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What We Cannot Know
`Brilliant and fascinating. No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting' Bill BrysonBritain's most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know.Is the universe infinite?Do we know what happened before the Big Bang?Where is human consciousness located in the brain?And are there more undiscovered particles out there, beyond the Higgs boson?In the modern world, science is king: weekly headlines proclaim the latest scientific breakthroughs and numerous mathematical problems, once indecipherable, have now been solved. But are there limits to what we can discover about our physical universe?In this very personal journey to the edges of knowledge, Marcus du Sautoy investigates how leading experts in fields from quantum physics and cosmology, to sensory perception and neuroscience, have articulated the current lie of the land. In doing so, he travels to the very boundaries of understanding, questioning contradictory stories and consulting cutting edge data.Is it possible that we will one day know everything? Or are there fields of research that will always lie beyond the bounds of human comprehension? And if so, how do we cope with living in a universe where there are things that will forever transcend our understanding?In What We Cannot Know, Marcus du Sautoy leads us on a thought-provoking expedition to the furthest reaches of modern science. Prepare to be taken to the edge of knowledge to find out if there's anything we truly cannot know.
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What We Cannot Know
Britain's most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know. Is the universe infinite? Do we know what happened before the Big Bang? Where is human consciousness located in the brain? And are there more undiscovered particles out there, beyond the Higgs boson? In the modern world, science is king: weekly headlines proclaim the latest scientific breakthroughs and numerous mathematical problems, once indecipherable, have now been solved. But are there limits to what we can discover about our physical universe? In this very personal journey to the edges of knowledge, Marcus du Sautoy investigates how leading experts in fields from quantum physics and cosmology, to sensory perception and neuroscience, have articulated the current lie of the land. In doing so, he travels to the very boundaries of understanding, questioning contradictory stories and consulting cutting edge data. Is it possible that we will one day know everything? Or are there fields of research that will always lie beyond the bounds of human comprehension? And if so, how do we cope with living in a universe where there are things that will forever transcend our understanding? In What We Cannot Know, Marcus du Sautoy leads us on a thought-provoking expedition to the furthest reaches of modern science. Prepare to be taken to the edge of knowledge to find out if there's anything we truly cannot know.
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Knowing What We Know
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes here is award-winning writer Simon Winchester’s brilliant and all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues to change our lives and our minds.
With the advent of the internet, any topic we want to know about is instantly available with the touch of a smartphone button. With so much knowledge at our fingertips, what is there left for our brains to do? At a time when we seem to be stripping all value from the idea of knowing things – no need for maths, no need for map reading, no need for memorisation – are we risking our ability to think? As we empty our minds, will we one day be incapable of thoughtfulness?
Addressing these questions, Simon Winchester explores how humans have attained, stored and disseminated knowledge. Examining such disciplines as education, journalism, encyclopedia creation, museum curation, photography and broadcasting, he looks at a whole range of knowledge diffusion – from the cuneiform writings of Babylon to the machine-made genius of artificial intelligence, by way of Gutenberg, Google and Wikipedia to the huge Victorian assemblage of the Mundaneum, the collection of everything ever known, currently stored in a damp basement in northern Belgium.
Studded with strange and fascinating details, Knowing What We Know is a deep dive into learning and the human mind. Throughout this fascinating tour, Winchester forces us to ponder what rational humans are becoming. What good is all this knowledge if it leads to lack of thought? What is information without wisdom? Does René Descartes’ ‘Cogito, ergo sum’ 'I think, therefore I am’, the foundation for human knowledge widely accepted since the Enlightenment still hold?
And what will the world be like if no one in it is wise?
What You Need to Know about- Similes and Metaphors
The purpose of similes and metaphors is to make a piece of writing more interesting. This book, Similes & Metaphors, contains about 300 well-established similes and metaphors. They can add to the interest of learners' compositions provided they are not overused. The book provides lots of useful language information. In addition, there are 10 passages showing similes and metaphors in context, as well as 10 sets of exercises and the answers. 'What You Need to Know about' is and open-ended series of ELT reference books on various aspects of English specially planned for intermediate learners who want to get to grips with English. Covering the most important topics of English, the series aims at helping foreign learners build a solid foundation for the learning of the language.
Paramore - All We Know Is Falling LP
KDO: Americká rocková kapela vznikla v městečku Frankliv ve státě Tennessee v roce 2004. Ústřední postavou je zpěvačka Hayley Williams. Paramore debutovali v roce 2005, komerčně se prosadili už o dva roky později s druhým albem Riot, které jim zároveň vyneslo i první nominaci na Grammy. Vítězství v prestižní anketě se kapela dočkala v roce 2010, kdy vydala úspěšné eponymní album, s nímž se dostala na vrchol hitparády v Americe i Velké Británii. Skupina prošla několika personálními otřesy.
