Nick Shepherd survives the terrorist attack, but becomes the prime suspect. In his quest to unmask the true perpetrators, Nick runs into trouble at UNRC, the oil company where he works, Stanford University, his alma mater, and even at home. He loses his way, but then embarks on a new, spiritual path which stretches him beyond his imagination.
Nick Shepherd survives the terrorist attack, but becomes the prime suspect. In his quest to unmask the true perpetrators, Nick runs into trouble at UN...
Mary Somerville (1780-1872), after whom Somerville College Oxford was named, was the first woman scientist to win an international reputation entirely in her own right, rather than through association with a scientific brother or father.
She was active in astronomy, one of the most demanding areas of science of the day, and flourished in the unique British tradition of Grand Amateurs, who paid their own way and were not affiliated with any academic institution.
Mary Somerville was to science what Jane Austen was to literature and Frances Trollope to travel writing. Allan...
Mary Somerville (1780-1872), after whom Somerville College Oxford was named, was the first woman scientist to win an international reputation entir...
From earliest times, man has struggled to control his environment and his fate, and a big part of that has always been his health. From the ancients onwards the study of medicine, including surgery, has exercised some of the greatest minds--and brought profits to some of the less great. Drawing on sources across Europe and beyond, including the huge contributions to medicine made in medieval Arabia and India, Chapman takes readers on a whirlwind tour of what was known when and its impact.
From earliest times, man has struggled to control his environment and his fate, and a big part of that has always been his health. From the ancients o...
From earliest times, man has struggled to control his environment and his fate, and a big part of that has always been his health. From the ancients onwards the study of medicine, including surgery, has exercised some of the greatest minds--and brought profits to some of the less great. Drawing on sources across Europe and beyond, including the huge contributions to medicine made in medieval Arabia and India, Chapman takes readers on a whirlwind tour of what was known when and its impact.
From earliest times, man has struggled to control his environment and his fate, and a big part of that has always been his health. From the ancients o...
