have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthlessness, avarice and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. But the story of this remarkable family is far more than a tale of sensational depravities - it also marks the golden age of the Italian Renaissance and a decisive turning point in European history. From the family's Spanish roots and the papacy of Rodrigo Borgia, to the lives of his infamous offspring, Lucrezia and Cesare - the hero who dazzled Machiavelli, but also the man who befriended Leonardo da Vinci - Paul Strathern tells the captivating story of this great dynasty and the world in which they flourished. 'A vivid insight into the hothouse world of papal politics in the tumultuous years before the Reformation.' Daily Telegraph 'Authoritative and well-written' Wall Street Journal
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13,78 € 14,50 €

Rise and Fall


Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a great deal of western classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyid Caliphates. Then, while Europe was beginning to emerge from a period of cultural stagnation, it almost fell to a whirlwind invasion from the East, at which point we meet the Emperors of the Mongol Empire . . . Combining breathtaking scope with masterful concision, Paul Strathern traces connections across four millennia and sheds new light on these major civilizations - from the Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty to the Aztec and Ottoman, through to the most recent and biggest Empires: the British, Russo-Soviet and American. Charting 5,000 years of global history in ten succinct chapters, Rise and Fall makes comprehensive and inspiring reading to anyone fascinated by the history of the world.
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14,20 € 14,95 €

Ten Cities that Led the World


Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made. Through ten unique cities, from the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, Paul Strathern explores how urban centres lead civilisation forward, enjoying a moment of glory before passing on the baton. We journey back to discover Babylonian mathematics, Athenian theatre and intellectual debate, and Roman construction that has lasted millenia. We see Constantinople evolve into Istanbul, revolutionary sparks fly in Enlightenment Paris, and the railways, canals and ships that built Imperial London. In Moscow men build spaceships while other men starve, New York's skyscrapers rise up to a soundtrack of jazz, Mumbai becomes home to immense wealth and poverty, and Beijing's economic transformation leads the way. Each city has its own distinct personality, and Ten Cities that Led the World brings their rich and diverse histories to life, reminding us of the foundations we have built on and how our futures will be shaped.
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17,58 € 18,50 €

The Florentines


Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which completely revolutionized Western civilization. Painting, sculpture and architecture would all visibly change in a striking fashion. Likewise, the thought and self-conception of humanity would take on a completely different aspect. Sciences would be born - or emerge in an entirely new guise. In this sweeping 400-year history, Paul Strathern reveals how, and why, these new ideas which formed the Renaissance began, and flourished, in the city of Florence. Just as central and northern Germany gave birth to the Reformation, Britain was a driver of the Industrial Revolution and Silicon Valley shaped the digital age, so too, Strathern argues, did Florence play a similarly unique and transformative role in the Renaissance. While vividly bringing to life the city and a vast cast of characters - including Dante, Botticelli, Machiavelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Galileo - Strathern shows how these great Florentines forever altered Europe and the Western world.
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14,20 € 14,95 €

The Other Renaissance


An 'essential book for 2023', as selected by the Irish Examiner It is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy. However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This 'Other Renaissance' was initially centred on the city of Bruges in Flanders (modern Belgium), but its influence was soon being felt in France, the German states, England, and even in Italy itself. Following a sequence of major figures, including Copernicus, Gutenberg, Luther, Catherine de Medici, Rabelais, van Eyck and Shakespeare, Paul Strathern tells the fascinating story of how this 'Other Renaissance' played as significant a role as the Italian renaissance in bringing our modern world into being.
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18,00 € 18,95 €