CO: Vinylová reedice debutové desky americké rockové skupiny Paramore. Album původně vyšlo v roce 2005. O produkci se postarali James Paul Wisner, Mike Green, Nick Trevisick a Roger Alan Nichols. Všechny písně napsali zpěvačka Hayley Williams a kytarista Josh Farro. Jako hlavní téma alba posloužil odchod basisty Jeremyho Davise, což se projevilo zejména na obalu a názvu desky. Reediční vydání je součástí oslav pětadvacátých narozenin domovského labelu Fueled By Ramen.
LP1:
1. All We Know [03:14]
2. Pressure [03:09]
3. Emergency [04:04]
4. Brighter [03:45]
5. Here We Go Again [04:00]
6. Never Let This Go [03:40]
7. Whoa [03:23]
8. Conspiracy [03:48]
9. Franklin [03:29]
10. My Heart [03:02]
Umenie nekúpiš / Art Cannot Be Bought
Milan Tittel (2. 10. 1966, Litomyšl) je popredný slovenský umelec svojej generácie. V povedomí širokej kultúrnej verejnosti to však nie je príliš známe: jeho umelecký prínos bol rozptýlený najmä v skupinových aktivitách. Milan Tittel je totiž kolektívny hráč a svoju tvorbu predstavoval takmer výlučne v spolupráci s inými výtvarníkmi. Až v posledných rokoch sa výrazne odlíšil od ostatných, aj vďaka sústavnej prezentácii na sociálnych sieťach. Milan Tittel sa stal facebookovým umelcom, vo svojej generácii ojedinelým.
Milan Tittel je tiež preformerom a videoumelcom. V poslednom čase najviac pracuje s nájdenými objektmi (môžu to byť aj živé organizmy a ľudské „živé sochy"), prípadne s ich kombináciami. Niektoré diela odkazujú na bizarné neodadaistické zostavy predmetov, ale najzaujímavejšie si pohrávajú s efemérnymi prvkami a hmotami, stelesňujú tak akúsi zenovú meditáciu v materiáli.
Milan Tittel (October 10, 1966, Litomyšl) is one of the most prominent Slovak artists of his generation. However, the general public is not aware of this fact because his artistic talent was diffused, especially within group activities. Milan Tittel is a team player and he presents his work almost exclusively in cooperation with other artists. However, thanks to constant social network exposure, he has recently begun to distinguish himself from others. He has become a facebook artist, a rare accomplishment in his generation.
Tittel is also a performer and video-artist. Recently he has focused on objet trouvé - found objects (including living organisms and human "living statues") and their combinations. Some works refer to bizarre neo-Dadaistic combinations of objects, but the most interesting ones play with ephemeral elements and masses, thus embodying a kind of Zen meditation.
Lacná kniha What you Don't Know (-50%)
Sarah Bone's political career has lifted off and now she's a minister for prisons. Ex-drug-dealer Nick Cane is missing her but keeping his distance - working tutoring a gifted young teenager in care and in a drug-rehab centre, the Power Project. Strangely, the Power Project don't seem too interested in what work he's doing, but when he takes the initiative of talking to the girls in the care home he's actively discouraged and becomes the victim of a violent attack in the street. What are they trying to hide? Meanwhile, Sarah is increasingly involved with charismatic lawyer Paul Morris, who has some surprising connections to the Power Project. But when he's found dead she becomes prime suspect and Nick Cane has to help her get to the bottom of who killed him.
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What is huncút?
Slovenskí emigranti, ktorí sa postarali o najdlhší súdny proces štátu New York od roku 1683. Policajný riaditeľ Matovič z Humenného, ktorý bojoval s talianskou mafiou spolu s dolapiteľom Al Caponeho. Slovenskí farmári z Arkansasu, ktorých dávali v kongrese za vzor pri potláčaní segregácie na juhu. Ale aj Novozámčanka, ktorá bola očitou svedkyňou najslávnejšej prestrelky divokého západu.
Všetky tieto príbehy autor objavil pri mapovaní stôp po slovenských mestečkách v Spojených štátoch amerických. V jeho reportážach sa prenesiete na malebné floridské predmestie Slavia, k družnej arkansaskej farmárskej komunite Slovak, do moderného developerského mesta na pobreží astronautov, k megalomanskému projektu na newyorskom Long Islande, ale aj k osudu jedného z prvých slovenských Amerikánov, ktorý sníval o vlastnej osade v Iowe.
Na začiatku 20. storočia žil v USA približne každý štvrtý Slovák, väčšina v priemyselných oblastiach severovýchodu, no časť sa rozhodla usadiť vo vlastných „kolóniách“. Kniha What is huncút? cez historické reportáže mapuje príbehy týchto pozoruhodných osád, zároveň odkrýva pozadie najväčšej prisťahovaleckej vlny z dnešného územia Slovenska do USA.
