"The Third Chimpanzee" was first published in 1991 and has been in print ever since. This new, illustrated edition is aimed at a young readership. In it, Jared Diamond explores what makes us human and poses fascinating questions. If we share more than 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees, how is it that we can write, read, talk, build telescopes and bombs, while we put our speechless and bomb-less close relatives in cages and zoos? What can woodpeckers teach us about spacecraft? Is genocide a human invention? Why does extinction matter? Why are we destroying the natural resources on which we depend for survival? ... |
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Second edition. ... This is the first part of the textbook Dental materials science, intended for the students of dentistry. The present book consists of two chapters - lecture notes and laboratory classes' reports. The textbook is developed on the basis of the lectures on dental materials science according to the approved syllabus of the Dental Faculty at the Medical University of Varna. The lecture notes' chapter includes topics on general materials science: structure of materials and their properties - physical, optical, mechanical and technological. Along with the theoretical knowledge, many practical ... |
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"The history of the Jewish ethnicity and its material culture are inseparable from Bulgarian history and culture. Regardless of the preceding series of conscientiously carried separate studies on the topic of the fate of local Jewish communities and especially on the issue of synagogues as their most prominent artistic creations during the long centuries of exile, the "last word" in that respect was not either said or written until now. Professor Jan Assmann of Heidelberg University says: "The cultural memory procures "breathing air" to the world that is too narrow for the everyday realities ... |
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Vincent van Gogh's story is one of the most ironic in art history. Today, he is celebrated the world over as one of the most important painters of all time, recognized with sell-out shows, feted museums, and record prices of tens of millions of dollars at auction. Yet as he was painting the canvases that would subsequently become these sell-out modern masterpieces, van Gogh was battling not only the disinterest of his contemporary audiences but also devastating bouts of mental illness, with episodes of depression and paralyzing anxiety which would eventually claim his life in 1890, when he committed suicide shortly ... |
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Двуезично издание на български и английски език. Художник на 3D макета: Константин Марков . ... Книгата е замислена като поредица от книги за малки и пораснали деца. "История на изкуството в приказки и игри - книга 4" е посветена на Древна Елада. Това е една "жива" книжка. Тя е част от поредица, която диша, расте и се развива заедно със своята художничка и авторка - Елена Маркова . Наслаждавайте се на тази книга. Тя съдържа игри, диск и 3D макет на гръцки храм, което ви позволява да се потопите истински във времето на древна Елада. Радвайте се на всеки пълноценно изживян миг и носете късчета приказно ... |
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Книга 2 от поредицата "Bulgarian Academic Monographs". ... The disintegration of the totalitarian-communist system has led to a total crisis of society, a radical and dramatic restructuring, a reassessment of all values, a clearly evident prevalence of negatively defined freedom. For the Balkan region, these general conditions were further complicated by the neighborhood of different ethno-religious communities. Ethnic mobilization, various cultural, religious and political tensions, are rooted here both in the history of the region’s cultural and religious identities and in the totalitarian system of the recent ... |
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Настоящата книга съдържа: адаптирана версия на "Принцът и просякът" на английски език; превод на по-сложни думи и изрази, даден за улеснение на самото място в текста; шест теста, подходящи за всички, владеещи английски език на средно ниво, които се занимават интензивно с изучаването му; ключ с отговорите на тестовете, който прави книгата полезна както за работа в клас под ръководството на учителя, така и за самоподготовка. Поредицата "Language Trainer" е предназначена да помага на учащите да усъвършенстват познанията си по английски език за ниво B2 според Общата европейска езикова рамка като: ... |
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Geoffrey West's research centres on a quest to find unifying principles and patterns connecting everything, from cells and ecosystems to cities, social networks and businesses. Scale addresses big, urgent questions about global sustainability, population explosion, urbanization, ageing, cancer, human lifespans and the increasing pace of life, but also encourages us to question the world around us. Why can we live for 120 years but not for a thousand? Why does the pace of life continually increase? Why do mice live for just two or three years and elephants for up to 75? Why do companies behave like mice, and are they ... |
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Three Men in a Boat is a comic classic. When it first appeared in 1889 it became a best seller, and has remained popular ever since. This motley novel has not only been translated into many languages but has also been staged, filmed, televised and imitated. The adventures and misfortunes on the Thames of the three English friends and their pugnacious dog, Montmorency, provide rich humour, shrewd observations, lyrical reflections, and, predominantly, genially ironic perceptions of human fallibility. The sequel, Three Men on the Bummel, reunites the three friends for their "Bummel" ("roaming or wandering& ... |
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В книгата се разглеждат стотици паметници, свързани с историята и с културата на България от различни сфери на изящните и приложните изкуства, на митологичните предания, на религиозно-ритуалната практика, на книжовната дейност и положителните духовни натрупвания на европейската цивилизация в течение на голям период: от хан Аспарух (VII в.) до Втората световна война. С тези паметници българинът утвърждава своята духовна легитимност и обезсмъртява българския национален гений. Съдържа 396 илюстрации. ... |
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As an inseparable part of the Bulgarian people, the Bulgarian Jews have shared on an equal basis the entire history of their establishment as a nation. Integrated for centuries in Bulgarian society, the Bulgarian Jews have participated alongside all Bulgarians in the country's national history. They defended their homeland during the struggles for liberation from Ottoman rule and fought in all the wars in which Bulgaria was protecting it's statehood and nationhood. The contribution of the Jews to Bulgaria's economic, cultural and intellectual advancement following the Liberation is also considerable. It has ... |
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Нова история - от живота в сянката на динозаврите до нас. Нашите предци, бозайниците, са се появили почти едновременно с динозаврите преди повече от 200 млн. г., когато цялата суша е била събрана в един свръхконтинент, изсушен от обширни пустини. А предисторията на тези първи бозайници е още по-дълбока. Тя започва преди около 325 млн. г. в необятните заблатени карбонови гори. Тогава в голямото родословно дърво на живия свят линията на предшествениците на бозайниците се е отделила от тази на влечугите. През тези огромни интервали от геологично време бозайниците са се развили в хиляди смайващи форми. По едно или друго ... |
