Explore the physics behind the world of Star Wars with engaging topics & accessible information that shows how we're closer than ever before to creating technology from the galaxy far far away-perfect for every Star Wars fan! Ever wish you could have your very own lightsaber like Luke Skywalker & Obi-Wan Kenobi? Or that you could fly through space at the speed of light like Han Solo & Poe Dameron? Well those ideas aren't as outlandish as you think In The Physics of Star Wars you'll explore the mystical power of the Force using quantum mechanics find out how much energy it would take for the Death Star or Starkiller Base to destroy a planet & discover how we can potentially create our very own lightsabers The fantastical world of Star Wars may become a reality! ...

Professor James Kakalios shows that comic-book heroes & villains get their physics right more often that you would think Learn what the physics of forces & motion can reveal about Superman's strength & what would happen if the Atom could travel on an electron through a phone line Exploring everything from thermo-dynamics to sold state physics & relating the physics in comic books to such real-world applications as microwave ovens & drivers' air bags The Physics of Superheroes shows how comic books have often been ahead of science in explaining cutting-edge physics & will make both comic-book fans & physicists exclaim ' Excelsior!' ...

Contemporary scientific disciplines such as chaos & complexity theory artificial intelligence & cognitive science treat themselves as new fields of inquiry but many of these ideas can be traced back to Hermeticism the European intellectual tradition sparked by the rediscovery of the Corpus Hermeticum & Platonic texts in the 15th century Building a map of the progression of scientific thought across centuries & continents Leon Marvell examines the ancient roots of Hermeticism its rise during the Renaissance & its suppression during the scientific revolution of the Enlightenment Offering a full reconsideration of the history of science from Newton to the present day as well as a Platonic-Hermetic perspective on modern technology Marvell reveals the pattern that connects the sciences philosophy & ancient knowledge & opens a potentially rich field of inquiry for 21st-century science ...

Success for an athlete depends on their ability to perform at their best when it matters most Performance depends on the athlete's body having acquired the most beneficial adaptations for their sport But how can an athlete or coach be sure that training results in the desired adaptations? Training can be defined as the stimulation of biological adaptations that result in an improvement in performance in a given task Athletes & coaches have learned mostly through trial & error how to exploit the ability of the body to adapt in response to potentially harmful stimuli The challenge lies in applying the right stimuli at the right intensity for the right amount of time muscles respond to working more forcefully than normal by becoming bigger stronger & more resistant to damage but over-training can lead to injury This book provides the information necessary to decide on the most effective way to improve performance underpinned by an understanding of the mechanisms behind adaptation & thoroughly supported by scientific research The Physiology of Training for High Performance begins by introducing the reader to the concept & physiological bases of adaptation The authors then delve into training for different outcomes for example enhanced endurance or speed & relate the discussion to various sports & events Finally the authors summarize the latest research surrounding additional factors that affect an athlete's performance & potential including tapering nutrition & body composition Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre to accompany The Physiology of Training for High Performance features For students BL Multiple choice questions to check understanding & aid revision BL Links to sources of further information For registered adopters of the book BL Figures from the book available for download ...