Kniha chce byť aj inšpiráciou pre všetkých, ktorí so svojimi rodinami v Amerike dávno stratili kontakt, aby sa o túto fascinujúcu históriu začali opäť zaujímať. Preto popri príbehoch slovenských kolónií tiež chronologicky mapuje najväčšiu prisťahovaleckú vlnu Slovákov do USA od jej počiatkov na divokom západe cez najsilnejšie roky v nebezpečných baniach a oceliarňach až po rozpad slovenských komunít, a tiež vzťahov s príbuznými v starom kraji po druhej svetovej vojne.
Leftfield - This Is What We Do CD
Tracklist:
1 This Is What We Do
2 Full Way Round
3 Making a Difference
4 City of Synths
5 Pulse
6 Machines Like This
7 Rapture 16
8 Heart and Soul
9 Accumulator
10 Let's Have It
11 The Power of Listening
Leftfield - This Is What We Do 2LP
Tracklist:
1 This Is What We Do
2 Full Way Round
3 Making a Difference
4 City of Synths
5 Pulse
6 Machines Like This
7 Rapture 16
8 Heart and Soul
9 Accumulator
10 Let's Have It
11 The Power of Listening
All the Light We Cannot See
A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
Marie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a perfect miniature of their Paris neighbourhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. But when the Nazis invade, father and daughter flee with a dangerous secret.
Werner is a German orphan, destined to labour in the same mine that claimed his father’s life, until he discovers a knack for engineering. His talent wins him a place at a brutal military academy, but his way out of obscurity is built on suffering.
At the same time, far away in a walled city by the sea, an old man discovers new worlds without ever setting foot outside his home. But all around him, impending danger closes in.
Doerr’s combination of soaring imagination and meticulous observation is electric. As Europe is engulfed by war and lives collide unpredictably, All The Light We Cannot See is a captivating and devastating elegy for innocence.
Know-how lektora klinické praxe
Klinická odborná praxe poskytuje jedinečnou zkušenost, při níž jsou studenti vystaveni složitým problémům s mnoha různorodými řešeními a prožívají situace, které jsou jedinečné a někdy i konfliktní. Vzdělávací instituce by proto měly mít organizovanou a metodicky dobře řízenou odbornou praxi.
Kniha řeší výuku klinické praxe z pohledu lektora v souladu s nejnovějšími poznatky pedagogické praxe a s důrazem na individualitu žáků. Proces vzdělávání v klinické odborné praxi se zaměřuje na rozvíjení kognitivních, psychomotorických, interpersonálních a organizačních dovedností studenta. Zároveň pokládá základy profesní socializace a adaptace ve smyslu učení se samostatnosti, zodpovědnosti či práci v týmu.
Publikace přibližuje podmínky úspěšného vedení praxe v jednotlivých zdravotnických oborech, včetně organizace a inovací odborné praxe, s důrazem na psychosociální a komunikační aspekty. Autorky mají dlouholeté zkušenosti s řízením odborné praxe. Nabízejí množství praktických informací o problematice vedení klinické praxe tak, aby se lektor stal špičkovým pedagogem.
Before We Were Strangers
From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist "missed connection" post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City.
To the Green-eyed Lovebird:
We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House.
You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more.
We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn't stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other.
Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding...
I didn't see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn't know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello.
After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I've spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half?
Hra What Do You Meme (hra v češtine)
Párty hra What do you meme je určená nielen teenagerom. Pre populárne meme budete hľadať medzi ponúkanými kartami so slovným popisom tú, ktorá daný meme vystihuje najlepšie.
Hra má veľmi jednoduché pravidlá.
Hra obsahuje: 360 kariet hlášok, 75 veľkých kariet s meme, stojan a pravidlá.
Kult WE
Nahliadnite do zákulisia firmy WeWork v podaní novinárov, ktorí odhalili škandalózne praktiky jeho bezškrupulózneho zakladateľa trpiaceho grandióznym sebaklamom.
Adam Neumann sa do New Yorku presťahoval v roku 2001 potom, ako odslúžil päť zo siedmich rokov povinnej vojenskej služby v izraelskom námorníctve. O pätnásť rokov neskôr sa ocitol v pozícii sympatického riaditeľa spoločnosti s hodnotou 47 miliárd dolárov. Takmer dvojmetrový mladík s dlhými vlasmi a ústami plnými rečí, že život má byť prechádzka ružovou záhradou, bol zosobnením predstáv o podnikateľovi zo Silicon Valley. Ponúkal takmer hypnotizujúcu víziu: radikálnu zmenu pracovného prostredia šitú na mieru generácii mileniálov. Nazval ju WeWork.
