Biography: science, technology and medicine

This is the 19th Volume in the series Memorial Tributes compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and outstanding achievements of its members and foreign associates.

A poignant memoir of a full life and an impending death, written by one of America’s foremost journalists during his battle with terminal cancer.

'Long, thin, and cool as hell' was how parasitologist Thomas Platt described the new genus and species of trematode (Baracktrema obamai) he named in honor of the 44th USA president and his 5th cousin, Barack Obama.

Rund- und Schwänzeltanz sind die faszinierende Sprache der Bienen.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMartin Pistorius's miraculous journey back from life on the brink will inspire you to celebrate life and fight for those around you.

This series presents biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Engineering.

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Written from personal accounts and interviews with his contemporaries, this book gives valuable insights into Fred Hoyle''s unforgettable life.

Alan Berkman (19452009) was no campus radical in the mid-1960s; he was a promising Ivy League student, football player, Eagle Scout, and fraternity president.

A great nursing reformer, Ethel Gordon Fenwick was born before the age of the motor car and died at the start of the jet age.

A compelling memoir about trying to live meaningfully with illness and triumph beyond it, by breast cancer survivor Alana Somerville, a teacher and mother of two young children.

Discover the exhilarating true story of Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expeditionTold through the words of the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes - one of the only men to understand his experience first-hand .

A biography of the nineteenth-century Englishman who was “one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history” (Nature).

Er war ein großartiger Arzt und ein begnadeter Erzähler: Mit seinen Fallgeschichten hat Oliver Sacks Millionen Lesern ein neues, anderes Bild von Krankheit vermittelt.

Winner:Banff Award for Mountain and Wilderness LiteratureThe British Sportsbook Award for Outstanding General Sports WritingThe Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain LiteratureFinalist for the HW Fisher Biographers PrizeEverest was not conquered by force of will alone.

Staring in the face of prostate cancer at age thirty-five and metastatic disease and proposed surgical castration at age forty, Paul Steinberg was forced to take two simultaneous journeys.

This is a kaleidoscopic account of the remarkable life story of Alladi Ramakrishnan (1923-2008), an internationally reputed physicist, and the son of Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Iyer (1883-1953), one of India's most eminent jurists.

Galileo's Idol offers a vivid depiction of Galileo's friend, student, and patron, Gianfrancesco Sagredo (1571-1620).

Macphail's writing - characterized by clarity of expression and support for unpopular positions - allowed him to develop and document many of the important political, social, and intellectual themes of his time.

In this revised and expanded edition of his collected writings, David Suzuki continues to explore the themes that have informed his work for more than four decades the interconnectedness of all things, our misguided elevation of economics above all else, the urgent need to deal with climate change but with an increased emphasis on solutions to the myriad problems we face, his inspiring vision for the future, and the legacy he hopes to leave behind.

This vintage book contains a brief biography of Edward Howard.

The first biography of Fred Sanger, shedding light on his remarkable life and career and exploring his continuing legacy.

An exhilarating insight into the life of a doctor at Heathrow Airport, where the truth is often stranger than fiction.

Kate Swaffer war 49 Jahre jung, als bei ihr eine früh einsetzende Demenz (YOD) diagnostiziert wurde.

Robert F Christy was a legendary physicist, one of the key players in some of the most dramatic events of the 20th century.

One might make a case for saying that Darwin's life was dogged by bad luck.

On July 17, 2012, the centenary of Henri Poincare's death was commemorated; his name being associated with so many fields of knowledge that he was considered as the Last Universalist.

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In schwieriger Zeit: Der große Physiker ganz privatAls Werner Heisenberg 1937 Elisabeth Schumacher begegnet, ist er 35 Jahre alt, seit zehn Jahren Professor für theoretische Physik in Leipzig, 1933 hat er den Nobelpreis erhalten.

The most comprehensive account of the mathematician's life and workJohn Napier (1550-1617) is celebrated today as the man who invented logarithms-an enormous intellectual achievement that would soon lead to the development of their mechanical equivalent in the slide rule: the two would serve humanity as the principal means of calculation until the mid-1970s.

As a young doctor working in the middle of the HIV epidemic in the early '90s, Alicia Blando feels unsure of the effectiveness of the medical profession.

Care for a loved one with cancer while caring for yourselfLooking after someone with cancer can be complex, overwhelming, and emotionally draining all at once.

Kari Byronformer host of the wildly popular, iconic cult classic MythBustersshows how to crash test your way through life, no lab coat required.

In this engagingly written biography, Tamara Plakins Thornton delves into the life and work of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838), a man Thomas Jefferson once called a "e;meteor in the hemisphere.

February 29th is a date that comes into existence just once every four years.

Does your blood pressure surge if the car in front of you turns without signaling?

In seinem Buch "Das blutige Auge des Platzspitzhirschs" erzählt der Arzt André Seidenberg von über vierzig Jahren im täglichen Umgang mit Drogenkonsum, Drogensucht und Aids.

The inspiring biography of an Adirondack legend whose tireless efforts are credited with much of today's preservation policies in the Adirondacks.

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Few people have proved more influential in the field of differential and algebraic geometry, and in showing how this links with mathematical physics, than Nigel Hitchin.

There are a multitude of challenges that care partners of People Living with Dementia (PLwD) face, which can leave them tired and depleted.

Biographic Memoirs: Volume 73 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works.

"e;After years of battling uncontrollable addiction, I have achieved the supposedly impossible: complete freedom from craving.

The specialty of plastic surgery was developed and named by Sir Harold Gillies following his work between the two world wars reconstructing severely damaged servicemen from the First World War.

Dieses Buch erzählt die spannende Geschichte zweier großartiger Entdeckungen des 20.

EVENING STANDARD'S 'BEST FICTION BOOKS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2022'What do you do, when you find the perfect family.

Erwin Schr dinger was an Austrian physicist famous for his contribution to quantum physics.