Marie Curie: A Biography

Marie Curie: A Biography
Marilyn Ogilvie (Auteur)

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John Deere: Man With the Golden Plow

John Deere: Man With the Golden Plow
Daniel Alef (Auteur)

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Master Mind

Master Mind
Daniel Charles (Auteur)

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Description du produit

“[A] vivid, fast-paced, economically-written biography.” (Library Journal )

“Charles depicts Haber’s rise and fall in quick, well-considered strokes.” (San Francisco Chronicle )

“Charles tells [Haber’s] story with clarity and vigour.” (Financial Times )

“[A] thorough, sensitive, beautifully written account…. It is hard to imagine that a more insightful portrait of Haber.” (Washington Times )

“[A]n outstanding work, and one which should be mandatory reading for critics and cheerleaders of science alike.” (New Scientist )

“[A] fascinating but sobering tale of a scientist who made a Faustian bargain for success.” (Science News )

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
William Kamkwamba (Auteur), Bryan Mealer (Auteur)
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Galileo and the Scientific Revolution

Galileo and the Scientific Revolution
Laura Fermi (Auteur)

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Alfred Tarski: Life and Logic

Alfred Tarski: Life and Logic
Anita Burdman Feferman (Auteur), Solomon Feferman (Auteur)

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It's Been a Good Life

It's Been a Good Life
Isaac Asimov (Auteur), Janet Jeppson Asimov (Auteur, Sous la direction de)

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Tesla

Tesla
Margaret Cheney (Auteur)
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Description du produit

In Tesla: Man Out of Time, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest scientists and inventors. Called a madman by his enemies, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was, without a doubt, a trailblazing inventor who created astonishing, sometimes world-transforming devices that were virtually without theoretical precedent. Tesla not only discovered the rotating magnetic field -- the basis of most alternating-current machinery -- but also introduced us to the fundamentals of robotics, computers, and missile science. Almost supernaturally gifted, unfailingly flamboyant and neurotic, Tesla was troubled by an array of compulsions and phobias and was fond of extravagant, visionary experimentations. He was also a popular man-about-town, admired by men as diverse as Mark Twain and George Westinghouse, and adored by scores of society beauties. From Tesla's childhood in Yugoslavia to his death in New York in the 1940s, Cheney paints a compelling human portrait and chronicles a lifetime of discoveries that radically altered -- and continue to alter -- the world in which we live. Tesla: Man Out of Time is an in-depth look at the seminal accomplishments of a scientific wizard and a thoughtful examination of the obsessions and eccentricities of the man behind the science.

Einstein For Dummies

Einstein For Dummies
Carlos I. Calle (Auteur)

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Genius demystified, the Dummies way!
In 1905, Albert Einstein revolutionized modern physics with his theory of relativity. He went on to become a twentieth-century icon-a man whose name and face are synonymous with "genius." Now, at last, ordinary readers can explore Einstein's life and work in this new For Dummies guide. Physicist Carlos Calle chronicles Einstein's career and explains his work-including the theories of special and general relativity-in language that anyone can understand. He shows how Einstein's discoveries affected everything from the development of the atom bomb to the theory of quantum mechanics. He sheds light on Einstein's personal life and beliefs, including his views on religion and politics. And he shows how Einstein's work continues to affect our world today, from nuclear power to space travel to artificial intelligence.

The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World

The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
Randall E. Stross (Auteur)

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Light This Candle: The Life and Times of Alan Shepard

Light This Candle: The Life and Times of Alan Shepard
Neal Thompson (Auteur)

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Great Physicists:The Life and Times of Leading Physicists from Galileo to Hawking

Great Physicists:The Life and Times of Leading Physicists from Galileo to Hawking
William H. Cropper (Auteur)

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Turing: Pioneer of the Information Age

Turing: Pioneer of the Information Age
B. Jack Copeland (Auteur)

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The Logician and the Engineer: How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age

The Logician and the Engineer: How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age
Paul J. Nahin (Auteur)

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My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell (Auteur)
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Angels and Ages: A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life

Angels and Ages: A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life
Adam Gopnik (Auteur)

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A Primate's Memoir

A Primate's Memoir
Robert M. Sapolsky (Auteur)

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Isaac Newton - A Short Biography for Kids

Isaac Newton - A Short Biography for Kids
Jonathan Madden (Auteur)

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Passionate Minds: Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire, and the Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment

Passionate Minds: Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire, and the Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment
David Bodanis (Auteur)

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Failure Is Not an Option

Failure Is Not an Option
Gene Kranz (Auteur)
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Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race. He helped to launch Alan Shepard and John Glenn, then assumed the flight director's role in the Gemini program, which he guided to fruition. With his teammates, he accepted the challenge to carry out President John F. Kennedy's commitment to land a man on the Moon before the end of the 1960s. Kranz was flight director for both Apollo 11, the mission in which Neil Armstrong fulfilled President Kennedy's pledge, and Apollo 13. He headed the Tiger Team that had to figure out how to bring the three Apollo 13 astronauts safely back to Earth. (In the film Apollo 13, Kranz was played by the actor Ed Harris, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance.) In Failure Is Not an Option, Gene Kranz recounts these thrilling historic events and offers new information about the famous flights. What appeared as nearly flawless missions to the Moon were, in fact, a series of hair-raising near misses. When the space technology failed, as it sometimes did, the controllers' only recourse was to rely on their skills and those of their teammates. Kranz takes us inside Mission Control and introduces us to some of the whiz kids -- still in their twenties, only a few years out of college -- who had to figure it all out as they went along, creating a great and daring enterprise. He reveals behind-the-scenes details to demonstrate the leadership, discipline, trust, and teamwork that made the space program a success. Finally, Kranz reflects on what has happened to the space program and offers his own bold suggestions about what we ought to be doing in space now. This is a fascinating firsthand account written by a veteran mission controller of one of America's greatest achievements.

Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century

Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century
Masha Gessen (Auteur)

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Leonardo da Vinci - A Short Biography for Kids

Leonardo da Vinci - A Short Biography for Kids
Jonathan Madden (Auteur)

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Stephen Jay Gould and the Politics of Evolution

Stephen Jay Gould and the Politics of Evolution
David F. Prindle (Auteur)

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