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Biológia, fauna a flóra 
Astronómia, vesmír, fyzika 
Ekológia, meteorológia, klimatológia 
Matematika, logika 
Geografia, geológia, mineralógia 
Chémia 
Prírodné vedy - ostatné
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We, Hominids
The Dutch bestseller
Nominated for Le Prix Nicolas Bouvier
WHO ARE WE? WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT FROM ANIMALS? WHAT MAKES US HUMAN?
In this charming, thought-provoking book, one of Holland's greatest non-fiction writers hunts down answers to humanity's most fundamental questions: Who are we? What makes us different from animals? With an ancient skull as his starting point, he travels the globe, tracing the search for the first human being: the missing link between humans and apes.
Westerman introduces us to the world of skull hunters – leading experts in our fossil ancestry – whose lives are just as fascinating as those of their primeval discoveries. He astutely reconsiders the work of illustrious paleoanthropologists in the light of new DNA technology, postcolonialism, and the rise of women in this male-dominated field. Westerman discovers a plethora of origin hypotheses and shows how any theory of who we are and where we come from is coloured by the zeitgeist.
We, Hominids is a compelling mixture of reportage, travelogue and essay – reminiscent of Bruce Chatwin or Ryszard Kapuscinski – written by a brilliant storyteller and thinker.
Egy farkas diadalútja - Született vesztesből falkavezér
A Yellowstone Nemzeti Park az 1920-as évekig a vadon élő farkasok menedéke volt, amíg a park vadőrei ki nem pusztították őket, így az Egyesült Államokban élő farkasok felkerültek a veszélyeztetett állatfajok listájára. Rick McIntyre biológus lankadatlan figyelemmel kísérte az 1994 és 1996 között betelepített állatok sorsát, köztük a szívének legkedvesebb kölyök, a jelentéktelen külsejű, gyenge, de bátor és hűséges 8-asét, aki vérre menő küzdelmek árán végül falkájának vezére lett. Ő és fogadott fia, a 21-es a hősei ennek a rendkívüli történetnek. "Valószínűleg a medve vadászta le a borjút a fák között. Az első fekete nyilván elcsente tőle a prédát, miközben a másik kettő elvonta a figyelmét. A grizzly most viszont már ott volt a kis szürke nyomában - szinte láttam magam előtt, ahogy a mancsával egyszerűen lecsapja, aztán széttépi a kölyköt. Ideges lettem, hiszen ismertem a 8-as történetét, tudtam, hogy még a testvérei is könnyűszerrel legyőzik bármikor - úgyhogy egészen megdöbbentett, aminek ezután a szemtanúja voltam. A 8-as megállt, megfordult, és lecövekelt szemtől szemben a grizzlyvel. A medve ettől ugyancsak meglepődött, hirtelen ő is megtorpant. Ott álltak szemben egymással néhány lépésnyire - mintha csak Dávidot és Góliátot néztem volna. Úgy tűnt, a medve tétovázik. A farkas dacosan rászegezte a tekintetét."
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Nomad Century
Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year award
An urgent investigation of the most underreported, seismic consequence of climate change: how it will force us to change where - and how - we live
We are facing a species emergency. With every degree of temperature rise, a billion people will be displaced from the zone in which humans have lived for thousands of years. While we must do everything we can to mitigate the impact of climate change, the brutal truth is that huge swathes of the world are becoming uninhabitable. From Bangladesh to Sudan to the western United States, and in cities from Cardiff to New Orleans to Shanghai, the quadruple threat of drought, heat, wildfires and flooding will utterly reshape Earth's human geography in the coming decades.
In this rousing call to arms, Royal Society Science Book Prize-winning author Gaia Vince describes how we can plan for and manage this unavoidable climate migration while we restore the planet to a fully habitable state. The vital message of this book is that migration is not the problem - it's the solution. Drawing on a wealth of eye-opening data and original reporting, Vince shows how migration brings benefits not only to migrants themselves, but to host countries, many of which face demographic crises and labour shortages. As Vince describes, we will need to move northwards as a species, into the habitable fringes of Europe, Asia and Canada and the greening Arctic circle.
