Amy Post's Out of the Gray, into the Light is a gut-wrenching story of parental helplessness following their daugther's diagnosis of malignant liver cancer, and it shares the raw, unfiltered emotions of a family suddenly sucked into a healthcare system that often leaves weakened patients to stand silent and alone, in desperate need of an advocate.
Liliane Weissberg und Ernst Osterkamp widmen sich dem Leben und dem Werk des berühmten Gelehrten Michael Bernays, der im Mai 1873 ein Extraordinariat an der Universität München antrat und ab Februar 1874 ebendort Ordinarius war.
* Die Autorin legt mit diesem Band die zweite Veröffentlichung einer Reihe vor, in der in loser Folge Ergebnisse ihrer biografischen Forschungen zu der Mathematikerin Emmy Noether publiziert werden sollen.
In seinem Buch 'Einstein: Historischer Roman' wirft Alexander Moszkowski einen faszinierenden Blick auf das Leben und Werk des berühmten Physikers Albert Einstein.
Alexandre Yersin, Arzt, Forscher, Seefahrer, Landwirt, Geograf und Mitarbeiter Louis Pasteurs, wird von einer unbändigen Neugier um die Welt getrieben.
Medicine's Strangest Cases is a choice prescription of weird and wonderful tales from the history of medicine, featuring the German doctor who fought a duel with a sausage, the Harley Street physician-turned-novelist who invented a disease - and its remedy - to keep his clients happy, and the quiet and cautious Swiss scientist who inadvertently unleashed LSD on the world.
Das Leben Benjamin Franklins ist eine faszinierende Autobiografie, die einen Einblick in das Leben dieses einflussreichen amerikanischen Politikers, Erfinders, Schriftstellers und Wissenschaftlers bietet.
Die Biografie 'Albrecht Dürer - Biografie mit Illustrationen' von Willy Pastor bietet dem Leser einen tiefen Einblick in das Leben und Werk des berühmten deutschen Künstlers.
Refreshingly forthright New York Times | Extraordinary Laura Lynne Jackson | Beautifully written Katy Butler | Tender and transformative Christie Tate | Meaningful and sublime Theresa BrownWhat can life s final moments teach us about living well today?
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024 'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting' Oliver Burkeman'A remarkable book about a remarkable theorem' Will Storr'Witty, lively and best of all, extremely nerdy.
FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF EXPLAINING HUMANS'A wondrous hymn to the scientific method, and some of its most profound discoveries, and what it can teach us all about how to live better and richer lives' Prof.
The story of the unorthodox and inspiring life and career of a pioneering biologist Scientist Rosemary Grant's journey in life has involved detours and sidestepsnot the shortest or the straightest of paths, but one that has led her to the top of evolutionary biology.
Eines weiß sie genau, als sie heranwächst: Heiraten will das Mädchen von der Insel Rügen auf keinen Fall, der große Bruder Carl genügt ihr als Vertrauter.
This book strips away the myths surrounding the famed scientist George Washington Carver and portrays him as a brilliant, creative man who nonetheless possessed very human peculiarities and frailties.
In diesem Buch wird Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) als historisches Individuum im Schnittpunkt mehrerer Perspektiven gezeigt: So geht es erstens um Virchows Lebenskonstruktion und Lebensführung, zweitens um seine wissenschaftliche und politische Karriere und die damit verbundenen Handlungsfelder und -strukturen sowie drittens um die Wechselwirkungen zwischen seinen wissenschaftlichen und politischen Ideen und die Frage nach einem beide verbindenden "Denkstil".
This is the first book of its kind to encourage a common understanding of competence and demonstrate the application of standards and practice in all aspects of forensic science including collection of evidence, interpretation of scientific analysis, and appropriate methods of testimony.
With the complexity of the interactions between the methodology of science, the principles of justice, and the realities of the practice of law and criminalistics, ethical issues frequently arise.
Growing up on the south side of Chicago in a poor, black, working-class neighborhood, Delon Hampton realized early on that any success he would achieve in life, he had to create on his own.
After being an ER doctor for over twenty years, traveling all over, running international medical missions, and working at a cancer hospital, Jeff Wade has collected many stories.
After years of sacrifice, getting through medical school and residency, a young pediatrician from New York with a wife and three children moved to Montgomery, Alabama, to start a practice and grab some of the good life.
Gorillas are among the most recognizable of the large charismatic mammals, but climate change and poaching has brought them to the brink of extinction.
Sarah Cart's On My Way Back to You is a first-hand account of the rollercoaster world of lifesaving transplants and the unimaginable challenges Sarah faced as she struggled to manage her husband's devastating illness and to save his life, their marriage, and her own sanity.
