Biography: science, technology and medicine

A biography of the author's background which provides insight into his training in medicine and his opinions on the concepts and training that are necessary to be a good doctor.

A Look Inside Alzheimer's is a captivating read for friends, families and loved ones affected by this mind-robbing disease.

Die vorliegende kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Leben und Werk Maria Montessoris läßt erkennen, welchem historischen Zusammenhang sich ihre Ideen verdanken und mit welchem kämpferischen Mut sie sich für den sozialen Fortschritt eingesetzt hat.

This biographical history follows the iconoclastic career of John R.

Fresh out of training, Dr.

Slow and delay the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, from memory loss to disorientation, with this practical activity book.

This is the story of Rene M.

A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday TimesMathematics shapes almost everything we do.

The QCS Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument is widely used as the framework for providing activity-based care for people with cognitive impairments, including dementia.

From Pioneer Public Health Nurse to Advocate for the Aged: Eunice Henrietta Dyke.

Hildegard Peplau's 50-year career in nursing left an indelible stamp on the profession of nursing, and on the lives of the mentally ill in this country.

'An enchanting book poignant and passionate.

This edition does not include illustrations.

Wangari Muta Maathai is one of Africa's most celebrated female activists.

Told by a unique voice in American medicine, this epic story recounts life-changing experiences in the career of a distinguished physician, and is described by The New York Times as a true service [to history].

Dorothy Stopford Price was arguably the most instrumental individual in eradicating the TB epidemic within Ireland.

A gripping and tragic tale that sheds rare light on the unique burden of geniusIn 2006, an eccentric Russian mathematician named Grigori Perelman solved the Poincare Conjecture, an extremely complex topological problem that had eluded the best minds for over a century.

En plus d'être un très beau message d'espoir, Survivre à la leucémie est un ouvrage de vulgarisation exceptionnel conçu spécialement à l'intention des malades et de leur entourage.

Was Einstein''s first wife his uncredited coauthor, unpaid assistant, or his unacknowledged helpmeet?

Seed magazine brings together a unique gathering of prominent scientists, artists, novelists, philosophers and other thinkers who are tearing down the wall between science and culture.

David Hume, einer der einflussreichsten Denker der Aufklärung, revolutionierte das Verständnis von menschlicher Erkenntnis, Moral und der Natur des Selbst.

Lisa Federle, Deutschlands bekannteste Notärztin erzählt ihre Lebensgeschichte - das autobiographische Sachbuch einer starken Frau.

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY BILL GATESIn this warm, insightful portrait of the Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, we see the wisdom, humour and curiosity of Richard Feynman through a series of conversations with his friend Ralph Leighton.

Between 1941 and 1945 as many as 70,000 inmates died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northwestern Germany.

Biographic Memoirs Volume 86 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works.

The intention of this book is to shine a bright light on the intellectual context of Euler's contributions to physics and mathematical astronomy.

During his lifetime, Kurt Godel was not well known outside the professional world of mathematicians, philosophers and theoretical physicists.

Wegweisende Empfehlungen für interprofessionelle evidenzbasierte MaßnahmenViele an Demenz erkrankte Personen entwickeln neben den kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen auch psychiatrische Symptome, welche unter dem Oberbegriff BPSD zusammengefasst sind.

Sensationally unveils the long, secretive collaboration between arch-occultist Aleister Crowley and British Intelligence.

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Physics is the important branch of science mainly concerned with the properties of matter and energy and the relationship between them.

* BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK * LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA'S ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION AWARD *---'Impressive at every level' - Jeremy Vine'Poignant, funny, engrossing' - Jo Brand'A sensitive and immersive voyage through the career of a forensic psychiatrist' - Kerry Daynes'A beautifully balanced and compassionately written memoir.

A remarkable account of Kurt Godel, weaving together creative genius, mental illness, political corruption, and idealism in the face of the turmoil of war and upheaval.

A poet and author recounts her nine-year struggle with a rare autoimmune disease in this spare and unsparing memoir of illness and recovery.

This is the first full-length biography of John Morgan, the man who established the first school of medicine in North America.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743–1817)" verfügbar.

This is a new account, of how, in the early 1900s, the French-born surgeon Alexis Carrel (1873-1944) set the groundwork for the later success in human organ transplantation, and gained America's first Nobel Prize in 1912.

DIE GROSSE AUTOBIOGRAFIE DER "MUTTER DER PILLE" CARL DJERASSICarl Djerassis Autobiografie gibt einen tiefen Einblick in sein ereignisreiches Leben: Geboren und aufgewachsen in Wien, musste seine Familie, als er 15 war, aufgrund ihrer jüdischen Herkunft zunächst nach Bulgarien und später in die USA flüchten.

The national bestseller and undying testament of a wife's love for her husband as he embarks on the fight of his life.

For the last twenty years, Dr Hawa Abdi and her daughters have run a refugee camp on their family farm not far from Mogadishu which has grown to shelter 90,000 displaced Somalis: men, women, and children in urgent need of medical attention.

"e;I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer,"e; John Muir wrote.

Unehelich, Vegetarier, homosexuell, Linkshänder, leicht ablenkbar und durchaus ketzerisch – Leonardo da Vinci verlangte der Gesellschaft des 15.

In 1864, amid headline-grabbing heresy trials, members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science were asked to sign a declaration affirming that science and scripture were in agreement.

Richard Taylor, der selbst an Demenz erkrankte Psychologieprofessor, dessen Buch 'Alzheimer und Ich' für Furore gesorgt hat, antwortet in diesem Buch auf Fragen seiner Leser.

Medical imaging technologies can help diagnose and monitor patients' diseases, but they do not capture the lived experience of illness.

Colorful and lively personal essays about life in the wilds of Alabama's Mobile-Tensaw River Delta Among the Swamp People is the story of author Watt Key's discovery of the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta.

The second edition of Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America updates Edwin Danson s definitive history of the creation of the Mason - Dixon Line to reflect new research and archival documents that have come to light in recent years.

Hans Christian orsted (1777-1851) is of great importance as a scientist and philosopher far beyond the borders of Denmark and his own time.