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Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration after defying his ALS diagnosis at age twenty-one. He is known for both his breakthroughs in theoretical physics as well as his ability to make complex concepts accessible for all, and was beloved for his mischievous sense of humor. At the time of his death, Hawking was working on a final project: a book compiling his answers to the "big" questions that he was so often posed--questions that ranged beyond his academic field. Within these pages, he provides his personal views on our biggest challenges as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading next. Each section will be introduced by a leading thinker offering his or her own insight into Professor Hawking's contribution to our understanding.

Jonathan Littell war schon in den beiden Tschetschenienkriegen 1996 und 1999 für eine Menschenrechtsorganisation in Tschetschenien tätig. Seitdem gilt er als gut informierter und scharfsinniger Kenner des Landes. In diesem Frühjahr 2009 hat er erneut diese Region bereist - entstanden ist eine ebenso beeindruckende wie beängstigende Reportage über die Entwicklung, die das Land seit Kriegsende und dem Regierungsantritt Ramzan Kadryrows im Jahre 2007 genommen hat.

À peine le Centaure, chalutier de Fécamp, est-il arrivé au port que son capitaine, Pierre Canut, est arrêté. Il aurait tué, juste avant de prendre la mer, un vieil homme retrouvé à son domicile la gorge tranchée. Ce serait une vengeance. La victime, rescapée vingt ans plus tôt des suites d'un naufrage au large du Brésil, aurait été sur la même barque de fortune que le père de Pierre Canut. Les secouristes avaient retrouvé ce dernier mort avec le poignet entaillé par ses camarades qui avaient commencé à le manger...

'Kindness and co-operation have played a crucial role in raising humans to the top of the evolutionary tree ... We have thrived on the milk of human kindness.' ObserverBY THE AUTHOR OF ARE WE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW SMART ANIMALS ARE?'There is a widely-held assumption that humans are hard-wired for relentless and ruthless competition ... Frans de Waal sees nature differently - as a biological legacy in which empathy, not mere self-interest, is shared by humans, bonobos and animals.' Ben Macintyre, The TimesEmpathy holds us together. That we are hardwired to be altruistic is the result of thousands of years of evolutionary biology which has kept society from slipping into anarchy. But we are not alone: primates, elephants, even rodents are empathetic creatures too.Social behaviours such as the herding instinct, bonding rituals, expressions of consolation and even conflict resolution demonstrate that animals are designed to feel for each other. From chimpanzees caring for mates that have been wounded by leopards, elephants reassuring youngsters in distress and dolphins preventing sick companions from drowning, with a wealth of anecdotes, scientific observations, wry humour and incisive intelligence, The Age of Empathy is essential reading for all who believe in the power of our connections to each other.

Following on from The Enigma of Capital, the world's leading Marxist thinker explores the hidden workings of capital and reveals the forces that will lead inexorably to the demise of our system.

When Jonathan Schell heard all that loose talk about attainment of objectives in a limited nuclear war, it was too much for him. He did what all of us would like to do: he wrote a book. It's very pessimistic. The mere presence of all those weapons is enough to ensure that sometime, somewhere, someone is going to set one off. Schell makes sure all of us know the horrendous possibilities of a nuclear exchange and all the reasons for bringing such possibilities to a halt. Everyone agrees. The question is, how do we get these monsters under control?A republic of insects and grassThe second deathThe choiceIndex

How Was The Earth Formed? How Big Is An Atom? What Is A Quantum Leap? Most Of Us, However Well Educated, Still Find It Impossible To Answer Even The Most Basic Questions About Science. It Is Something We Associate With Childish Pleasures (Trips To The Science Museum, A Love Of Dinosaurs); We Leave It Behind In Adolescence To Pursue The Canon Of Literature And The Arts. But A Truly Cultured Adult, Natalie Angier Argues, Should Know The Classic Ideas Of Physics And Evolutionary Biology As Well As The Classic Works Of Beethoven And Shakespeare. In The Canon, Angier Takes Us On A Dazzling Joyride Through The Beautiful Basics Of Science . With Great Energy And Passion, She Tackles Each Of The Main Scientific Disciplines - From Chemistry To Astrology - Using Familiar Examples, Memorable Analogies And A Considerable Amount Of Good Humour To Illuminate And Entertain. She Draws On Interviews With Hundreds Of Eminent Scientists To Create A Vivid, Informative Primer For Scientific Literacy. The Canon Is Vital Reading For Anyone Who S Ever Been The Slightest Bit Curious About How Our World Works. It S For Anyone Who Wished They Understood The Great Issues Of Our Age - Global Warming, Stem-Cell Research, Nuclear Arms - Or For Parents Who Panic When Their Child Ask Them How Electricity Works. It S The Essential Guide To The Ideas That Underpin Our Universe - A Book That Will Enrapture, Enlighten And Inspire.

Knapp, schonungslos, sehr informiert, beleuchtet Machovers Buch die Person und den Mythos des argentinischen Revolutionärs Che Guevara. Dies geschieht unvergleichlich genauer als andere Biografien, die im Dunstkreis einer Legende verharren. Hinter den bekannten Bildern dieses argentinischen Guerilleros erblickt man einen fanatischen Menschen, der getrieben von ideologischen Wahnvorstellungen und Todessehnsucht, für Diktatur und Kollektivismus in den Tod stolpert.