Biography: science, technology and medicine

L'aventure commencée par Pasteur et ses proches disciples se poursuit aujourd'hui à l'Institut Pasteur.

The medical profession is rich in those who have made names for themselves outside of medicine.

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.

This book highlights the numerous important contributions that Einstein made to physics-aside from his relativity theories-and places each of his achievements in the corresponding context, referring en route to the original sources.

Comment devient-on archéologue ?

In 1633, at the end of one of the most famous trials in history, the Inquisition condemned Galileo for contending that the Earth moves and that the Bible is not a scientific authority.

The first full-length biography of a brilliant, self-taught inventor whose innovations in information and energy technology continue to shape our world.

Astronaut, der klassische Jungentraum?

The inspiring biography of an Adirondack legend whose tireless efforts are credited with much of today's preservation policies in the Adirondacks.

The thirtieth anniversary of the death of Beppo Occhialini, the cosmic-ray physicist associated among other things to the fundamental discoveries of the electron-positron pairs and of the pion thanks to his contributions to the development of the controlled cloud chamber and of new nuclear emulsions, is the occasion to publish his memoirs on the main events of his scientific life, which he dictated shortly before his death.

Demenz ist eine neurologische Erkrankung mit einschneidenden sozialen Folgen.

This is a collection of articles, many written by people who worked with Mandelbrot, memorializing the remarkable breadth and depth of his work in science and the arts.

“A cleareyed, insightful account of how she felt during her nosedives into despair .

Wie sieht ein wissenschaftlich fundiertes und zukunftsorientiertes Medizinstudium aus?

Un combat de soixante ans contre la leucémie.

In this absorbing account of life with the great atomic scientist Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi tells the story of their emigration to the United States in the 1930s-part of the widespread movement of scientists from Europe to the New World that was so important to the development of the first atomic bomb.

This fascinating book presents the unusual career of a scientist of Chinese Malaysian origin, Ho Peng Yoke, who became a humanist and rendered his services to both Eastern and Western intellectual worlds.

For anyone interested in wildlife, birds, wilderness areas, parks, ecology, conservation, environmental literature, and ethics, the name Aldo Leopold is sure to pop up.

Fille de Pierre et Marie Curie, Ève Curie fut une femme d’action et de conviction.

Meet venomologist Bryan Grieg Fry, the man with one of the most dangerous job in Australia - working with the world's most deadly creatures.

George Starkey-chymistry tutor to Robert Boyle, author of immensely popular alchemical treatises, and probably early America's most important scientist-reveals in these pages the daily laboratory experimentation of a seventeenth-century alchemist.

Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902) zählt auch heute noch zu den bedeutendsten deutschen Medizinern.

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

From the Wall Street Journal's Tripp Mickle, the dramatic, untold story inside Apple after the passing of Steve Jobs by following his top lieutenants-Jony Ive, the Chief Design Officer, and Tim Cook, the COO-turned-CEO-and how the fading of the former and the rise of the latter led to Apple losing its soul.

A renowned scientist and environmental advocate looks back on a life that has straddled the worlds of science and politics "e;Compelling.

A collection of the most fascinating letters by the world's greatest scientists.

This is a book about birdwatching, birdwatchers and, above all, birds.

Never Lose Your Nerve!

When Anne Innis saw her first giraffe at the age of three, she was smitten.

The incalculable influence of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) on biology, botany, geology, and meteorology deservedly earned him the reputation as the world's most illustrious scientist before Charles Darwin.

Galileo's trial by the Inquisition is one of the most dramatic incidents in the history of science and religion.

A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean in this 'thrilling blend of hard science and high adventure' (New York Times)LONGLISTED FOR THE SNHN NATURAL HISTORY BOOK PRIZEEdith Widder grew up determined to become a marine biologist.

The beloved TV host reflects on love, loss, and life with her husband, Broadway star Nick Cordero, who tragically died from COVID-19.

Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize ';Meticulously researched, crackling with insights, and rich in novelistic detail' (Steve Silberman), this ';provocative, sensitive, beautifully written biography' (Sylvia Nasar) tells the trueand troublingstory of Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness.

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Biographic Memoirs: Volume 76 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works.

"e;This sumptuously illustrated celebration of Hawking s life captures perfectly its depth and breadth.

A Best Book of 2020: The Washington Post * NPR * Chicago Tribune * Smithsonian A ';remarkable' (Los Angeles Times), ';seductive' (The Wall Street Journal) debut from the new cohost of Radiolab, Why Fish Don't Exist is a dark and astonishing tale of love, chaos, scientific obsession, andpossiblyeven murder.

Through Francesco Bianchini, the 'greatest Italian of his time' this book explores the exciting meeting of science, history, and politics in early modern Europe.

I am one of the old school and believe that a woman s place is within the home However, I cannot, I will not, condone unfairness amongst females.

Biographic Memoirs: Volume 69 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works.

Der Bestseller aus den Niederlanden: Ein junger Altenpfleger über das Leben im PflegeheimJeder fünfte von uns wird am Ende seines Lebens an Demenz erkranken – und womöglich in einem Pflegeheim landen.

Most human beings don't manage to achieve fame.

In this engagingly written biography, Tamara Plakins Thornton delves into the life and work of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838), a man Thomas Jefferson once called a "e;meteor in the hemisphere.

2004 marked the centennial of the birth of J Robert Oppenheimer, and brought historians and scholars, former students, nuclear physicists, and politicians together to celebrate this event.

New Zealand-born Doug Jolly was one of the greatest war surgeons of the twentieth century.