Charles Darwin did not deliberately set out to be the 'destroyer of mythical beliefs', some of which, in his early days as a young Christian, he had previously espoused. He was a modest man who liked to avoid controversy, yet he was to be the cause…
Auf dem Bauplatz im Urwald ähnelt er dem alten Faust, der am Meeresufer Land kultiviert. Aber seine Worte sind nicht klassisch, sondern selbstverspottend, anekdotensicher zugespitzt. "Hat einer der Schwarzen bei mir im Spital gearbeitet, gilt e…
Throughout his academic and medical careers, David Penington has been an agent of change. In his fascinating memoirs, one of Australia's leading public health experts and the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne reveals his ethos, d…
Francis H Harlow (1928-present) is a world class physicist, an expert on Pueblo Indian pottery and Southwest sea fossils, an accomplished painter and cellist. In this memoir, the retired Los Alamos scientist and scholar looks back on his life and ca…
This book, "Автобиографические записки Ивана Мих…
Patient ambushes Clinician pratfalls Community curveballs Practice, Practice, Practice: This Psychiatrist's Life gives you a fly-on-the-wall view of therapy sessions along with actual transcripts of what's going through this therapist's mind as she'…
Originally published in 1939, this book contains the autobiography of the well-travelled Victorian engineer John Brunton (1812-99), which he wrote for his grandchildren. Much of the text is taken up with Brunton's description of his adventures betwe…
Candid Science VI concludes the series by narrating the conversations with famous scientists from the biomedical sciences, chemistry, and physics. There are 31 Nobel laureates and 11 other luminaries among them. The scientists are in the field of bi…
Pediatrician David Hellyer (b. 1913) records his family history and the life experiences that led to his founding of the 600-acre Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, a wildlife sanctuary in Eatonville, Washington.
This text owes its existence to a 1923 psycoanalytic session conducted by Dr O. Pfister with the then 49-year-old Schweitzer. Immersed in Christianity and covering his first 19 years, this reveals what led him to serve his life's work in Africa as a…
Unknown to all but a few, Newton was a practicing alchemist who dabbled with the occult, a tortured, obsessive character who searched for an understanding of the universe by whatever means possible. Sympathetic yet balanced, Michael White's Isaac Ne…
Being poor has limited us to doors given to those more privileged. Now I write, hoping that at least my life story will mean something to someone, someday. Maybe prevent somebody from making those wrong choices I've made that's lead me to this point…
A scientist's case for the afterlife... Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs…
A father's account of his daughter's brief life details the extraordinary courage and spirit of his child, a victim of cystic fibrosis
Die jüdische Philosophiestudentin und der Jahrhundertphilosoph, der mit den Nazis paktierte - Antonia Grunenberg erzählt die Geschichte einer unmöglichen Liebe in einer Zeit gewaltiger Widersprüche. Ihre Doppelbiografie entwirft…
Having your father die and your mother come to live with you is bad enough, especially when she is diagnosed with cancer. How will you manage with her in your house? What about organising all the support she needs? How do you balance her needs again…
One of the most influential living psychologists looks at the history of his life and discipline, and paints a much brighter future for everyone.When Martin E. P. Seligman first encountered psychology in the 1960s, the field was devoted to eliminati…
For the George family, there wasn't supposed to be hope for their newborn son, John Paul, born with a half-functioning heart that was unable to pump blood throughout his tiny body. But one important yet invisible fact eluded the doctors: John Paul m…
In his exceptionally thought-provoking and moving memoir, neurosurgeon Joseph D. Stern explores how personal loss influences the way physicians relate to patients and their families. How does a doctor who deals with the death of patients on a regula…
With time travel and mysteries that need solving, the Galactic Academy of Science (G.A.S.) series instructs readers on how to think like scientists. Under the guidance of a Dude or Dudette from the future, the middle school characters are faced with…
John Evelyn (1620-1706), intellectual, diarist, gardener and founder member of the Royal Society, is best known for his Diary, the great journal of his life and times, encompassing a momentous period in British history. A lifelong collector of books…
A PhD candidate in English literature at Harvard University, Harold Varmus discovered he was drawn instead to medicine and eventually found himself at the forefront of cancer research at the University of California, San Francisco. In this "timely m…
For James D. Watson, the year 2003 was momentous: The 50th anniversary of the discovery, with Francis Crick, of the DNA double helix; the 35th anniversary of the publication of his best-selling memoir of the discovery, The Double Helix; the 35th ann…
Eine Biografie zu Niklas Luhmann ist bislang nicht verf gbar, dennoch ist der Nachlass des Bielefelder Soziologen f r diesen Zweck nicht erschlossen. In der vorliegenden biografischen Einf hrung (in 2., korrigierter und aktualisierter Auflage) werde…
Ernest Mandel (1923-1995), was one of the most prominent anti-Stalinist Marxist intellectuals of his time. A political theorist and an economist, he was a brilliant orator in several languages. He had a massive impact on the thought and practice of…
This is the story of William N. Donovan, a U.S. Army medical officer in the Philippines who, as a prisoner of war, faced unspeakable conditions and abuse in Japanese camps during World War II. Through his own words we learn of the brutality, starvat…
George Gabriel Stokes was one of the most important mathematical physicists of the 19th century. During his lifetime he made a wide range of contributions, notably in continuum mechanics, optics and mathematical analysis. His name is known to genera…
