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Ludwig Boltzmann : A Pioneer in Atomic Theory (A Short Biography for Children) Ludwig Boltzmann was one of the most important advocates for atomic theory when that scientific model was still highly……続きを見る

Rosalind Franklin is famous in the history of science for her contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA, the start of the greatest biological revolution of the twentieth century. Much ha……続きを見る

The remarkable story of a fireman who miraculously came out of a coma for one full day On a brutally cold December day, Donny Herbert, a hardworking firefighter from Buffalo, New York, was searching th……続きを見る

“Fresh . . . solid . . . full of suspense and intrigue.”ーPublishers Weekly Antoine Lavoisier reinvented chemistry, overthrowing the long-established principles of alchemy and inventing an entirely ……続きを見る

THE UK’S BESTSELLING EBOOK OF 2011. Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions. A woman troubled by ……続きを見る

Much has been written about Albert Einstein, technical and biographical, but very little remains as valuable as this unique hybrid of a book written by Einstein’s colleague and contemporary. Both ri……続きを見る

When was the last time you climbed a tree? Picked blackberries? Held a snail race? Made maple syrup candy, an old-fashioned quill pen from a bird feather you found, or a plaster cast of an animal tr……続きを見る

THE D.I.R.T. COMMITTEE At a time when people are fed up with big government and big corporations that drown out the voice of the everyday man and woman, THE D.I.R.T. COMMITTEE stands up and shouts o……続きを見る

Isaac Newton was born in a stone farmhouse in 1642, fatherless and unwanted by his mother. When he died in London in 1727 he was so renowned he was given a state funeralーan unheard-of honor for a s……続きを見る

Marie Curie is a women who changed the face of science for all time, not just because of her discovery of the radioactive element Radium and her work with it, but because of her incredible strides f……続きを見る

An associate justice on the renowned Warren Court whose landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education overturned racial segregation in schools and other public facilities, Tom C. Clark was a crusad……続きを見る

This is an account of my journey into blindness over six decades from a progressive eye disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa (also known as tunnel vision). Part One focuses on the many challenges whi……続きを見る

A chameleon so tiny it can fit on your thumbnail? A spider named after David Bowie? A fungus that turns ants into zombies? What on Earth? What on Earth? is a compendium of the 100 coolest, weirdest,……続きを見る

True, gripping 1st-person account of how a small band of determined lawyers, in a 9-year campaign in courts and the public, abolished the death penalty in the U.S. Their plan was as bold as the atte……続きを見る

The bestselling, critically acclaimed author of A Nurse’s Story andThe Making of a Nurse is back to describe her experiences as a summer camp nurse. After years of working in intensive care units ca……続きを見る

Enrico Fermi : Developers of the First Atomic Bomb (A Short Biography for Children) Physicist Enrico Fermi built the prototype of a nuclear reactor and worked on the Manhattan Project to develop th……続きを見る

It is a situation we all fear and none of us can imagine: a life-threatening diagnosis. But what if the person receiving the diagnosis--young, physically fit, poised for a bright future--is himself ……続きを見る

‘Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent’ - Observer When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while ……続きを見る

Explore the inspiring life and mysterious disappearance of an American icon with this thrilling Amelia Earhart biography from the Great Lives series. When Amelia Earhart vanished over the Pacific Oc……続きを見る

A riveting personal tale of the rise of public health. There are occasions when a story told from a personal viewpoint can illuminate a profession. Alfred Sommer’s epidemiological memoir is such a b……続きを見る

From the bestselling author of How We Got To Now, The Ghost Map and Farsighted, a new national bestseller: the “exhilarating”( Los Angeles Times) story of Joseph Priestley, “a founding father long f……続きを見る

“[A] fascinating book...about the way four geniuses at Cambridge University revolutionized modern science.“ *ーNewsweek The* Philosophical Breakfast Club recounts the life and work of four men who m……続きを見る

"Music, I have come to realize, is for me a kind of golden thread running through my life. It has helped maintain my connection with the past that otherwise might have been severed by catastrophe an……続きを見る

Sasol First Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the wild flowers of the region. With the help of full-colour photo graphs and easy-to-read text, the begi……続きを見る

"Anyone interested in the true merits of criminal law and very fine writing must read Alan Dershowitz's book." --Truman Capote In this tell-all legal memoir, Alan Dershowitz describes his most famou……続きを見る

Pythagoras and the Delphic Mysteries is a short biography of Pythagoras, written by Edouard Schure. Schure was a French author who published, among others, esoteric texts around the turn of the 19t……続きを見る

Henry Friendly is frequently grouped with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, and Learned Hand as the best American jurists of the twentieth century. In this first, comprehensiv……続きを見る

Healing the Wounds is the most revealing book ever written by a doctor about his own profession. In it, David Hilfiker breaks the code of silence surrounding the everyday practice of medicine and gi……続きを見る

In addition to his writing, author Bryan Young is an accomplished Pub Quizmaster and has assembled a collection of his best trivia questions to stump the minds of trivia buffs everywhere. With more ……続きを見る

Do you know that know that scientists claim that we only use 10% or less of our brain at any given time? Imagine if we were able to use the whole 100%... Unfortunately, I don't know the secret to un……続きを見る