Matter
What is matter? Matter is the stuff from which we and all the things in the world are made. Everything around us, from desks, to books, to our own bodies are made of atoms, which are small enough that a million of them can fit across the breadth o...
Matter
A novel of dazzling wit and serious purpose. An extraordinary feat of storytelling and breathtaking invention on a grand scale, it is a tour de force from a writer who has turned science fiction on its head. 'Unexpectedly savage, emotionally powerful, and impossible to forget.' --The Times In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one -- maybe two -- people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their sister, even without knowing the full truth, it means returning to a place she'd thought abandoned forever. Only the sister is not what she once was; Djan Seriy Anaplian has changed almost beyond recognition to become an agent of the Culture's Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilizations throughout the greater galaxy. Concealing her new identity -- and her particular
Mantor
Vem är Esperani som alla på teatern Fågelgården pratar om? Och vilka är fritänkarna, vars torn bränns ned varje år på Vårfestens afton? Mantor är en ung adelsman som flyr från ett krig som hans land utkämpat i generationer. Han byter identitet och...
Matter
What are we made up of? What holds material bodies together? Is there a difference between terrestrial matter and celestial matter - the matter that makes up the Earth and the matter that makes up the Sun and other stars? When Democritus stated, b...
Matter
The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential...
Matter
The eighth Culture book from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. In a world renowned within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one man it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one...
Masculinities Matter!
This work argues that we need to pay more attention to understanding men and masculinities. It considers arguments based on equality and social justice, the specific gendered vulnerabilities of men, and the emergence of a crisis of masculinity.
Soft Matter
Roberto Piazza says: "Physics should be made simple enough to be amusing, but not so trivial as to spoil the fun." This is exactly the approach of this book in making the science of 'soft matter' relevant to everyday life things such as ...
Dark matter
Vetenskapsmannen Jason Dessen spåddes en lysande framtid men allt förändrades när hans flickvän blev gravid. Istället för en framgångsrik karriär är han vid 40 års ålder fysiklärare, pappa till Charlie och gift med Daniela.Är du nöjd...
Dark Matter
A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy.“Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks hi...
Dark Matter
AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 START THE WEEK 'Completely fascinating' Heston Blumenthal 'Addictive and illuminating' Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed From a world-leading microbiome scientist and surgeon with over two decades of e...
Dark Matter
A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in the haunting wilderness of the far north. January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life. So when he's offered the...
Words Matter
History and current affairs show that words matter - and change - because they are woven into our social and political lives. Words are weapons wielded by the powerful; they are also powerful tools for social resistance and for reimagining and rec...
Vibrant Matter
In Vibrant Matter the political theorist Jane Bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her focus from the human experience of things to things themselves. Bennett argues that political theory needs to do a better job of...
Identities Matter
Identities Matter
You Matter
They All Saw a Cat meets The Important Book in this sensitive and impactful picture book about seeing the world from different points of view by Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honoree Christian Robinson. In this full, bright, and beautiful picture book, many different perspectives around the world are deftly and empathetically explored—from a pair of bird-watchers to the pigeons they’re feeding. Young readers will be drawn into the luminous illustrations inviting them to engage with the world in a new way and see how everyone is connected, and that everyone matters.
Disarming Matter
Utställningskatalog producerad i samband med utställningen Disarming Matter på Dunkers kulturhus i Helsingborg. Bildäck som bränner gummi, trästockar som sakta bryts av, ljusexperiment, foto och video. Disarming Matter är en utställning som...
Hacking Matter
Programmable matter is probably not the next technological revolution, nor even perhaps the one after that. But it's coming, and when it does, it will change our lives as much as any invention ever has. Imagine being able to program matter itself-...
Principles Matter
Principles Matter
Words Matter
Words Matter
Soft Matter
A comprehensive, modern introduction to soft matter physics Soft matter science is an interdisciplinary field at the interface of physics, biology, chemistry, engineering, and materials science. It encompasses colloids, polymers, and liquid crystals as well as rapidly emerging topics such as metamaterials, memory formation and learning in matter, bioactive systems, and artificial life. This textbook introduces key phenomena and concepts in soft matter from a modern perspective, marrying established knowledge with the latest developments and applications. The presentation integrates statistical mechanics, dynamical systems, and hydrodynamic approaches, emphasizing conservation laws and broken symmetries as guiding principles while paying attention to computational and machine learning advances. * An all-in-one textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students and an invaluable reference for practitioners * Features introductory chapters on fluid mechanics, elasticity, and
Dark Matter
The fast-paced New York Times bestselling thriller from Blake Crouch, author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy, now a major show on Apple TV.
Foul Matter
Foul Matter
Mantor, Ljudbok
Vem är Esperani som alla på teatern Fågelgården pratar om? Och vilka är fritänkarna, vars torn bränns ned varje år på Vårfestens afton? Mantor är en ung adelsman som flyr från ett krig som hans land utkämpat i generationer. Han byter identitet och blir flöjtist på en teater i det fjärran Pyros, ett kulturellt och religiöst centrum där teaterkonst och gudsdyrkan är intimt sammanflätade. Mantor har kommit undan kriget, men i Pyros lurar andra faror. Templet och Högsta prästinnan håller staden i ett järngrepp. På teatern kokar det av intriger och snart är Mantor indragen i jakten på en mördare. Men vem kan han egentligen lita på? Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos bor i Järfälla och arbetar som kommunikatör. Mantor är första boken av tre i hennes sällsamma och spännande verk Till Esperani.
Family Matter
In this classic graphic novel, Will Eisner's pen cuts an expansive swath through all aspects of the human condition. A Family Matter starts close to home, following a family as it gathers to observe the ninetieth birthday of its patriarch. While t...
Nations Matter
Craig Calhoun, one of the most respected social scientists in the world, re-examines nationalism in light of post-1989 enthusiasm for globalization and the new anxieties of the twenty-first century. Nations Matter argues that pursuing a purely pos...
Nations Matter
Craig Calhoun, one of the most respected social scientists in the world, re-examines nationalism in light of post-1989 enthusiasm for globalization and the new anxieties of the twenty-first century. Nations Matter argues that pursuing a purely pos...
Subject Matter
A theorization of habit that emphasizes its excessive and unsettling qualities rather than its mediating, adaptive, and stabilizing functions. Subject Matter offers a bold counterpoint to prevalent conceptions of habit characterized by bodily flui...
Dark Matter
'Will change your life' Chris Evans 'Completely fascinating' Heston Blumenthal 'Important and devastating' The Times From a world-leading microbiome scientist and surgeon comes Dark Matter, a pioneering guide to hacking your microbiome for a healt...
Dark Matter
Dark Matter maps the invisible dimension of theater whose effects are felt everywhere in performance. Examining phenomena such as hallucination, offstage character, offstage action, sexuality, masking, technology, and trauma, Andrew Sofer engaging...
Dead Matter
Taking as its starting point the significant role of the photograph in modern mourning practices-particularly those surrounding public figures-Dead Matter theorizes the connections between the body and the image by looking at the corpse as a speci...
Political Matter
Taking seriously the argument that things have politics, Political Matter seeks to develop a fully materialist theory of politics, one that opens new possibilities for imagining the relationship between scientific and political practices. The cont...
Soft Matter
Soft Matter science is concerned with soft materials such as polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, and foams, and has emerged as a rich interdisciplinary field over the last 30 years. Drawing on physics, chemistry, mathematics and engineering, soft...
