A Victorian scientist and inventor creates a machine for propelling himself through time, and voyages to the year AD 802701, where he discovers a race of humanoids called the Eloi. Their gently indolent way of life, set in a decaying cityscape, leads the scientist to believe that they are the remnants of a once great civilization. He is forced to revise this assessment when he comes across the cave dwellings of threatening ape-like creatures known as Morlocks, whose dark underground world he must explore to discover the terrible secrets of this fractured society, and the means of getting back to his own time. A biting ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... In this hugely influential, groundbreaking work of science fiction, a brilliant scientist constructs a machine, which, with the pull of a lever, propels him to the year AD 802,701. The Time Traveller finds himself in a verdant, seemingly idyllic landscape where he is greeted by the diminutive Eloi people. The Eloi are beautiful, but weak and indolent, and the explorer is perplexed by their fear of the dark. He soon discovers the reason for their fear - the Eloi are not the only race to have inherited the earth. When his time machine disappears, the Time ... |
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Колекционерският модел Hollywood Rides – DeLorean Time Machine "Back to the Future II" (1989) от Jada Toys ви дава възможност да се върнете назад (и напред) във времето с една от най-емблематичните машини във филмовата история. Пресъздаден с изключително внимание към детайлите, този модел в мащаб 1:24 комбинира висококачествен метален корпус, реалистични елементи и ефектни функции, познати от култовия филм. Моделът разполага с отварящи се криловидни врати, прецизно оформен интериор и характерните детайли на оригиналната машина на времето – включително реакторния модул и кабелните елементи. Вградената ... |
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Пътувайте във времето към Дивия запад с уникалния колекционерски модел Back to the Future III Time Machine от Jada Toys. Този детайлен модел пресъздава легендарния DeLorean DMC-12 в неговата специална версия от третата част на филмовата поредица — когато машината на времето се движи по релсите през 1885 година. Изработен от метал (die-cast) и допълнен с висококачествени пластмасови елементи, моделът впечатлява с автентични детайли като кафяви джанти тип влакови колела, сложни механични елементи и прецизна изработка. Отварящите се криловидни врати и свободните колела дават възможност за реалистично представяне, а бутонът ... |
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Конструкторът е част от серията LEGO: Speed Champions, където ще откриете още интересни комплекти. ... Потопете се в света на култовата филмова поредица с комплекта от LEGO. Този впечатляващ модел от 357 части позволява на децата да построят, разиграват и покажат легендарната машина на времето от "Завръщане в бъдещето". Комплектът включва емблематични детайли от филмите – задни въздухозаборници, детайлен кокпит, флукс-компенсатор и времеви калкулатор. Моделът предлага 2 възможности за игра: може да бъде изграден във версията от първия филм с гръмоотвод и калифорнийска регистрационна табела, или да се ... |
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You're fast asleep, and nothing is happening. Or is it? In fact, your body is hard at work. Your lungs are taking oxygen from the air, and your heart is pumping blood round your body. Millions of pieces of information are travelling backwards and forwards to your brain all the time. Muscles are repairing themselves, and in your lymph nodes special cells are cleaning germs and waste from the body. You may think that nothing is happening, but in the extraordinary machine that is the human body, it is very busy indeed... Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the Oxford Bookworms Library ... |
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The UK and US No. 1 bestseller. Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. ... From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions: How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live? When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British Empire? When will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than living? How many humans would a T Rex rampaging through New York need to eat a day? In pursuit ... |
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Autonomous and embedded systems are the infrastructural fabric of modern technological society and are present as an almost imperceptible environment to each of us. Very soon after the advent of the electronic computer in the middle of the last century, the possibilities of digital control were realized as a substitute for human control over various processes. Accordingly, their use also began - first of all in an industrial environment and in military technologies - a still relatively limited application due to the then high price of the devices themselves, and also due to the need for complex adaptation of the ... |
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Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the Pop art movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of consumerism, materialism, media, and celebrity. Drawing on contemporary advertisements, comic strips, consumer products, and Hollywood’s most famous faces, Warhol proposed a radical reevaluation of what constituted artistic subject matter. Through Warhol, a Campbell’s soup can and Coca Cola bottle became as worthy of artistic status as any traditional still life. At the same time, Warhol reconfigured the role of the artist. Famously stating "I ... |
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Welcome to Joey Drew Studios! As a new animator, it's your job to carry on Mr. Drew's legacy of iconic characters like Bendy, Boris the Wolf, and Alice Angel! In this handy guidebook, you'll learn how to get around the studio, operate our state-of-the-art Ink Machine, and work well with our dedicated staff of creatives and crew members. Mr. Drew himself has even included a walk-through of all the tasks you'll need to complete to make it out of your first week alive, as well as an excerpt from his memoir The Illusion of Living, to inspire you to carry our company mission forward. In time, we hope you' ... |
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And my toaster is taking over the world... By the winner of the waterstones children's book prize. Cover artwork by Robin Boyden. ... Luke’s dad has bought a lot of gadgets recently and not one of them works as it’s supposed to. Maybe it’s because a machine-from-the-future is stalking Bromley, playing havoc with all the tech and trying to stop Star Lad going on a date. Could this be the Rise of the Machines? Luke knows what he must do - he just needs his fellow SCARF members to help, or it will be the end of everything... ... |
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Complete an unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Chas McGill has the second-best collection of war souvenirs in Garmouth, but wants it to be the best. When he stumbles across the wreckage of a downed German bomber, he finds the ultimate trophy - a working machine gun. Hiding his discovery from the local police, Chas recruits his friends and together they build a fortress for their prize. But war is not a game and soon both friendships and loyalties are tested when the gang's actions have dangerous consequences. Robert Westall wrote "The Machine Gunners" for his son, Christopher, based on his ... |
