Joshua Davis's Spare Parts--now a major motion picture--is a story about overcoming insurmountable odds and the young men who proved they were among the most patriotic and talented Americans in this country-even as the country tried to kick them out.
The extraordinary, unlikely tale of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler and their enormous contribution to astronomy and understanding of the cosmos is one of the strangest stories in the history of science.
A globe-trotting physician's remarkable journey deep into the inner workings of the human body, blending cutting-edge medical science, unforgettable adventures, and profound cultural insights.
A major biography of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), one of the giants of 19th century science and discoverer of electricity who was at the centre of an extraordinary scientific renaissance in London.
Cómo ninguna otra personalidad del ámbito científico en la Argentina, el cirujano René Gerónimo Favaloro (1923-2000) logró trascender el prestigio académico para convertirse es un personaje público de altísimo perfil y un referente ético para millones de personas.
Faszination Fuchs: alles zum ÜberlebenskünstlerRoter Pelz, bernsteinfarbene Augen, grazile Statur – wer ihm einmal begegnet, vergisst diesen Anblick nicht mehr.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal, premio Nobel de Medicina y el mayor genio científico español de todos los tiempos, es retratado por fin en toda su complejidad en esta emocionante biografía.
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.
Geschichten, die das Leben schrieb – wenn das Leben eine so unglaubliche Wendung nimmt wie das von Cornelia Eyssen, dann ist das eine Geschichte, die es zu erzählen gilt.
El retrato de una de las científicas más brillantes del siglo XX, la astrónoma que destapó dos realidades ocultas: la existencia de la materia oscura y la necesidad de igualdad de oportunidades para las mujeres en la ciencia.
Henry David Thoreau in neuer Übesetzung»Der Wert dieser wilden Früchte liegt nicht in ihrem Besitz oder Verzehr, sondern in ihrem Anblick und der Freude, dieman an ihnen hat.
L'extraordinaire aventure technologique de Geoffrey Ball a débuté dans la légendaire Silicon Valley californienne et l'a mené aux montagnes autrichiennes, où il vit actuellement et poursuit son travail.
In einer kalten Winternacht des Jahres 1918 besteigt der 14-jährige Moshé Feldenkrais in seiner umkämpften ukrainischen Heimatstadt einen Pferdekarren und wird von einem Schmuggler durch ein gefährliches Sumpfgebiet nach Polen gebracht.
Das Leben des Ausnahmephysikers aus einem völlig neuen Blickwinkel erzählt: Als Jane Wilde Stephen Hawking auf einer Neujahrsparty 1963 kennenlernt, ist der extravagante, blasierte Student aus Oxford bereits schwerkrank.
By far the most important figure in the history of the United States, George Washington liberated the thirteen colonies from the superior forces of the British Empire against all military odds, and presided over the production and ratification of a constitution that (suitably amended) has lasted for more than two hundred years.
A remarkable compendium of wild schemes, mad plans, crazy inventions, and truly glorious disastersEvery phenomenally bad idea seemed like a good idea to someone.
A raw, unsentimental and passionately written memoir about trying to care for a parent with Alzheimers When her once-glamorous and witty novelist-mother got Alzheimer's, Eleanor Cooney moved her from her beloved Connecticut home to California in order to care for her.
What happens when a graduate of MIT, the bastion of technological advancement, and his bride move to a community so primitive in its technology that even Amish groups consider it antiquated?
The heart-warming true story of the bond between a feisty octogenarian and the man in charge of building a shopping mall on top of her home - which inspired the opening scene of the Pixar movie Up!
Intern is Sandeep Jauhar's story of his days and nights in residency at a busy hospital in New York City, a trial that led him to question our every assumption about medical care today.
Heirs of General Practice is a frieze of glimpses of young doctors with patients of every age-about a dozen physicians in all, who belong to the new medical specialty called family practice.
In her incredibly productive lifetime (1883-1974), American-born ornithologist Margaret Morse Nice earned the admiration of ornithologists and naturalists in far distant lands.
This is the story of a patient with Stage III breast cancer who chose treatment using complementary and alternative methods over conventional medical therapy.
Throughout the first six decades of the twentieth century Alfred Louis Kroeber worked with great distinction as a member of an anthropological circle the ethos of which he could not fully share.
