Biography: science, technology and medicine

Leonardo von Pisa – besser bekannt als Fibonacci – revolutionierte das europäische Verständnis von Mathematik.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER (MAY 2022).

The growing geriatric population in the United States has created an increasing need for palliative medicine services across the range of medical and surgical specialties.

"e;I looked out over the trees and the city and the cars below, all moving fast to a somewhere I knew nothing about.

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.

A concise biography of Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists in history.

Winner of the 2017 JPBM Communications Award for Expository and Popular Books.

Wish to die statements are becoming a frequent phenomenon in terminally ill patients.

Qui dit couple, en science, pense aussitôt aux physiciens Pierre et Marie Curie.

La chimie, ou la science des merveilles imprévues : l'éloge des hasards de la découverte, des rencontres de l'expérience, des bonheurs inattendus de la recherche.

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.

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Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or motor neurone disease) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that can cause profound suffering for both the patient and their family.

A treasure-trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from beloved physicist Richard P.

Brian Boyle tells a personal story of his fight back from near death after a horrific automobile accident.

End-of-life care, within critical care, continues to be a controversial topic.

The Contributions of Faraday and Maxwell to Electrical Science deals with the development of electromagnetic theory following the establishment of the basis for the first law of circulation relating to the magnetic fields generated by steady currents.

Une scientifique qui connaît le bonheur immense de la découverte, les plus grands honneurs, mais aussi les échecs.

';The story of one of the most prolific, independent, and iconoclastic inventors of this centuryfascinating.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an essential part of end of life care in the UK and most developed countries.

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A biography of the gifted ornithologist, animal painter, and writer whose extensive depictions of birds are still considered a monumental achievement in the worlds of animal biology and art.

In the vein of A Beautiful Mind, The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, and Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA, this volume tells the poignant story of the brilliant, colorful, controversial mathematician named Dorothy Wrinch.

Biographic Memoirs: Volume 50 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works.

100 Inspirational Stories and Beautiful, Uplifting Photos of Survivors.

Percy Rogers was no ordinary doctor.

Showcases the life of the first American woman in space, from her childhood, to her accomplishments as a tennis star, and her pioneering achievements as an astronaut and science educator.

Despite being perhaps the foremost British meteorologist of the twentieth century, Reginald Sutcliffe has been understudied and underappreciated.

In the 1950s, ninety-five percent of patients with Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of lymph tissue which afflicts young adults, died.

Combining memoir and studies in the Environmental Humanities, Black Swan Song weaves together an autobiographically-based account of the unique life and work of Rod Giblett.

Axel Munthe: The Road to San Michele' tells for the first time the riveting life-story of an extraordinary individual, who came to define the times he lived in.

A New York Times BestsellerFinalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize | Named a best book of the year by The Guardian"e;Enthralling.

'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.

Welcome to Bryson City, a small town tucked away in a fold of North Carolina's Smoky Mountains.

Im Zentrum der Reformation stand nicht nur Martin Luther – auch seine Kinder spielten eine bedeutende Rolle in der Neuordnung einer durch religiöse Umwälzungen geprägten Welt.

With over fifty patents to his name and innumerable awards and accolades, James Lovelock was a distinguished and original thinker, widely recognized by the international scientific community.

The story of the Higgs boson - the so-called 'God particle' - and the man who thought of itIn the summer of 1964, a reclusive young professor at the University of Edinburgh wrote two scientific papers which have come to change our understanding of the most fundamental building blocks of matter and the nature of the universe.

Biographic Memoirs: Volume 44 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works.

The life and work of Aaron Klug, Nobel prize winner and one of the pioneers of structural molecular biology.

In 1885, Thomas Edison, age thirty-nine and already a world-famous inventor, met the two great loves of his life: Mina Miller and Fort Myers, Florida.

Lively and engaging conversations with 24 Nobel Prize winners, revealing their stories and providing inspiration for the next generation.

This book provides a detailed biographical account of the industrious late nineteenth-century astronomer William Frederick Denning who, in later life, rose to be a celebrated public figure and a highly respected amateur astronomer.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection.

"e;The Starship and the Canoe is neither a wilderness survival manual nor a book of blueprints.