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15,00 ₾“ამ მსოფლიო ბესტსელერში გერმანელი მეტყევე და მკვლევარი, პიტერ ვოლებენი გვიზიარებს თავის ღრმა ცოდნასა და სიყვარულს ტყის მიმართ და გვიხსნის სიცოცხლის, სიკვდილისა და განახლების გასაოცარ, ჩვენთვის აქამდე უცნობ პროცესს. ხეების მეგობრობის, ცხოვრების წესის, მათი თანაცხოვრებების შესახებ შეძენილი ცოდნა მკითხველს სულ სხვა თვალით დაანახებს ტყეს და ძირფესვიანად შეუცვლის ამ იდუმალი სამყაროს აღქმას.
პეტერ ვოლებენი დაიბადა 1964 წელს, ბონში, გერმანიაში. სატყეო მეცნიერებათა უმაღლესი სკოლის დამთავრების შემდეგ მან ოც წელზე მეტხანს იმუშავა ტყის მართვის უწყებებში. დღეს კი გერმანიაში მისსავე დაარსებულ ტყის აკადემიას უძღვება და გამოსცემს ჟურნალს სახელწოდებით “”ვოლებენის სამყარო”” (Wohllebens Welt). ბუნებისა და გარემოს დაცვის ორგანიზაციების მრავალი ჯილდოს მფლობელი ვოლებენი ხშირად მონაწილეობს ტელეგადაცემებში და სისტემატურად კითხულობს ლექციებს ბუნების დაცვის საკითხებზე.
ეს წიგნი 2015 წელს გამოვიდა, მალევე ითარგმნა მრავალ ენაზე და ბევრ ქვეყანაში გახდა ბესტსელერი. წიგნის პოპულარობას კიდევ უფრო შეუწყო ხელი 2020 წელს ნეტფლიქსის მიერ გადაღებულმა ამავე სახელწოდების ფილმმა.
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Human Genetics: The Basics
72,00 ₾Human genetics has blossomed from an obscure biological science and explanation for rare disorders to a field that is profoundly altering health care for everyone. This thoroughly updated new edition of Human Genetics: The Basics provides a concise background of gene structure and function through the lens of real examples. from families living with inherited diseases to population-wide efforts in which millions of average people are learning about their genetic selves. The book raises compelling issues concerning:
• The role of genes in maintaining health and explaining sickness
• Genetic testing. gene therapy. and genome editing
• The common ancestry of all humanity and how we are affecting our future.
Written in an engaging. narrative manner. this concise introduction is an ideal starting point for anyone who wants to know more about genes. DNA. genomes. and the genetic ties that bind us all.
Moving Heaven & Earth: Copernicus & the Solar System
25,00 ₾When Nicolaus Copernicus claimed that the Earth was not stationary at the centre of the universe but circled the Sun, he brought about a total revolution in the sciences and consternation in the Church. Copernicus theory demanded a new physics to explain motion and force, a new theory of space, and a completely new conception of the nature of our universe. He also showed for the first time that a common-sense view of things isn t necessarily correct, and that mathematics can and does reveal the true nature of the material world. As John Henry reveals, from his idea of a swiftly moving Earth Copernicus sowed the seed from which science has grown to be a dominant aspect of modern culture, fundamental in shaping our understanding of the workings of the cosmos.
Wizard & the Prophet
39,00 ₾In forty years, Earth’s population will reach ten billion. Can our world support that? What kind of world will it be? Those answering these questions generally fall into two deeply divided groups–Wizards and Prophets, as Charles Mann calls them in this balanced, authoritative, nonpolemical new book. The Prophets, he explains, follow William Vogt, a founding environmentalist who believed that in using more than our planet has to give, our prosperity will lead us to ruin. Cut back! was his mantra. Otherwise everyone will lose! The Wizards are the heirs of Norman Borlaug, whose research, in effect, wrangled the world in service to our species to produce modern high-yield crops that then saved millions from starvation. Innovate! was Borlaug’s cry. Only in that way can everyone win! Mann delves into these diverging viewpoints to assess the four great challenges humanity faces–food, water, energy, climate change–grounding each in historical context and weighing the options for the future. With our civilization on the line, the author’s insightful analysis is an essential addition to the urgent conversation about how our children will fare on an increasingly crowded Earth.
World on the Wing
39,00 ₾Bird migration remains perhaps the most singularly compelling natural phenomenon in the world. Nothing else combines its global sweep with its inherent ability to engender wonder and excitement.The past two decades have seen an explosion in our understanding of the almost unfathomable feats of endurance and complexity involved in bird migration – yet the science that informs these majestic journeys is still relatively in its infancy.Pulitzer Prize-shortlisted writer and ornithologist Scott Weidensaul is at the forefront of this cutting-edge research, and A World on the Wing sees him track some of the most remarkable flights undertaken by birds around the world. His own voyage of discovery sees him sail through the storm-wracked waters of the Bering Sea; encounter gunners and trappers in the Mediterranean; and visit a forgotten corner of northeast India, where former headhunters have turned one of the grimmest stories of migratory crisis into an unprecedented conservation success.As our world comes increasingly under threat from the effects of climate change, these ecological miracles may provide an invaluable guide to a more sustainable future for ourselves. This is the rousing and reverent story of the billions of birds that, despite the numerous obstacles we have placed in their path, continue to head with hope to the far horizon.
Cosmic Serpent: DNA & the Origins of Knowledge
25,00 ₾Whilst living amongst Peruvian Indians, anthropologist Jeremy Narby learned of their phenomenal knowledge of plants and biochemical interactions, gained under the influence of the hallucinogen ayahuasca. Despite his initial scepticism, Narby found himself engaged in an increasingly obsessive quest. He researched cutting-edge scholarship in subjects as diverse as molecular biology, shamanism, neurology and mythology, which led him inexorably to the conclusion that the Indians’ claims were literally to a consciousness prepared with drugs, biochemical knowledge could indeed be transmitted, through DNA itself.