While the climate catastrophe is finally getting the attention it deserves, the inevitability of mass migration has been largely ignored. In Nomad Century, Vince provides, for the first time, an examination of the most pressing question facing humanity.
Zaříkávač zvířat
Hluboko v šumavských hvozdech, na česko-německém pomezí, uprostřed lesa poblíž Bodenmais žije člověk, který dokáže komunikovat se zvířaty. Lesní muž s medvědí postavou, plnovousem, v zeleném plstěném klobouku a často i s veverkou nebo kunou na rameni – Wolfgang Schreil je působivá osobnost. Říkají mu zaříkávač zvířat nebo lesní vlk. Nikdo se k divokým zvířatům v přírodě nedostane tak blízko jako on: často stojí tváří v tvář jelenům a rysům, nebojí se jedovatých hadů, z bezprostřední blízkosti fotografuje lovícího hranostaje či jestřába a jeleni či srnky se v klidu pasou těsně vedle něj. Les pro něj znamená největší možné bezpečí a skutečnou svobodu.
Nechte se okouzlit poutavými zajímavostmi ze života zvířat a jejich fotografiemi. Wolfgang Schreil do nich vložil hluboké znalosti o všem, co roste a žije v lese včetně poznání, že největší dary přírody se nám odhalují samy, pokud si na ně uděláme čas. Jeho příběhy o životě v lese jsou nesmírně překvapivým a dobrodružným zážitkem.
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Botanical Sketchbooks
A visual compendium of botanical sketches, many specially photographed, providing a revealing insight into the immediate responses of artists encountering the glories of the plant world.
While highly finished drawings and paintings frequently feature in histories of botanical art, the preparatory sketches, first impressions and creative thoughts on paper behind them are rarely seen and have often remained hidden and locked away.
Botanical Sketchbooks brings these personal and vividly spontaneous records gloriously back into the light. In a series of biographical portraits organized thematically into four sections, the book illuminates a range of intriguing characters, from many different countries and cultures, including Germany, France, Italy, America, Australia, Japan and China. Sketchbooks proper are joined by notebooks, journals, albums, loose pieces of paper, works on vellum, manuscripts, letters, herbarium sheets and marginalia - even one drawing on the back of an envelope.
Turning the pages of this book will be an invitation to relive extraordinary experiences, imagine lost worlds, and be immersed in the endeavours, observations and motivations of the makers of such beautiful and enchanting art.
Around the World in 80 Plants
An inspirational and beautifully illustrated book that tells the stories of 80 plants from around the globe
In his follow-up to the bestselling Around the World in 80 Trees, Jonathan Drori takes another trip across the globe, bringing to life the science of plants by revealing how their worlds are intricately entwined with our own history, culture and folklore. From the seemingly familiar tomato and dandelion to the eerie mandrake and Spanish 'moss' of Louisiana, each of these stories is full of surprises. Some have a troubling past, while others have ignited human creativity or enabled whole civilizations to flourish. With a colourful cast of characters all brought to life by illustrator Lucille Clerc, this is a botanical journey of beauty and brilliance.
Jak chráníme ohrožené druhy
Fascinující pohled na svět za branami zoo, který osloví každého milovníka zvířat.
Kniha obsahuje velké množství nádherných fotografií a jedinečný soubor informací o jednotlivých druzích zvířat chovaných v ZOO Tábor, které se jinde nedozvíte. Čtenářům kniha nabízí možnost seznámit se s konkrétními obyvateli táborské zoo – se lvem Simbou, tygrem Rockym, pumou Lílou a mnoha dalšími.
V knize také najdete příběh táborské ZOO, od doby její záchrany (poodhaluje zákulisí této akce), po následující rozvoj. Přináší dojemné příběhy zvířat, která se od její záchrany udály. Čtenáři se dozví o stěžejním reintrodukčním programu, jímž je návrat zubra evropského do velkých přírodních rezervací v ČR i jinde v Evropě.
