Biography: science, technology and medicine

This smart, riveting (Los Angeles Times) history of the Internet free culture movement and its larger effects on societyand the life and shocking suicide of Aaron Swartz, a founding developer of Reddit and Creative Commonswritten by Slate correspondent Justin Peters captures Swartz flawlessly (The New York Times Book Review).

'[A] vivid, inquiring memoir.

';The gold standard for Tesla biography.

In the late nineteenth century, as Americans debated the "e;woman question,"e; a battle over the meaning of biology arose in the medical profession.

How did our modern picture of the universe come into being?

Biographic Memoirs: Volume 70 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works.

WINNER OF THE 2025 ADCI LITERARY PRIZEBBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK'Powerful, joyful, heartbreaking and so funny all at once' SARA NISHA ADAMS'Every now and then a book comes along that changes the way you see the world, and this is one of them' FREYA SAMPSONHattie has a plan.

In People with Dementia Speak Out, twenty-three people from diverse backgrounds share their experiences of living with dementia.

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2024 International Impact Book Awards Winner: Family and Medical Book of Excellence Award Winner: FamilyPublishers Weekly, starred review, PW Book of the Week, August 2023 At twenty-two, Jennifer Cramer-Miller was thrilled with her new job, charming boyfriend, and Seattle apartment.

Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society Outstanding BookConservationist Fannye Cook (1889-1964) was the most widely known scientist in Mississippi and was nationally known as the go-to person for biological information or wildlife specimens from the state.

John Roebling was one of the nineteenth century's most brilliant engineers, ingenious inventors, successful manufacturers, and fascinating personalities.

Why are some nations rich and others poor?

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE****A GUARDIAN SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR** Riveting invites comparison to Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks NatureThe epic and controversial story of a major breakthrough in cell biology that led to the conquest of rubella and other devastating diseases.

Since publication of Stillman Drake's landmark volume, Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography, new and exciting information has come to light about this towering figure in the history of Western science.

This book describes the life and times of fifty-three great British scientists and engineers - male and female inventive geniuses who changed the world, improving the lives of mankind, and propelling humanity forward.

A biography of an important but largely forgotten nineteenth-century scientist whose work helped lay the foundation of modern neuroscience.

Using the "e;Parallel Lives"e; approach adopted by the Greek biographer Plutarch, noted historian of astronomy William Sheehan contrasts the lives and research careers of two famous astronomers, Percival Lowell and Edward Emerson Barnard.

The Emmy Award-winning broadcaster shares a New York Times-bestselling, unvarnished personal account of her husband's battle with Alzheimer's disease.

An artist's uniquely personal journey across AmericaIn the nineteenth century, ornithologist and painter John James Audubon set out to create a complete pictorial record of North American birdlife, traveling from Louisiana and the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the cliffs of the Yellowstone River.

A riveting ride along the knife edge of life and death from a frontline worker in one of our most crucial professions.

Impressive stories of women using geospatial technology to create sustainable solutions for problems the world faces.

Snakebit traces author Leslie Anthony's journey from a childhood fascination with snakes and amphibians through academic flirtation to professional association with some of the world's greatest herpetologists.

A Fields medalist recounts his lifelong effort to uncover the geometric shape-the Calabi-Yau manifold-that may store the hidden dimensions of our universe.

Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) left an indelible mark on the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, and geophysics.

Archibald Menzies was one of a legion of intrepid Scots plant collectors in the 18th and 19th centuries who roamed the world and, by a combination of toughness and knowledge, established the foundations of the botany of the British Empire.

The definitive guide to living a longer, fuller life with myelomaThe Myeloma Survival Guide makes sense of the difficult questions myeloma patients face, dealing with every aspect of life after diagnosis, from creating a wellness team to navigating treatment options to building a financial safety net.

'A fascinating hybrid.

In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valleys most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneursa real-life Tony Starkand a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new makers.

À Notre-Dame de Paris, après l’incendie, un cercueil de plomb est exhumé, moulé sur un corps sans nom ni inscription.

A candid, provocative, and moving account of one of America’s fastest-growing health issuesIf you or someone you love has diabetes, you are not alone — more than twenty million Americans now live with the disease.

Niels Bohr ranks with Einstein among the physicists of the 20th century.

The Times obituaries have given readers throughout the world an instant picture of a life for over 150 years.

A comprehensive and practical guide to dementia, this book is essential reading for anyone who has a friend or relative with the condition.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Albert Einstein in Berlin, Teil 1.

Jim Lovelock (1919-2022) was an iconic figure in British science, a prophet whose prophecies are coming true.

It is difficult to find a surgeon like Enzo Piccinini.

Muy temprano, Jacques Lacan, este hijo de familia católica y apegada a su tierra, impregnado de los ideales de la Francia burguesa, estuvo animado por un gran deseo de ascenso social e intelectual.

'Bold, inspired and hopeful' Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global'Lucid and captivating' Max Tegmark, professor of physics at MIT and author of Life 3.

Code Gray is a ';provocative and meaningful' (Theresa Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Healing) narrative-driven medical memoir that places you directly in the crucible of urgent life-or-death decision-making, offering insights that can help us cope at a time when the world around us appears to be falling apart.

Pain is not something that most of us would count as a blessing; however, renowned surgeon Dr.

Die Diagnose Demenz verändert nicht nur den Alltag der Betroffenen grundlegend, sondern auch den ihrer Angehörigen und Freunde.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira KnightleyIt is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (19121954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decadesall before his suicide at age forty-one.

Alchemy is the medieval predecessor of chemistry which was based on trying to transform matter, especially changing base metals into gold.

Dancing in the Narrows chronicles a mother and daughter’s multiyear journey through illness and trauma.

WHAT MAKES A MURDERER?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), commonly regarded as one of the founders of the Scientific Revolution, exerted a powerful influence on the intellectual development of the modern world.