Any literate person should be familiar with the central ideas of modern science In his sparkling new book Peter Atkins introduces his choice of the ten great ideas of science With wit charm patience & astonishing insights he leads the reader through the emergence of the concepts & then presents them in a strikingly effective manner At the same time he works into his engaging narrative an illustration of the scientific method & shows how simple ideas can have enormous consequences His choice of the ten great ideas are Evolution occurs by natural selection in which the early attempts at explaining the origin of species is followed by an account of the modern approach & some of its unsolved problems Inheritance is encoded in DNA in which the story of the emergence of an understanding of inheritance is followed through to the mapping of the human genome Energy is conserved in which we see how the central concept of energy gradually dawned on scientists as they mastered the motion of particles & the concept of heat All change is the consequence of the purposeless collapse of energy & matter into disorder in which the extraordinarily simple concept of entropy is used to account for events in the world Matter is atomic in which we see how the concept of atoms emerged & how the different personalities of the elements arise from the structures of their atoms Symmetry limits guides & drives in which we see how concepts related to beauty can be extended to understand the nature of fundamental particles & the forces that act between them Waves behave like particles & particles behave like waves in which we see how old familiar ideas gave way to the extraordinary insights of quantum theory & transformed our perception of matter The universe is expanding in which we see how a combination of astronomy & a knowledge of elementary particles accounts for the origin of the universe & its long term future Spacetime is curved by matter in which we see the emergence of the theories of special & general relativity & come to understand the nature of space & time If arithmetic is consistent then it is incomplete in which we learn the origin of numbers & arithmetic see how the philosophy of mathematics lets us understand the nature of this most cerebral of subjects & are brought to the limits of its power C P Snow once said 'not knowing the second law of thermodynamics is like never having read a work by Shakespeare' This is an extraordinary exciting book that not only will make you literate in science but give you deep enjoyment on the way ...

Here's the thing about covert operations the really bad things always happen when you least expect them The enemies don't give you a heads-up & they never let you stop to put on comfortable shoes A spy-in-training Cammie Morgan has a cover for every occasion But what happens when she is forced to lose her cover to save her best friend Macey? Cammie & her friends are determined to hunt down the group that threatens to tear their secret sisterhood apart This time it's personal ...

The compulsive new novel from the author of the Sunday Times Number One bestseller THE CALLER AS ADDICTIVE AS A TV BOXSET!‘ Thirty-seven years in the force & if I was allowed to choose just one thing to erase from my mind what’s inside that room would be it’ That’s what a LAPD Lieutenant tells Detectives Hunter & Garcia of the Ultra Violent Crimes Unit as they arrive at one of the most shocking crime scenes they have ever attended In a completely unexpected turn of events the detectives find themselves joining forces with the FBI to track down a serial killer whose hunting ground sees no borders; a psychopath who loves what he does because to him murder is much more than just killing – it’s an art form Welcome to The Gallery of the Dead What the reviewers are saying about Chris Carter& Carter has a background in criminal psychology & the killers at the centre of his novels are all the more terrifying for it& Mail on Sunday chosen for & If You Only Pack One&& Carter is one of those authors who makes writing look effortless I couldn&t put it down& Crime Squad& An insanely good crime series Extraordinarily well written high quality & high drama all the way& Liz Loves Books& An intriguing & scary thriller& Better Reading&A gripping feast of thrills& Shots&A gripping psychological thriller& Breakaway& This is a chilling compulsive portrait of a psychopath & proves that Carter is now in the Jeffery Deaver class& Daily Mail& Punchy & fast paced& Sunday Mirror& There&s a touch of the Patricia Cornwell about Chris Carter&s plotting& Mail on Sunday& Very satisfying read& Falcata Times ...

‘ Thirty-seven years in the force & if I was allowed to choose just one thing to erase from my mind what’s inside that room would be it’ That’s what a LAPD Lieutenant tells Detectives Hunter & Garcia of the Ultra Violent Crimes Unit as they arrive at one of the most shocking crime scenes they have ever attended In a completely unexpected turn of events the detectives find themselves joining forces with the FBI to track down a serial killer whose hunting ground sees no borders; a psychopath who loves what he does because to him murder is much more than just killing – it’s an art form Welcome to The Gallery of the Dead ...

Get ready for thrilling action & adventure with the Jurassic World Attack Pack Gallimimus! Each pack contains a dinosaur & collectors card Each figure

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An Anzac tale of three families whose destinies are entwined by war tragedy & passion At 17 Veronica O' Shay is happier running wild on the family farm than behaving in the ladylike manner her mother requires & she despairs both of her secret passion for her brother's friend Jack Murphy & what promises to be a future of restraint & compliance But this is 1913 & the genteel tranquillity of rural Beecroft is about to change forever as the O' Shay & Murphy families along with their friends the Dwyers are caught up in the theatre of war & their fates become intertwined From the horrors of Gallipoli to the bloody battles of the Somme through love lost & found the Great Depression & the desperate jungle war along the Kokoda Track this sprawling family drama brings to life a time long pasta time of desperate love born in desperate times & acts of friendship against impossible odds A love letter to Australian landscape & character Gallipoli Street celebrates both mateship & the enduring quality of real love But more than that this book shows us where we have come from as a nation by revealing the adversity & passions that forged us A stunning novel that brings to life the love & courage that formed our Anzac tradition ...

Can you gallop like a horse? Can you strut like a rooster? Can you run like a dog? Can you spring like a cat? Can you soar like an eagle? Can you swing like a chimp? Can you flutter like a butterfly? Can you swim like a turtle? Then take a bow & smile you twinkle like a star! Then take a bow & shine a star is what you are! ...

Detective Kate Daniels series finds herself on her toughest case yet in Gallows Drop by Mari Hannah At dawn on a lonely stretch of road a body is found hanging from an ancient gallows the morning after a country show Hours earlier DCI Kate Daniels had seen the victim alive With her leave period imminent she's forced to step aside when DCI James Atkins is called in to investigate There's bad blood between them When Kate discovers that Atkins' daughter was an eyewitness to a fight involving the victim the two detectives lock horns & he's bumped off the case It's the trigger for a vicious attack on Kate exposing a secret she's kept hidden for years & unearthing an even darker one Shaken but undeterred Kate sets out to solve a case that has shocked a close-knit village community As suspects emerge she uncovers a curious historical connection with a hangman a culture of systematic bullying a web of deceit & a deep-seated psychosis any one of which could be motive for murder ...

A brilliant authentic & relentlessly pacey crime novel by a former Met Detective 368 pages London Kate ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A supernatural western following Aman a mysterious gunman the son of a nun cursed by God to be haunted by all those who die by his hand When Aman kills a gang of murderers out of revenge the crew rises from the dead to hunt him down Actors Wesley Snipes Format PALLanguage English Region Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Number of discs 1 ...