Kniha je spolufinancována z dotačního Programu na podporu cestovního ruchu města Tábora.
Bennu 3-D
Asteroid Bennu is the most hazardous asteroid in the Solar System, with a chance of impacting the Earth in 2182. In 2020 a NASA mission landed on the surface of Bennu and collected material from its surface for return to Earth in September 2023. Analysis of the material by scientific labs worldwide will help to answer some of our deepest questions such as: where did we come from, and what is our destiny in space. This book tells the story of asteroids in general and Bennu in particular, with stereo pictures throughout by Sir Brian May and his colleague Claudia Manzoni. Asteroids play an incredible and little known role in bringing metals, minerals and water to our planet, and as such may be prime bringers of life, as well as their better known role as destroyers of the dinosaurs and potentially of all human life. This is the most detailed study of an asteroid ever, and is presented in words and images that are accessible to nonspecialists. It will be of great interest to asteroid researchers worldwide, and includes a complete Atlas of Bennu.
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1 : Space, Time and Motion
Immense, strange and infinite, the world of modern physics often feels impenetrable to the undiscerning eye - a jumble of muons, gluons and quarks, impossible to explain without several degrees and a research position at CERN.
But it doesn't have to be this way!
Allow world-renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Sean Carroll to guide you through the biggest ideas in the universe. Elegant and simple, Carroll unravels this web of theories and formulae equation by equation, getting to the heart of the truths they represent.
In Space, Time and Motion, the first book of this landmark trilogy, Carroll delves into the core of classical physics. From Euclid to Einstein, Space, Time and Motion explores the ideas which revolutionised science and forever changed our understanding of our place in the cosmos.
Shark
From shark attack survivor to the shark’s biggest advocate, Paul de Gelder tells us just why these majestic diverse animals need our help as much as we need them.
Something happens to you the first time you dive with sharks…
We have a perennial fascination with sharks. Portrayed in the media and popular culture as killing machines, we are awed by their power and strength. But the shark is so much more – a marvel of the sea, they have evolved over 450 million years into over 500 species, from the bioluminescent kitefin to the tiny dwarf lantern shark, the sociable lemon shark to the cow shark, which can birth up to 100 pups in one litter. Bringing balance to the ocean’s ecosystem, our planet is at serious risk when these amazing creatures are threatened.
Paul de Gelder, who lost two limbs in a shark attack during a mission as an elite Australian navy clearance diver, spent time as part of his recovery learning all about sharks. He became so obsessed that, despite what happened to him, he is now an expert and has dedicated his life to helping save them. Shark is his love-letter to these unfairly vilified animals, and his warning to the world about what will happen if we don’t look out for them.
Hmota a touha
Andreas Weber (nar. 1967 v Hamburku), mezinárodně uznávaný biolog a filosof, se ve své knize Hmota a touha zabývá ekologií a dává jí nový rozměr. Pojímá ji jako něžné pěstování vztahů, touhu po spojení a vyjadřování těchto tužeb našimi těly. Být naživu je erotický proces – je to neustálá přeměna self prostřednictvím kontaktu s ostatními, přání stále více života.
Weber v lásce překvapivě rozpoznává základní princip reality, protože je podnětem k navazování spojení, k vzájemnému mísení, k poetickému spřádání naší existence spolu s existencemi ostatních bytostí. Přehlížení tohoto principu vede ke globální krizi významu, která se projevuje lavinou mizení druhů a v našem přesvědčení, že svět je mrtvý mechanismus ovládaný ekonomickou efektivitou.
Hmota a touha je založená na vědeckém pozorování, ale přesto představuje něžnou filosofii určenou pro antropocén, „poetický materialismus“, který zaceluje propast mezi myslí a hmotou. Nakonec Weber zjišťuje, že abychom zachránili život na Zemi – a svoji vlastní smysluplnou existenci jako lidských bytostí , musíme se naučit milovat.
