Richard Feynman no ha sido sólo uno de los físicos teóricos más destacados del mundo sino también una personalidad insólita y genial cuyas investigaciones le valieron el Premio Nobel de Física de 1965.
This book opens a new and timely conversation between the study of religion and infrastructure studies through the innovative concept of religious infrastructure.
Una emocionante nueva biografía de John von Neumann, el genio perdido que inventó nuestro mundo: los teléfonos inteligentes que hoy llevamos en nuestros bolsillos, las mentes cibernéticas, los caprichos de la teoría de juegos, la biología evolutiva, las bases lunares autorreplicantes y las armas nucleares.
This book opens a new and timely conversation between the study of religion and infrastructure studies through the innovative concept of religious infrastructure.
Este libro ofrece una reconstrucción histórica y testimonial de los últimos años de Juan Domingo Perón, centrada en su regreso definitivo a la Argentina, el deterioro progresivo de su salud, el ejercicio de su tercera presidencia y los acontecimientos que rodearon su muerte y su funeral.
The biography of one of the most famous abortionists of the nineteenth century-and a story that has unmistakable parallels to the current war on reproductive rightsFor forty years in the mid-nineteenth century, "e;Madame Restell,"e; the nom de guerre of the most successful female physician in America, sold birth control medication, attended women during their pregnancies, delivered their children, and performed abortions in a series of clinics run out of her home in New York City.
The biography of one of the most famous abortionists of the nineteenth century-and a story that has unmistakable parallels to the current war on reproductive rightsFor forty years in the mid-nineteenth century, "e;Madame Restell,"e; the nom de guerre of the most successful female physician in America, sold birth control medication, attended women during their pregnancies, delivered their children, and performed abortions in a series of clinics run out of her home in New York City.
Throughout his distinguised career, Patrick Moore has, without a doubt, done more to raise the profile of astronomy amoung the British public than any other figure in the scientific world.
The drug information you need to pass the boards and make effective drug therapy decisions-all in one convenient portable guideAccessible and expertly written, DiPiro s Pharmacotherapy Handbook delivers key content to help you study for board examinations.
The drug information you need to pass the boards and make effective drug therapy decisions-all in one convenient portable guideAccessible and expertly written, DiPiro s Pharmacotherapy Handbook delivers key content to help you study for board examinations.
This fascinating biography follows the life of one of the most extraordinary psychologists of modern times, Carl Jung, and the incredible impact he made on our understanding of the human mind.
"e;People like myself, who truly feel at home in several countries, are not strictly at home anywhere,"e; writes Abraham Pais, one of the world's leading theoretical physicists, near the beginning of this engrossing chronicle of his life on two continents.
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.
The Hidden Battle is the true story of John Schultz, a man who has spent more than five decades living with the aftermath of one of the largest brain tumors ever recorded at the University of Michigan Hospital.
El cambio del siglo XX al XXI se hallará ya para siempre vinculado al desciframiento definitivo del mapa genético humano, hecho que abre un nuevo mundo en el campo de la ciencia y, muy especialmente, en el de la medicina.
Poet, essayist, chemist, geologist, educator, entrepreneur, publisher--Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) was one of the virtuosi of the Early Republic and a founder of the American scientific community.
One of the great figures of the American Enlightenment, David Rittenhouse of Pennsylvania rose from his work as a mechanic and clockmaker of exquisite craftsmanship to informed, careful astronomy and effective experimental work in optics, magnetism, and psychology.
A comprehensive look at the mathematics, physics, and philosophy of Henri PoincareHenri Poincare (1854-1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time-he was also a leading physicist who almost won a Nobel Prize for physics and a prominent philosopher of science whose fresh and surprising essays are still in print a century later.
The first collection and translation into English of the earliest biographical accounts of Galileo's lifeThis unique critical edition presents key early biographical accounts of the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), written by his close contemporaries.
Alexander von Humboldt: The Explorer Who Changed Science is a captivating novel-style biography that brings to life the extraordinary journey of one of history's greatest explorers and scientific thinkers.
Primary care has come into the limelight with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the unchecked and unsustainable rise in American health care expenditures, and the crest of Baby Boomers who are now Medicare-eligible and entering the most health care-intensive period of their lives.
Primary care has come into the limelight with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the unchecked and unsustainable rise in American health care expenditures, and the crest of Baby Boomers who are now Medicare-eligible and entering the most health care-intensive period of their lives.
