What happens when a Western-trained physician steps beyond conventional medicine and enters a world shaped by ancient plants, indigenous knowledge, and the mysteries of human consciousness?
In this uniquely personal collection of essays a self-proclaimed "e;incorrigible"e; and sometimes politically incorrect, biologist merges autobiography and history with accounts of intriguing animals and plants.
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.
A Waterstones and Financial Times Book of the Year 2025The instant Sunday Times bestseller'Charming, clever, self-effacing, interesting and thoughtful' - The Observer'Visionary .
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.
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.
A powerful memoir of a molecular biologist's courageous fight against corporate retaliation after revealing dangerous biosafety failures in biotech labs.
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.
Discover the remarkable journey of Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who revolutionized personal computing, digital music, smartphones, and animation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