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The Magick of Matter
Imagine you had a crystal that lit upon your command: magic must be at work, and you must surely be a wizard. But what if you discovered that you routinely cast such spells? Are the spells no longer magic ... or are you a wizard?
The modern term for wizardry is condensed matter physics. It is the study of the world around us - the states of matter and how they emerge from the quantum realm. Thanks to its practical magic we can make lasers which cut through solid metal, trains which hover in mid-air, and crystals which light our homes. It is one of the best-kept secrets in science; a third of all physicists work on it, yet its story has never been told.
Join Felix Flicker as he introduces the magic of condensed matter physics. It will be a journey that reveals the subtle spells that conjure crystals from chaos and create new particles that have never before existed.
The Magick of Matter will revolutionise what you know about physics and reality; you'll never see the world in the same way again.
Existential Physics
Do we have free will? Is the universe compatible with God? Do we live in a computer simulation? Does the universe think?
Physicists are great at complicated research, but they are less good at telling us why it matters. In this entertaining and groundbreaking book, theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder breaks down why we should care. Drawing on the latest research in quantum mechanics, black holes, string theory and particle physics, Existential Physics explains what modern physics can tell us about the big questions.
Filled with counterintuitive insights and including interviews with other leading scientists, this clear and yet profound book will reshape your understanding of science and the limits of what we can know.
The Matter of Everything
How did a piece of gold foil completely change our understanding of atoms? What part did a hot air balloon play in the discovery of cosmic rays? How do we know all that we know about the world today?
It's not simply because we have the maths – it's because we have done the experiments.
Accelerator physicist Suzie Sheehy introduces us to the creative and curious people who, through a combination of genius, tenacity and luck, staged the groundbreaking experiments of the twentieth century. From the serendipitous discovery of X-rays in a German laboratory, to the scientists trying to prove Einstein wrong (and inadvertently proving him right), The Matter of Everything takes us on a journey through the history of experiments that transformed our world.
Planta Sapiens
What is it like to be a plant?
It's not a question we might think to contemplate, even though many of us live surrounded by plants. Science has long explored the wonderful ways in which plants communicate, behave and shape their environments: from chemical warfare to turning their predators to cannibalism. But they're usually just the backdrop to our frenetic animal lives.
While plants may not have brains or move around as we do, cutting-edge science is revealing that they have astonishing inner worlds of an alternate kind to ours. They can plan ahead, learn, recognise their relatives, assess risks and make decisions. They can even be put to sleep. Innovative new tools might allow us to actually see them do these things - from electrophysiological recordings to MRI and PET scans. If you can look in the right way, a world full of drama unfurls.
In PLANTA SAPIENS, Professor Paco Calvo offers a bold new perspective on plant biology and cognitive science. Using the latest scientific findings, Calvo challenges us to make an imaginative leap into a world that is so close and yet so alien - one that will expand our understanding of our own minds.
From their rich subjective experiences to how they are inspiring novel ways of approaching the ecological crisis, PLANTA SAPIENS is a dazzling exploration of the lives of plants and a call to approach how we think about the natural world in a new, maverick way.
Wasteland
'There are stories in all our discarded things: who made them, what they meant to a person before they were thrown away. In the end, it all ends up in the same place – the endless ingenuity of humanity in one filthy, fascinating mass.'
When we throw things ‘away’, what does that actually mean? Where does it go, and who deals with it when it gets there? In Wasteland, award-winning journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis takes us on an eye-opening journey through the global waste industry. From the mountainous landfills of New Delhi to Britain’s overflowing sewers, from hollowed-out mining towns in the USA to Ghana’s flooded second-hand markets, we meet the people on the frontline of our waste crisis – both those being exploited, and those determined to make a difference. On the way, we discover the corporate greenwashing that started the recycling movement; the dark truth behind our second-hand donations; and come face to face with the 10,000-year legacy of our nuclear waste.
