Experiments with a Plasma Globe

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The magic plasma ball is a well-known decoration that used to be popular at parties and nightclubs. A simple structure on the surface, but the spectacular light effect is based on a very complex phenomenon. It can also be used to perform some interesting experiments to surprise your friends.

John D. Barrow: 100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know

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Format: Hardcover, Paperback, Kidle. You can purchase it on Amazon.com The Hungarian edition was published by Akkord Publishing in 2016 and can be purchased at Libri. John Barrow is known to Hungarian readers for his works The Origin of the Universe and The Book of Universes. The Cambridge professor is not only an excellent cosmologist, theoretical physicist, … Read more

Conspiracy: Antennas in the Fog

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I don’t believe in conspiracy theories – I make them! On April 10, 2010, the plane of Polish Prime Minister Lech Kaczyński crashed on the outskirts of the Russian city of Smolensk. There have been many speculations and conspiracy theories about the incident, and we may never know the whole truth. But with Google, anyone can snoop around the crash site.

How to Make Invisible Ink

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People have been sending secret messages since ancient times. Countless methods have been devised to protect information—and just as many to uncover it. Nowadays, digital methods are in fashion, and ciphers and chemical inks are more like toys, but there was a time when lives depended on them. Methods for concealing information fall into two … Read more

Aronson, E – Tarvis, C: Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

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Format: Paperback. You can purchase it on Amazon.com The Hungarian edition was published by Ab Ovo Publishing in 2009 and can be purchased at Bookline. Aronson and Tavris make an excellent authorial duo. With relentless thoroughness yet in a witty and engaging style, they present the results of their many years of social psychological research. … Read more

Amy Day, Naomi Marsh: Kosárlabda – Kerek könyv

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Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó, 20085990 Ft A könyvesboltban kutakodó ember szeme hamar megakad ezen a fura formájú könyvön. Kinyitva, belelapozgatva rögtön kiderül, hogy a szokatlan, kosárlabdát mintázó kerekded forma a legnagyobb értéke ennek a kötetnek. Az ausztrál Murray Books és a Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó koprodukciójában egy egész sorozat kerek könyv jelent meg, Labdarúgás, Forma-1, Jégkorong stb. címeken. Egyik … Read more