Der Physiker und Nobelpreisträger Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976) zeichnet in diesen autobiografischen Gesprächen die Stationen seines wechselvollen Lebens nach.
One day in 2002 the fifty-year old body of former Pittsburgh Steeler and hall of famer Mike Webster was laid on a cold table in front of pathologist Dr.
Recovering from a factory accident that nearly claimed his eyesight, a young John Muir ventured into the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Mediante la biografía de siete investigadoras: Lorena Lobos (Bioquímica), Brigitte Van Zundert (Bióloga Molecular), Francisca Blanco (Fitopatóloga), Paula Celis (Bióloga Marina), Jocelyn Dunstan (Física), Natalia Inostroza (Astroquímica) y Teresa Paneque (Astrónoma) repasan sus caminos, experiencias escolares, formación académica, hobbies y proyectos de vida, vislumbrando dónde nace su vocación científica e intereses de investigación, pero también cómo, a pesar de las dificultades, han afrontado los desafíos convirtiéndose en destacadas expertas en sus áreas de conocimiento, cuestionándose así los tradicionales roles de género.
This book assesses the implications of how children and young people are represented in print media in Northern Ireland - a post-conflict transitioning society.
A Sunday Times Book of the Year As featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club Dr James Barry: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, ladykiller, eccentric.
The untold story of Albert Einstein's role as the father of quantum theoryEinstein and the Quantum reveals for the first time the full significance of Albert Einstein's contributions to quantum theory.
The complete guide to everything you ever wanted to know about EinsteinThis is the single most complete guide to Albert Einstein's life and work for students, researchers, and browsers alike.
The autobiography of the beloved writer who inspired a generation to study math and scienceMartin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and published more than seventy books on topics as diverse as magic, religion, and Alice in Wonderland.
Aware that her youth is slipping by, Mary Beth Baptiste decides to escape her lackluster, suburban life in coastal Massachusetts to pursue her lifelong dream of being a Rocky Mountain woodswoman.
In turn heartbreaking, irreverent, movingand at times raucously humorousone of the nation's leading pediatric researchers recounts his first years as a newly minted, stuggling, and insecure doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
How the father of wind engineering helped make the world's most amazing buildings and bridges possibleWith Wind Wizard, Siobhan Roberts brings us the story of Alan Davenport (1932-2009), the father of modern wind engineering, who investigated how wind navigates the obstacle course of the earth's natural and built environments-and how, when not properly heeded, wind causes buildings and bridges to teeter unduly, sway with abandon, and even collapse.
How two pioneers of math and technology ushered in the computer revolutionBoolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use-from our computers and cars, to home appliances.
The first publication of Albert Einstein's travel diary to the Far East and Middle EastIn the fall of 1922, Albert Einstein, along with his then-wife, Elsa Einstein, embarked on a five-and-a-half-month voyage to the Far East and Middle East, regions that the renowned physicist had never visited before.
Karl Pearson, founder of modern statistics, came to this field by way of passionate early studies of philosophy and cultural history as well as ether physics and graphical geometry.
This book is a manifestation of our thoughts, feelings and compassion for street children who have been always under drudgery, exploitation and violence from various dimensions without any time.
Set in Uganda of the sixties with bookends in India and New York, this doctors story tells of a turbulent political time when colonial Uganda graduated to self-rule.
Faced with multiple choices regarding school, friends, and activities coupled with the ever-widening influence of the outside world, parents of 6-12 year olds need help.
Angels Are God's First Responders From bestselling author Robert Lesslie (over 400,000 books sold) comes an all-new collection of thrilling inspiration from the emergency room.
This biography of an early twentieth-century South Carolina doctor sheds light on his pioneering work with the mentally ill to combat a public health scourge.
In the opening of Holding Silvan: A Brief Life, Monica Wesolowska gives birth to her first child, a healthy-seeming boy who is taken from her arms for observation when he wont stop crying.
French-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave Chanute designed America's two largest stockyards, created innovative and influential structures such as the Kansas City Bridge over the previously "e;unbridgeable"e; Missouri River, and was a passionate aviation pioneer whose collaborative approach to aeronautical engineering problems encouraged other experimenters, including the Wright brothers.
Auf den gefährlichsten Bergen der Welt: Aus dem Leben eines Extrembergsteigers Die Mount-Everest-Erstbesteigung ohne Sauerstoff zusammen mit Reinhold Messner machte ihn endgültig berühmt.
This is a compilation of tributes to a gentleman who has impacted the field of biomedical engineering and musculoskeletal science for four decades through his research, his guidance and mentorships, his friendships, and his love for the field, family, and friends.