Neumannove ambície podporované miliardami dolárov od investorov rástli do neba. WeWork už nemal byť len poskytovateľom kancelárskych priestorov, mal stavať školy, budovať mestá či kolonizovať Mars. Spoločnosť v honbe za víziou svojho zakladateľa míňala peniaze rýchlejšie, než ich dokázala nadobudnúť. Šéf firmy brázdil celú zemeguľu na súkromnom lietadle v marihuanovom opare a snažil sa získavať ďalší kapitál, no koncom roka 2019, bezprostredne pred vstupom na burzu, sa mu všetko rozpadlo pod rukami. Neumanna vyhnali z vlastnej firmy, no jeho status miliardára tým nijako neutrpel.
Nevšedný rast firmy WeWork prilákal najrôznejšie postavy finančného systému, ochotné ignorovať zjavné riziká. Jej náhly prepad však začal nadobúdať podobné kontúry ako v prípade neslávne známej firmy Theranos. Ako je možné, že sa niektoré z najväčších bánk a množstvo renomovaných investorov dokázalo nadchnúť pre takýto zjavný podfuk? A čo to znamená pre budúcnosť startupov v Silicon Valley? Odpoveď na tieto a ďalšie otázky o vzostupe a páde firmy WeWork hľadajú reportéri denníka Wall Street Journal Eliot Brown a jeho kolegyňa Maureen Farrell.
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Hello! We speak English + 250 slov
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Mraz Jason - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things: 15th Anniversary (Deluxe Edition) 2CD
Jason Thomas Mraz je americký spevák, skladateľ a gitarista. Do povedomia sa dostal vydaním svojho debutového štúdiového albumu Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2002), z ktorého vznikol singel „The Remedy (I Won't Worry)“, ktorý sa dostal do top 20 v rebríčku Billboard Hot 100. "Album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things" vydaný 12. mája 2008 sa umiestnil v prvej päťke rebríčka Billboard 200, čo z neho v tom čase urobilo Mrazov album s najvyšším vrcholom. Mraz prevzal názov albumu z diela umelca Davida Shrigleyho. Okrem dvoch cien Grammy získal Jason Mraz aj dve ceny Teen Choice Awards, People's Choice Award a Hal David Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. K júlu 2014 Mraz predal viac ako sedem miliónov albumov a viac ako 11,5 milióna digitálnych singlov. Jeho hudobný štýl, od rytmického cítenia až po používanie gitár z nylonových strún, bol silne ovplyvnený brazílskou hudbou.K 15. výročiu vydania legendárneho albumu vychádza "Deluxe Edition" s novým prvotriednym originálnym obalom a 14 bonusovými skladbami
Tracklist:
CD 1:
01. Make It MineI'm Yours
02. Lucky (With Colbie Caillat)
03. Butterfly
04. Live High
05. Love for a Child
06. Details in the Fabric (Featuring James Morrison)
07. Coyotes
08. Only Human
09. The Dynamo of Volition
10. If It Kills Me
11. A Beautiful Mess
CD 2:
01. Make It Mine (From the Casa Nova Sessions)
02. I'm Yours (Demo)
03. Lucky (Jason's First Draft)
04. Butterfly (From the Casa Nova Sessions)
05. Live High (From an Avocado Salad Session)
06. Love for a Child (From the Casa Nova Sessions)
07. Details in the Fabric (Demo)
08. Coyotes (From a Girl in New York Sessions)
09. Only Human (From the Casa Nova Sessions)
10. The Dynamo of Volition (From an All Night Session)
11. If It Kills Me (From the Casa Nova Sessions)
12. A Beautiful Mess (From a Raining Jane Session)
13. Kicking with You
14. Happy Endings
We Know You Remember
Where were you the night Lina Stavred went missing?
The case was closed.
Lina Stavred went missing 20 years ago. A local boy confessed to her murder - but the body was never found.
The records were sealed.
Since then, the people of Adalen have avoided talking about that painful summer, preferring to leave the past untouched.
But we know you remember.
Now Lina's murderer has reappeared. This is detective Eira Sjoedin's chance to untangle years of well-kept secrets - but the truth is something Adalen would rather forget.
Things We Hide From The Light
Police Chief Nash Morgan is known for two things: being a good guy and the way his uniform accentuates his rear end.
But two bullets put a dent in his Southern charm and now he's facing a criminal still on the loose and a town full of citizens that consider the law more of a 'guideline'. The last thing he needs is the leggy, smart-mouthed Lina Solavita moving in next door, making him feel things he doesn't have the energy to feel.
Lina is on a mission. As soon as she gets what she's after, she has no intention of sticking around. The town of Knockemout has other ideas. Soon she finds herself sucked into small-town life. Dog-sitting. Saying yes to a bridesmaid's dress. Listening to the sexy chief of police in the shower.
But when Nash discovers Lina's secret these friends become furious enemies - though the sparks flying between them don't know the difference between love and hate.