Biography: science, technology and medicine

This book examines the phenomenon of infanticide in Ireland from 1850 to 1900, examining a sample of 4,645 individual cases of infant murder, attempted infanticide and concealment of birth.

This book examines the phenomenon of infanticide in Ireland from 1850 to 1900, examining a sample of 4,645 individual cases of infant murder, attempted infanticide and concealment of birth.

Recent debates surrounding children in State care, parental rights, and abuse in Ireland's industrial schools, concern issues that are rooted in the historical record.

Burl is the story of one man’s unlikely rise from the coal mines of Appalachia to the pinnacle of journalism.

Winner of the 2019 Silver Nautilus Book Award, Identity Theft centers on Debra’s experience: her stroke, her extraordinary efforts to recover, and her journey to redefine herself.

Medical personal since the days of Dr.

'Eminent Victorians' was first published in 1918 and consists of biographies of four leading figures from the Victorian era.

During his life time George Washington Carver was referred to as the black Leonardo da Vinci.

Nikola Tesla has been called the most important man of the twentieth century.

James Joseph Walsh, M.

This book is a mixture of Kabacks life and his development as a scientist, both of which involve numerous serendipitous events.

It was Alan Scott's mother who emphasized the notion that doctors were the same as God; one healed the body and the other the mind and soul.

This book is the story of my life with multiple sclerosis.

This book is a compilation of monthly medical articles written for the Farmville, North Carolina, weekly newspaper.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1791) is an unfinished memoir by Benjamin Franklin.

An intimate and moving graphic memoir by cartoonist Nate Fakes, dedicated to his stepdad Ron, a larger-than-life personality who gradually becomes affected by a rare form of dementia.

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

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

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

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

John Heysham Gibbon, Jr.

At the end of the nineteenth century, revolutionary developments began to take place in American geography.

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

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

A poor uneducated mill worker in his youth, whose driving passion was the study of astronomy, John Brashear lived to be designated "e;first citizen of Pennsylvania"e; for his scientific and philanthropic accomplishments, honored not only in his native Pittsburgh but by scientists all over the world.

This is the first full-length biography of John Morgan, the man who established the first school of medicine in North America.

Have you ever wondered why a friend or loved one died?

Dr.

After receiving the bad news of terminal illness, many told the author the first thought they had was What do we do now?

#1Wall Street Journalbestseller!

Known as the original Snakemaster from his various television shows, Austin Stevens is one of the most famous herpetologists in the world.

The ThinkPad notebook computer has been at the center of the digital revolution that has transformed millions of lives around the world, allowing users to obtain access to their documents, pictures and other personal data from virtually anywhere at any time.

Generation Robot covers a century of science fiction, fact and, speculationfrom the 1950 publication of Isaac Asimov's seminal robot masterpiece, I, Robot, to the 2050 Singularity when artificial and human intelligence are predicted to merge.

One word strikes more fear into a person's mind than any other: cancer.

Thomas Edison closely following the alternative physics work of Albert Einstein and Max Planck, convincing him that there was an entire reality unseen by the human eye.

Unehelich, Vegetarier, homosexuell, Linkshänder, leicht ablenkbar und durchaus ketzerisch – Leonardo da Vinci verlangte der Gesellschaft des 15.

'No other person who has flown in space has captured the experience so vividly' - New York Times Book Review In July 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon.

'Enchanting to the point of escapism.

The multi-million copy bestseller and Book of the Year at The National Book Awards, now a major BBC comedy-drama starring Ben Whishaw.

What do you do when you wake up in your mid-forties and realize you've been living a lie your whole life?

A powerful and intensely moving memoir by an NHS surgeon who volunteered in war zones, operating under the most extreme circumstances.

Joe Inglis, star of BBC 1's award-winning series Vets in Practice has written his diary for a year.

At the end of life, our comfort lies mainly in relationships.

Hack your gut health and unlock a variety of benefits that a healthy gut brings with these 200 easy, accessible tips for promoting good bacteria, achieving balance in your gut microbiome, and feeling your best every day.

Timed to coincide with the release of Walter Isaacson's latest biography on the famous painter and inventor, as well as the latest thriller in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code series, this book includes 101 in-depth facts about Leonardo Da Vinci.

Learn everything you need to know about Albert Einstein, the genius who created the Theory of Relativity and calculated mass-energy equivalence.

"e;Ellen's Story"e; is a testament of my persistent struggle for literacy, the crippling defeat I suffered in my adult life due to this problem, and the ultimate steps I needed to take toward triumph.

A little boys eyes roll quickly back into his head.

This book is for the nurses and nurse assistants of the past and future and what they will go through and what we have gone through, the good and the bad, and about helping veterans also in the veterans hospital.

It is 1946, and a young man stares out his third-story apartment window.