Biography: science, technology and medicine

'A phenomenon' SUNDAY TIMESA lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'.

From Eleanor of Aquitaine to Edith Piaf, Colette to Coco Chanel, discover the lives of 21 women who made French history 'Fascinating, gripping, vividly detailed, this is a wonderful book full of unforgettable lives.

Truly a legend in his own time, Dr.

Have you ever had an experience where you felt particularly aware of God?

A Waterstones, Observer and Financial Times Book of the Year, 2025The instant Sunday Times bestseller'Charming, clever, self-effacing, interesting and thoughtful' - The Observer'Visionary .

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How do you respond when someone you know and love is struck down with a rare life-threatening cancer?

In this compilation of expert articles, internationally recognized homicide investigators, most of them pioneers in developing the science and the art of profiling, share their insights gained from years of experience tracking the perpetrators of some of the most notorious crimes.

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In this compilation of expert articles, internationally recognized homicide investigators, most of them pioneers in developing the science and the art of profiling, share their insights gained from years of experience tracking the perpetrators of some of the most notorious crimes.

Are we living in challenging times?

"e;God is in the business of raising up leaders.

From a childhood in Camden to the frontiers of space, an inspirational memoir from space scientist, presenter of The Sky at Night, and bestselling author Maggie Aderin.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIME MINISTERS LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALS GOLD MEDAL 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE INDIE AWARD FOR FICTION 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE ABIA AWARD LITERARY FICTION 2017'Amsterdam is so damn good.

Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics, is renowned as one of the world's most ingenious and influential scientists.

Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics, is renowned as one of the world's most ingenious and influential scientists.

In the late fourth and early fifth centuries of our era, Hypatia of Alexandria was the world's greatest living mathematician and astronomer.

What is ID?

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said that ';Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Count Rumford are the greatest minds that America has produced,' and indeed, Rumford was a peer of theirs, and arguably contributed more to the scientific canon, and yet is nowhere near as well known.

Edmond Halley is known far and wide thanks largely to the comet bearing his name, the return of which he predicted in 1705.

A powerful memoir of a molecular biologist's courageous fight against corporate retaliation after revealing dangerous biosafety failures in biotech labs.

Edmond Halley is known far and wide thanks largely to the comet bearing his name, the return of which he predicted in 1705.

No hay mas tiempo es un libro tan intimo como politico.

Discover the remarkable journey of Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who revolutionized personal computing, digital music, smartphones, and animation.

Ein bayerisches Genie - Eine Geschichte, die erzahlt werden mussErleben Sie die faszinierende Lebensgeschichte von Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787 1826), dem genialen Autodidakten und Pionier der Optik, in einem mitrei enden historischen Wissenschaftsroman.

Many people know Edward Teller as the "e;Father of the H-Bomb.

Every satellite in the Global Positioning System is carrying a lie.

Does neuroscience have anything to say about religious belief or the existence of God?

Discover the remarkable journey of Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who revolutionized personal computing, digital music, smartphones, and animation.

Does neuroscience have anything to say about religious belief or the existence of God?

A cultural history of the American faith in alien life, from the Puritans to Heaven's GateOver the past three centuries, belief in extraterrestrial life has had a profound influence on American religion.

A cultural history of the American faith in alien life, from the Puritans to Heaven's GateOver the past three centuries, belief in extraterrestrial life has had a profound influence on American religion.

Perhaps no other television show captures our innate fascination with crime and criminals better than the original Forensic Files.

Perhaps no other television show captures our innate fascination with crime and criminals better than the original Forensic Files.

As the western world fell into darkness, she dared defend the light.

What if the last thing someone left behind wasn't a letter.

In the dark years of apartheid, a boy grew up in a household with a terrible secret: although they were all of mixed origins, they had managed to 'pass as white.

Every object in the room around you is living a double life.

Als der Psychiater und Rassenbiologe Herman Lundborg 1922 zum Leiter des weltweit ersten staatlich finanzierten rassenbiologischen Instituts in Uppsala (Schweden) berufen wurde, blickten seine deutschen Kollegen, die wenige Jahre später die Vernichtungspolitik der Nazis legitimieren und gestalten sollten, noch neidisch über die Ostsee.

Matthew Perry: A Life Beyond LaughterBehind one of television's most beloved comedians was a man whose greatest battles were fought far from the spotlight.

Lozano se unio oficialmente a la Expedicion Botanica el 23 de enero de 1803 como zoologo agregado, pero su vinculo con el circulo de los ilustrados neogranadinos comenzo en sus anos de formacion en filosofia en el Colegio del Rosario.

Lisa Peberdy's life did not go to plan, mostly because she never had one.

Ejemplo inmejorable de cómo los genios de la ciencia pueden ser sumamente atractivos y divertidos, "¿Qué te importa lo que piensen los demás?

Zeig mir, wie du atmest, und ich sage dir, wer du bistZu einem Star des Wissenschaftsbetriebs wird der viktorianische Versicherungsmediziner John Hutchinson, als er 1846 sein Spirometer erfindet.

La crónica de un viaje muy personal a un mundo nuevo: el universo infinito de los números.

Jetzt erst recht – Der eiserne Weg zurück ins LebenNach Jahren voller Schmerz, Krankheit und scheinbarer Aussichtslosigkeit stand für Ritchie Newton eines fest: Es gibt kein Happy End.

Richard Feynman no ha sido sólo uno de los físicos teóricos más destacados del mundo sino también una personalidad insólita y genial cuyas investigaciones le valieron el Premio Nobel de Física de 1965.

Santiago Ramón y Cajal.