Filmmaker Roman Polanski who as a boy growing up in Poland watched while the Nazis devastated his country during World War II directed this downbeat drama based on the true story of a privileged musician who spent five years struggling against the Nazi occupation of Warsaw Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody) is a gifted classical pianist born to a wealthy Jewish family in Poland The Szpilmans have a large & comfortable flat in Warsaw which Wladyslaw shares with his mother & father (Maureen Lipman & Frank Finlay) his sisters Halina & Regina (Jessica Kate Meyer & Julia Rayner) & his brother Henryk (Ed Stoppard) While Wladyslaw & his family are aware of the looming presence of German forces & Hitler&s designs on Poland they&re convinced that the Nazis are a menace which will pass & that England & France will step forward to aid Poland in the event of a real crisis Wladyslaw&s navet (C) is shattered when a German bomb rips through a radio studio while he performs a recital for broadcast During the early stages of the Nazi occupation as a respected artist he still imagines himself above the danger using his pull to obtain employment papers for his father & landing a supposedly safe job playing piano in a restaurant But as the German grip tightens upon Poland Wladyslaw & his family are selected for deportation to a Nazi concentration camp Refusing to face a certain death Wladyslaw goes into hiding in a comfortable apartment provided by a friend However when his benefactor goes missing Wladyslaw is left to fend for himself & he spends the next several years dashing from one abandoned home to another desperate to avoid capture by German occupation troops The Pianist was based on the memoir of the same name by the real-life Wladyslaw Szpilman; the book was first published in 1946 as Death of a City but was banned by Polish Communist officials & went out of print until 1998 when a new edition was issued as The Pianist Mark Deming Rovi Language English Approx Run Time 149 Mins ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Ada her nine-year-old daughter & her piano arrive to an arranged marriage in the remote bush of nineteenth century New Zealand Of all her belongings her husband refuses to transport the piano & it is left behind on the beach Unable to bear its certain destruction Ada strikes a bargain with an illiterate tattooed neighbour She may earn her piano back if she allows him to do certain things while she plays; one black key for a lesson The arrangement draws all three deeper into a complex emotional sexual bond remarkable for its naïve passion & frightening disregard for limits Winner of 3 Oscars for Best Screenplay (Jane Campion) Best Actress (Holly Hunter) & Best Supporting Actress (Anna Paquin) & 11 awards from the Australian Film Institiute Actors Harvey Keitel Holly Hunter Anna Paquin Sam Neill Kerry Walker Genevieve Lemon & Ian Mune Director Jane Campion Certificate 15 years & over Year 1993 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 56 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
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The Piano Guys have become a You Tube sensation with their clever & inspiring takes on popular music & creative videos that accompany them From Beethoven to Adele their eclectic mix of classical film score rock & pop favorites resonate with audiences Their debut album on Sony Classical

Includes:: songs featured in their hit videos as well as brand new tracks Featuring & Beethoven&s 5 Secrets& as heard on the Thomson Holiday commercial Track List 1 Titanium Pavane 2 Peponi (Paradise)3 Code Name Vivaldi 4 Beethoven&s 5 Secrets 5 Over the Rainbow Simple Gifts 6 Cello Wars 7 Arwen&s Vigil 8 Moonlight 9 A Thousand Years 10 Michael Meets Mozart 11 The Cello Song 12 Rolling in the Deep 13 What Makes You Beautiful 14 Bring Him Home 15 Without You 16 Nearer My God to Thee

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play As a child Alex Laney (Christopher Lambert) stands helpless by the family piano as his parents are brutally gunned down by a hired hit-man He has lived with these demons all his life & has himself become a clinical professional killer When notorious crime lord Christo Nichol is released from a South African prison Alex is dispatched there to protect corrupt lawyer Robert Nile (Dennis Hopper) who has a violent history with Christo After an attempt on Nile&s life they are forced to run for the only safe haven left to them the remote mining village near Cape Town where Robert grew up There they await the showdown with the assassin & Alex must face his past & its terrible connection to Nile Actors Christopher Lambert Dennis Hopper Simon Mabija James Faulkner Jeane Manson Mode Theu Mawongo Tyawa Gerard Rudolf Morgan Howell Graeme Du Plessis & Kai Coetzee Director Jean-Pierre Roux Certificate 15 years & over Year 2002 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 32 minutes (approx) ...

T E Carhart an American living in Paris is intrigued by a piano repair shop hidden down a street near his apartment When he finally gains admittance to the secretive world of the atelier he finds himself in an enormous glass-roofed workshop filled with dozens of pianos His love affair with this most magical of instruments & its music is reawakened Packed with delicate cameos of Parisians & reflections on how pianos work & their glorious history The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is an atmospheric & absorbing journey to an older way of life ...

Erika Kohut teaches piano at the Vienna Conservatory by day By night she trawls the city's porn shows while her mother whom she loves & hates in equal measure waits up for her Into this emotional pressure-cooker bounds music student & ladies' man Walter Klemmer With Walter as her student Erika spirals out of control consumed by the ecstasy of self-destruction A haunting tale of morbid voyeurism & masochism The Piano Teacher first published in 1983 is Elfreide Jelinek's Masterpiece Jelinek was awarded the Nobel Prize For Literature in 2004 for her 'musical flow of voices & counter-voices in novels & plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's cliches & their subjugating power The Piano Teacher was adapted into an internationally successful film by Michael Haneke which won three major prizes at Cannes including the Grand Prize & Best Actress for Isabelle Huppert ...