Human life is a staggeringly strange thing. On the surface of a ball of rock falling around a nuclear fireball in the blackness of a vacuum the laws of nature conspired to create a naked ape that can look up at the stars and wonder where it came from.[...]
The Sunday Times Bestseller In Wonders of the Solar System - the book of the acclaimed BBC TV series - Professor Brian Cox will take us on a journey of discovery where alien worlds from your imagination become places we can see, feel and visit.[...]
Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. 13.7 billion years old. 93 billion light years wide. It contains over 100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. This[...]
What is Life? Where did it come from? Why does it end? In this beautiful and definitive new book, Professor Brian Cox takes us on an incredible journey to discover how a few fundamental laws gave birth to the most complex, diverse and unique force in the Universe - life itself. There are thought to [...]
Experience our universe as you've never seen it before 13.7 billion years old. 93 billion light-years across. It contains over 100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. This infinite, vast and complex Universe has been the subject of human fascination and scientific explor[...]
LifeWhat is Life? Where did it come from? Why does it end?In this beautiful companion book to the Science series Wonders of Life, professor Brian Cox takes us on an incredible journey to discover how a few fundamental laws gave birth to the most complex, diverse, and unique force in the universe--li[...]
THE NEW SPIRITUALITY IS ALL ABOUT EVOLUTION In Evolutionary Enlightenment: A New Path to Spiritual Awakening, Cohen redefines spirituality for our contemporary world--a world characterized by exponential change and an ever-expanding appreciation for the processes of evolution. Based on 25 years of g[...]
There are two fundamental spiritual questions that all true seekers want to know the answer to. The first is: 'Who am I? Who am I beyond the mind, beyond the personality, beyond any fixed notion of self?'. The second question is: 'How shall I live? How can I live in a way that manifests the spiritua[...]
Boka for de som fascineres av stjernehimmelen og universets gåter. Den er basert på BBC-serien med 6 millioner seere i Storbritannia og 200 000 i Norge. Med sin unike formidlingsevne forklarer Brian Cox noen av de største gåter og mysterier som verdensrommet byr på.[...]
Hvis vi mener det alvorligt med at blive fri i dette liv, må vi indtage et urokkeligt standpunkt. Er vi fast besluttet på at befri os selv fuldstændig fra frygt og uvidenhed, må vi være villige til at finde et absolut ståsted i forhold til tænkning, følelse og tid og frem for alt ikke nære [...]
Research into language learner strategies has the fundamental goal of improving the teaching and learning of second languages. This book explores the notion that the reason some learners of second languages excel and others struggle lies in what the learners themselves do-the strategies they bring t[...]
In this major contribution to contemporary political theory, Jean Cohen and Andrew Arato argue that the concept of civil society articulates a contested terrain in the West that could become a primary locus for the expansion of democracy and rights.[...]
This volume addresses salient theoretical issues concerning the validity of research methods in second-language acquisition, and provides critical analysis of contextualized versus sentence-level production approaches. The contributors present their views of competence versus performance, the nature[...]
This revised and updated second edition tackles some of the most hotly contested contemporary ethical issues, including torture and same-sex marriage. The collection pairs essays by leading philosophers known for their opposing views, who debate troubling human dilemmas ranging from abortion and eut[...]
An understanding of sociocultural context is crucial in second language learning ? yet developing this awareness often poses a real challenge to the typical language learner. This book is a practical language teachers? guide that focuses on how to teach socially and culturally appropriate language f[...]