Biography: science, technology and medicine

A neurologist explores the very real world of psychosomatic illness.

* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** Future-proof yourself and your business by reading this book * Technological advances have benefited our world in immeasurable ways, but there is an ominous flipside.

This text contains a collection of poetry written by Alfred Noyes, first published in 1922.

Thomas Low Nichols was a fascinating man, a dietitian, journalist and prolific author.

Faraday As A Discoverer is a fascinating glimpse into the contributions Faraday made in the fields of chemistry and electronics through his dedication as an observer and experimenter.

Louis Agassiz was one of the fathers of Earth sciences in his lifetime, his second wife collected the correspondence he shared with some of the foremost thinkers of his day, here is the first volume of this fascinating collection.

Isaac Newton is regularly given the title of greatest scientist of all time, and in this biography we delve into how one quiet, 'difficult' farmers son, revolutionized the way we look at the universe.

This vintage book contains a brief biography of Edward Howard.

Uncover the unnamed heroes who contributed to some of our world s most important science.

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'Delightfully insightful and intensely readable [.

'A moving, compelling and vital book, that sheds much needed light on the very latest understanding of cancer.

'Wonderful, thoughtful, practical' - Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast'Encouraging and inspiring' - Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of Amazon bestseller With the End in MindWe all know how this ends is a new approach to death and dying, showing how exploring our mortality really can change our lives.

'Wonderful, thoughtful, practical' - Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast'Encouraging and inspiring' - Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of Amazon bestseller With the End in MindWe all know how this ends is a new approach to death and dying, showing how exploring our mortality really can change our lives.

The Human Kind is a compelling account of some of the hardest cases in one doctor's career.

The Human Kind is a compelling account of some of the hardest cases in one doctor's career.

A unique first-hand narrative of the Falklands war.

An exhilarating insight into the life of a doctor at Heathrow Airport, where the truth is often stranger than fiction.

BOOK 1 in THE GAMES trilogy.

'A profound meditation on a problem many of us will face; worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Atul Gawande's Being Mortal' KirkusAs the American born daughter of immigrants, Dr.

Charles Darwin was the epitome of the Victorian gentleman amateur scientist, living entirely off inherited wealth and the income from his books.

Nnedi Okorafor was never supposed to be paralyzed.

In a cloth-covered box, the physical treasures of Susan Freemans life quietly stand as a monument to love.

As a former CFS sufferer and current healthcare practitioner, I feel Ms.

"e;In the Arms of a Stranger"e; is Dale J Bingham's touching and moving account of his career as a paramedic.

Zach Gauvin was a junior in high school who had it allstar of the football team, a beautiful girlfriend he adored, and a terrible drinking problem.

Cryo Kid: Drawing a New Map is an exploration inspired by true experience.

Jada Patrice Howard captures the ups and downs of her life in Through These Eyes, the second volume of her memoir.

Collapsing from the grief of not being loved, twenty years old, Clover Greene was committed to psychiatry.

Seventeen-year-old Holly Slack had the brains, the body, and the personality that made her one of the most enviable girls in school.

Author Harold A.

SURVIVAL It's true!

In many ways Tony Fosters life has never been ordinary.

Through the pioneering efforts of ecologist B.

The late Dr.

A compelling firsthand account of Keith Devlin's ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci's storyIn 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci has quite literally affected the lives of everyone alive today.

My journal of a doctor experiencing community service inunder-resourced medical facilities, during public sector strikesand the world cup addresses the diffi cult and often funnyexperiences of providing medical care to divers and oftenpoverty-stricken patients.

A physician, a Northerner, a teacher, a school administrator, a suffragist, and an abolitionist, Esther Hill Hawks was the antithesis of Southern womanhood.

Little Boy Lost:Little Boy Lost depicts the life journey of an American male, as his studies in the chosen field of psychology, play a secondary role to the more profoundly influencing people, places, and events which he encounters along the way shaping his perceptions and beliefs.

This Memoir entitled The Long and Tumultuous Journey of My Life consists of 183 pages with 112 interior pictures, most of immediate family pictures.

Thank God I'm a Sucker is an autobiographical account of an eye surgeon, demonstrating through his own personal battles the conflicts between the ancient arts of healing of the East and the Western system of Medicine.

Acklima Akbar draws on her past experience as a manager in the NHS (National Health Service) to lead us into the fascinating world of decision-making right at the heart of this closed world.

In these two American literary classics, Henry David Thoreau offers readers his experiences and thoughts on how to live a more fulfilling life and stand up for what is right.

In these two American literary classics, Henry David Thoreau offers readers his experiences and thoughts on how to live a more fulfilling life and stand up for what is right.

This is a how-to book.

A survivors tale of a sure fire way to lose weight, among other things.

Owing up to and admitting to having a learning disability as an adult something I have tried to cover up for most of my 45 years is not an admission that I would have considered making until four years ago.

In July 1978, Dr.

An engaging series of vignettes reflective of fifty years as a practicing dermatologist specializing on sexually transmitted diseases (STD), incorporating the author's views on the sexual revolution of the 1960s, AIDS, death, melancholy, racism, legal aspects of STDs and focusing on the author's world travels