Příběh o setkání letce, jehož letadlo havarovalo v africké poušti, a malého chlapce z daleké planety je vhodný pro čtenáře všech generací. Pobízí nás k přemýšlení nad otázkami dobra a zla a hledání podstaty přátelství, opravdové krásy a odpovědnosti za ty, které máme rádi. Antoina de Saint-Exupéryho, francouzského spisovatele, novináře a pilota, k napsání Malého prince inspirovala skutečná havárie v Libyjské poušti. Kniha byla poprvé vydána v roce 1943. Od té doby se Malý princ dočkal překladů do více než 360 jazyků a je po Bibli druhou nejpřekládanější knihou na světě. V publikaci najdete upravenou verzi pohádky, která je převyprávěna zjednodušenou angličtinou. Kniha je výbornou volbou pro začínajícího čtenáře, ať dítě či dospělého. Na každé stránce naleznete český zrcadlový překlad, který vám umožní obratem zkontrolovat, zda cizojazyčnému textu rozumíte správně. Audionahrávku ve formátu MP3, na které text v angličtině vypráví rodilý mluvčí, naleznete na stránkách nakladatelství.

The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements is a contemporary and definitive compilation of chemical properties of all of the actinide elements, especially of the technologically important elements uranium and plutonium, as well as the transactinide elements. In addition to the comprehensive treatment of the chemical properties of each element, ion, and compound from atomic number 89 (actinium) through to 109 (meitnerium), this multi-volume work has specialized and definitive chapters on electronic theory, optical and laser fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, organoactinide chemistry, thermodynamics, magnetic properties, the metals, coordination chemistry, separations, and trace analysis. Several chapters deal with environmental science, safe handling, and biological interactions of the actinide elements. The Editors invited teams of authors, who are active practitioners and recognized experts in their specialty, to write each chapter and have endeavoured to provide a balanced and insightful treatment of these fascinating elements at the frontier of the periodic table. Because the field has expanded with new spectroscopic techniques and environmental focus, the work encompasses five volumes, each of which groups chapters on related topics. All chapters represent the current state of research in the chemistry of these elements and related fields.

The recent revolution in differential topology related to the discovery of non-standard (”exotic”) smoothness structures on topologically trivial manifolds such as R4 suggests many exciting opportunities for applications of potentially deep importance for the spacetime models of theoretical physics, especially general relativity. This rich panoply of new differentiable structures lies in the previously unexplored region between topology and geometry. Just as physical geometry was thought to be trivial before Einstein, physicists have continued to work under the tacit — but now shown to be incorrect — assumption that differentiability is uniquely determined by topology for simple four-manifolds. Since diffeomorphisms are the mathematical models for physical coordinate transformations, Einstein's relativity principle requires that these models be physically inequivalent. This book provides an introductory survey of some of the relevant mathematics and presents preliminary results and suggestions for further applications to spacetime models.

This book presents a detailed description, analysis, comparison of the latest research and developments in photovoltaic energy. Discussing everything from semiconductors to system integration, and applying various advanced technologies to stand alone and electric utility interfaced in normal and abnormal operating conditions of PV systems, this book provides a thorough introduction to the topic. This book brings together research from around the world, covering the use of technologies such as embedded systems, the Internet of things and blockchain technologies for PV systems for different applications including controllers, solar trackers and cooling systems. The book is of interest to electronic and mechanical engineers, researchers and students in the field of photovoltaics.

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