Both shocking and hopeful, Wasteland is the timely and ultimately human story at the heart of an urgent global issue.
Before the Big Bang
A revolutionary new account of our universe’s creation—and a breathtaking exploration of the landscape from which we sprang—from one of the world’s most celebrated cosmologists
What came before the Big Bang, and what exists outside of the universe it created? Until recently, scientists could only guess at what lay past the edge of space-time. However, as pioneering theoretical physicist Laura Mersini-Houghton explains, new scientific tools are now giving us the ability to peer beyond the limits of our universe and to test our theories about what is there. And what we are finding is upending everything we thought we knew about the cosmos and our place in it.
Mersini-Houghton is no stranger to boundaries—or to pushing through them. As a child growing up in Communist Albania, she discovered a universe beyond her walled-off world through the study of math and science, and through music. As a female cosmologist in a male-dominated field, she transcended the limits that society and her profession tried to place on her. And as a trailblazing researcher, she helped to revolutionize the study of our universe by revealing that, far from living in a cosmic Albania, with a world that ends at its borders, we are part of a larger family of universes—a multiverse—that holds wonders we are only beginning to unlock. Mersini-Houghton’s groundbreaking research suggests that we sit in a quantum landscape whose peaks and valleys hide a multitude of other universes, and even hold the secret to the origins of existence itself. Recent evidence has revealed the signatures of such sibling universes in our own night sky, confirming Mersini-Houghton’s theoretical work and offering humbling evidence that our universe is just one member of an unending cosmic family.
The incredible scientific saga of one woman’s mind-expanding journey through the multiverse, Before the Big Bang will reshape our understanding of humanity’s place in the unfathomable vastness of the cosmos.
Veterinářka v džungli
Víte, co dělat, když se na vás řítí rozzuřená samice nosorožce? A víte, jak moc si je na rentgenu podobná lidská ruka s orangutaní? A jak se léčí zuby tygrům? Chloe Buitingová o tom může vyprávět, protože to všechno zažila na vlastní kůži. Péče a starost o volně žijící zvířata se jí stala osudem. Zachraňovala nosorožce, jejichž populaci na jihu Afriky nemilosrdně decimovali pytláci. V Zimbabwe chytala z helikoptéry žirafy, jež bylo nutné přesunout na bezpečnější místo, v Asii vyráběla protézy pro slony, ve Střední Americe na 3D tiskárně zobáky pro tukany a na Borneu se starala o ohrožené orangutany. Léčení zvířat přímo v divočině si mnohdy žádá kreativní řešení, protože nikdy nevíte, jaké výzvy přinese další den. Vydejte se spolu s Chloe na fascinující cestu záchrany divokých zvířat, kterých po celé planetě stále drasticky ubývá a s nimiž nás toho pojí víc, než si myslíme.
Kategória literatúry Prírodné vedy ponúka široký výber kníh a textov, ktoré sa zaoberajú vedeckým skúmaním prírody a jej procesov. Táto kategória literatúry je zameraná na objavovanie a pochopenie fyzikálnych, chemických, biologických a iných prírodných javov.
Prírodné vedy poskytujú čitateľom vedecké informácie a pozadie o astronómii, geológii, biológii, chémii, fyzike, matematike a iných prírodovedných disciplínach. Zameriavajú sa na princípy, teórie, objavy a vedecký výskum v týchto oblastiach.
Prírodné vedy sú dôležité pre porozumenie sveta, okolia a života. Tieto knihy nám umožňujú objavovať zázraky prírody a získavať hlbšie pochopenie vesmíru, evolúcie, fyzikálnych a chémických zákonov, štruktúry a funkcií biologických systémov a ďalších zaujímavých tém.
Ak máte záujem o prírodné vedy a chcete sa dozvedieť viac, kategória literatúry Prírodné vedy vám poskytne široký výber kníh, ktoré vám pomôžu lepšie porozumieť prírode, jej zákonom a interakciám.
K najznámejším autorom patria Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan,či Yuval Noah Harari.
