Biography: science, technology and medicine

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Shortlyafter learning they would become the parents of twins, the physician-writerAmit Majmudar and his wife received a devastating in utero diagnosis: oneof the twins had a potentially fatal congenital heart defect.

This vintage book contains Samuel Smiles Jr.

Tu n'es pas seule réunit les témoignages de 18 femmes qui ont traversé l'épreuve du cancer.

This is a compilation of tributes to a gentleman who has impacted the field of biomedical engineering and musculoskeletal science for four decades through his research, his guidance and mentorships, his friendships, and his love for the field, family, and friends.

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

Biographic Memoirs Volume 88 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works.

As Robyn Arianrhod shows in this new biography, the most complete to date, Thomas Harriot was a pioneer in both the figurative and literal sense.

In the nineteenth century, a small but dedicated group of European and American women rose to agitate for the inclusion of women in the medical profession.

Mathematics Applied to Science: In Memoriam Edward D.

A selection of correspondence, much previously unpublished, between Darwin and women in his circle, both family members and colleagues.

Humboldt and Jefferson explores the relationship between two fascinating personalities: the Prussian explorer, scientist, and geographer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and the American statesman, architect, and naturalist Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826).

The definitive work on the philosophical nature and impact of the theories of Charles Darwin, written by a well-known authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism.

Die Abläufe von Krankenhäusern und die Qualifikationen von Akutpflegenden sind vielfach nicht auf die Bedürfnisse von Menschen mit Demenz und ihre Angehörigen ausgerichtet.

The book is about the "e;space race"e;, starting from the earliest steps of astronautics to the Moon landings of Armstrong and Aldrin.

An inspiring and brilliantly observed memoir in the manner of Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air and Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie.

Selbstständig, selbstbestimmt, geistig und körperlich beweglich: Das wollen Senioren sein und so lange wie möglich bleiben.

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How to live a full and rewarding life after a dementia diagnosis.

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionA New York Times BestsellerLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionWinner of the WSU AOS Bonner Book AwardWinner of the 2022 At Home With Growing Older Impact AwardAs revelatory as Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life.

Soul-searing, life-testing situations have what some call ';fall-out blessings.

In 1912 Lawrence Bragg explained the interaction of X-rays with crystals, and he and his father, William thereby pioneered X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.

This book makes no attempt to fill the place either of a critical study or a definitive biography.

Title first published in 2003.

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), commonly regarded as one of the founders of the Scientific Revolution, exerted a powerful influence on the intellectual development of the modern world.

A biography of Lev Landau, one of the greatest Soviet theoretical physicists, whose career was cut short by a catastrophic car accident in 1962 and who was still only sixty when he died six years later.

'Searingly honest and important' RACHEL CLARKEHonest, intelligent and unsentimental, Patient 1 is a startling self-portrait written with wit and vulnerability, and a unique testament to the power of hope in the face of illness.

This encyclopedia examines Marie Curie's life and contributions.

Biographic Memoirs Volume 85 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works.

When Richard Alan Stikeman, an incredible businessman, community leader, and family man, died from malignant mesothelioma, his family, friends, and community established the Stikeman Fund for Surgical Advancement and the Stikeman Visiting Professorship in order to commemorate him.

If you or a loved one are worried about Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, this pocket guide will help you to better understand the conditions, and how they are diagnosed and treated.

The brainchild of Daniel Alexander Payne Murray, Banneker: The Afro-American Astronomer was first conceived after Murray discovered what he found to be a beautifully written letter to Thomas Jefferson by a then unknown writer of color.

This book brings together about 2,500 quotations on various topics of interest to scientists and engineers, including students of STEM disciplines.

The work of the poet Peter Redgrove is one of the great unexplored treasures of late twentieth century literature.

We often forget that the science underpinning our contemporary civilization is not a marmoreal edifice.

In the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell, and his struggle to set before the world the secret of the most enigmatic of our senses.

The riveting true story of the world’s fastest plane and the first manned flights into outer space.

'This is an an absolutely wonderful book that is full of gems about the elements and the periodic table .

Biographic Memoirs Volume 90 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works.

Leonhard Euler zählt zu den größten Mathematikern aller Zeiten.

Der österreichische Verhaltensforscher Konrad Lorenz war einer der einflussreichsten und zugleich umstrittensten Wissenschaftler des 20.

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

In this inspiring coming-of-age memoir, a world-renowned astrophysicist emerges from an impoverished childhood and crime-filled adolescence to ascend through the top ranks of research physics.

Biographic Memoirs: Volume 59 contains short biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences.

';If we mean to change our ways, how will we do it?