Biography: science, technology and medicine

"e;Dr John Cotterill inspired a generation of doctors with his wit and erudition.

Before fate intervened, Joseph Needham was a distinguished biochemist at Cambridge University, married to a fellow scientist.

The humorous and touching memoir of a woman who's been seeking relief from a headache for more than two years.

Stewart Blacker was a remarkable figure.

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The book describes how Lisa Meitner, of Jewish heritage, found herself working as a physicist at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin when the Nazis came to power in 1933; how she was hounded out of the country and forced to relocate to Sweden; how German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman continued with the project - on the effect of bombarding uranium (the heaviest known element at the time) with neutrons, a project which Lise herself had initiated, being the intellectual leader of the group.

This co-branded book features 18 stories of women on the cutting-edge of virtual reality and technology: women who are building the metaverse.

From Aristotle's pioneering research into animal biology to Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood; from Copernicus's theory of the heliocentric universe to Carl Sagan's speculations on extraterrestrial life; and from Einstein's theory of Relativity to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, Eureka!

'Informative, powerful' VOGUE'A fascinating and friendly guide for you to understand you better' MELISSA HEMSLEY'Amy's book is everything I should have learned at school' EMMA GANNONHormones were something Amy Thomson, founder and CEO of leading women's health app and tech service Moody, never paid attention to, until one day her periods stopped.

Eight women who changed the worldCaroline Norton * Elizabeth Blackwell * Florence Nightingale * Emily Davies * Josephine Butler * Elizabeth Cady Stanton * Margaret Sanger * Emma GoldmanSignificant Sisters traces the lives of eight women, each of whom pioneered vital changes in the spheres of law, education, the professions, morals or politics: the first woman doctor, the pioneer of birth control, a radical journalist, and suffragists.

When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: 'Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far'.

One of the most enduring images of the Ethiopian famine that shocked the world in 1984 was that of the young International Red Cross nurse who, surrounded by thousands of starving people and with limited supplies, had the terrible task of choosing which children to feed, knowing that those she turned away might not last the night.

Albert Einstein aunaba la audacia intelectual con una frescura desconcertante, una imaginación ardiente sostenida por una obstinación imperturbable.

Exceptional tales of emancipation and evolution at the birth of the modern era.

The Top 10 Sunday Times BestsellerNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREOscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted ScreenplaySet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA's African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America's space program.

When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse's training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later - one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses.

From sports to innovation, art to politics - meet the incredible women who got there first.

Sunday Times BestsellerHow did life on Earth begin?

Sunday Times BestsellerA breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking book accompanies the BBC One TV series, providing the deepest answers to the simplest questions.

The brilliant first biography of the man President Nixon called 'the most dangerous man in America'.

On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome.

'Extraordinary' Daily MailAs seen on BBC BreakfastHorrifying, heartbreaking and eye-opening, these are the stories, the patients and the cases that have characterised a career spent being a doctor behind bars.

An intimate portrait of an everyday genius.

Wie hat früher die Ausbildung junger Ärzte zum Chirurgen ausgesehen?

Maurice Halbwachs (1877–1945) gehört – neben Marcel Mauss – zu den wichtigsten Vertretern der französischen Soziologie in der Nachfolge von Émile Durkheim.

Thomas Luckmann – Ein »Klassiker der dritten Generation«.

Max Horkheimer: Outsider des Bürgertums und Unternehmer in Sachen Kritischer TheorieNiemand steht so wie Max Horkheimer für das, was in den 1960er Jahren die Bezeichnung »Frankfurter Schule« erhielt.

Don Jayme Navarro, compañero de viaje, vida y obra de José Celestino Mutis en este territorio, fue un estudioso, teórico y práctico de la minería, un explorador avezado y un administrador colonial ejemplar del que pocos han oído hablar.

Maurice Halbwachs (1877–1945) gehört – neben Marcel Mauss – zu den wichtigsten Vertretern der französischen Soziologie in der Nachfolge von Émile Durkheim.

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Zwischen Soziologie und Philosophie gelingt es Alfred Schütz, eine eigenständige Theorie- und Forschungsperspektive für die Soziologie zu entwickeln.

Diese Geschichte handelt von Charles Darwins abenteuerlicher Weltreise mit dem Forschungsschiff Beagle.

Der legendäre Physik-Nobelpreisträger Richard P.

Arnold Gehlen (1904–1976) gilt neben Max Scheler und Helmuth Plessner als berühmter und umstrittener Vertreter der Philosophischen Anthropologie und ebenso als brillanter Soziologe.

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El objetivo de este libro es acercar la figura de Guadalupe a un público nuevo, fundamentalmente del ámbito empresario, académico y científico, siendo, una oportunidad para difundir la llamada a la santidad en medio del mundo.

Zwischen Soziologie und Philosophie gelingt es Alfred Schütz, eine eigenständige Theorie- und Forschungsperspektive für die Soziologie zu entwickeln.

Nach dem unglaublichen Erfolg von "Viva la Reanimation!

"¿Qué forma mas poderosa de estudiar la humanidad puede haber, que leer el propio manual de instrucciones?

Robert Ezra Park (1864–1944) gilt als der Begründer der empirischen Stadtsoziologie und der humanökologischen Forschungsrichtung an der Universität Chicago (»Chicagoer Schule für Soziologie«).

Durante casi 70 años, Alexander Skutch residió en su finca Los Cusingos, ubicada cerca de San Isidro de El General, en Pérez Zeledón.

Arnold Gehlen (1904–1976) gilt neben Max Scheler und Helmuth Plessner als berühmter und umstrittener Vertreter der Philosophischen Anthropologie und ebenso als brillanter Soziologe.

Algunes de les dones que es posen en valor en aquest recull són: Hildegard von Bingen (segle XII), la primera persona en descriure el plaer sexual femení; Josephine Cochreane (segle XVIII), la persona que va idear el primer rentavaixelles, o Josefina Castellví, la primera dona espanyola (juntament amb Marta Estrada) a anar a l'Antàrtida.

Thomas Luckmann – Ein »Klassiker der dritten Generation«.

Antes de cumplir los 30 años, Louis Pasteur había hecho descubrimientos que serían fundamentales para la estereoquímica, y no había alcanzado los 60 cuando los sabios lo aclamaban como uno de los máximos benefactores de la humanidad.

Robert Ezra Park (1864–1944) gilt als der Begründer der empirischen Stadtsoziologie und der humanökologischen Forschungsrichtung an der Universität Chicago (»Chicagoer Schule für Soziologie«).