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ABA - The Glory and the Torment: The Life of Dr. Immanuel Velikovsky
ISBN: 9781906833206 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dr. Immanuel Velikovsky was one of the greatest scientists of modern times. However, because of his extraordinary findings in many different disciplines, he fell victim to one of the most intense slander campaigns since the Middle Ages. In this book, his daughter Ruth gives a very personal account of this special man: his family background, his eventful life, his personality, his extraordinary fate and his scientific work. More than 200 pictures from different periods of his life - from Russia and Central Europe between the World Wars to Palestine and the United States - make this book a...
Dr. Immanuel Velikovsky was one of the greatest scientists of modern times. However, because of his extraordinary findings in many different disciplin...
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My Life: From Riches to Rags and (almost) back: A Memoire
ISBN: 9781453705612 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I was born in a rich Muslim family in India in 1930 and got Koranic education at home until the age of nine. Recently I retired from NASA as a Chief Scientist. How did it happen, it is a long story full of suspense and adventure and that is what this book is all about.
I was born in a rich Muslim family in India in 1930 and got Koranic education at home until the age of nine. Recently I retired from NASA as a Chief S...
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A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Novel Laureate John Nash
ISBN: 9781451628425 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this powerful and dramatic biography Sylvia Nasar vividly recreates the life of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by schizophrenia and who, after three decades of devastating mental illness, miraculously recovered and was honored with a Nobel Prize. "How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?" the visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star looks and Olympian manner. "Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way my mathematical ideas did," came the answer. "So I took them...
In this powerful and dramatic biography Sylvia Nasar vividly recreates the life of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by schizophrenia a...
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83,62 |
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The Computer - My Life
ISBN: 9783642081514 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Konrad Zuse is one of the great pioneers of the computer age. He created thefirst fully automated, program controlled, freely programmable computer using binary floating-point calculation. It was operational in 1941. He built his first machines in Berlin during the Second World War, with bombs falling all around, and after the war he built up a company that was taken over by Siemens in 1967. Zuse was an inventor in the traditional style, full of phantastic ideas, but also gifted with a powerful analytical mind. Single-handedly, he developed one of the first programming languages, the Plan...
Konrad Zuse is one of the great pioneers of the computer age. He created thefirst fully automated, program controlled, freely programmable computer us...
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The Mathematician Sophus Lie: It was the Audacity of My Thinking
ISBN: 9783642075704 / Angielski / Miękka / 555 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sophus Lie (1842-1899) is without doubt one of Norway's greatest scientific talents. His mathematical works have made him famous around the world no less than Niels Henrik Abel. The terms Lie groups and Lie algebra are today part of the standard mathematical vocabulary.
In his comprehensive biography the author Arild Stubhaug let us come close to both the person Sophus Lie and his time. We follow him through childhood at the vicarage in Nordfjordeid, his growing up in Moss, school and studying in Christiania, travelling in Europe and his contacts with the leading mathematicians of his... Sophus Lie (1842-1899) is without doubt one of Norway's greatest scientific talents. His mathematical works have made him famous around the world no l...
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Going Somewhere: Truth about a Life in Science
ISBN: 9780981854915 / Angielski / Miękka / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Yesterday and Long Ago
ISBN: 9783642066863 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a charming collection of essays on life and science, by one of the leading mathematicians of our day. Vladimir Igorevich Arnold is renowned for his achievements in mathematics, and nearly as famous for his informal teaching style, and for the clarity and accessibility of his writing. The chapter headings convey Arnold's humor and restless imagination. A few examples: My first recollections; The combinatorics of Plutarch; The topology of surfaces according to Alexander of Macedon; Catching a pike in Cambridge. Yesterday and Long Ago offers a rare opportunity to appreciate the life... This is a charming collection of essays on life and science, by one of the leading mathematicians of our day. Vladimir Igorevich Arnold is renowned... |
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My Work Is That of Conservation: An Environmental Biography of George Washington Carver
ISBN: 9780820330884 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund publication"--P. [4] of cover.
"A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund publication"--P. [4] of cover.
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My Work Is That of Conservation: An Environmental Biography of George Washington Carver
ISBN: 9780820338705 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Washington Carver (ca. 1864-1943) is at once one of the most familiar and misunderstood figures in American history. In "My Work Is That of Conservation," Mark D. Hersey reveals the life and work of this fascinating man who is widely--and reductively--known as the African American scientist who developed a wide variety of uses for the peanut. Carver had a truly prolific career dedicated to studying the ways in which people ought to interact with the natural world, yet much of his work has been largely forgotten. Hersey rectifies this by tracing the evolution of Carver's... George Washington Carver (ca. 1864-1943) is at once one of the most familiar and misunderstood figures in American history. In "My Work Is That of ... |
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Artificial Imagination: A humorous, thoughtfully thoughtless description of a Hi-Tech immigrant's journey through space, time, life and love.
ISBN: 9780981476223 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book describes the journey of a Hi-tech immigrant through various part of United States including Silicon Valley, Seattle, Nashville and Southern California. The book starts in 1987, at University of California campus in Davis, where it all began, where Artificial Imagination was conceived. We then fast forward by 15 years to 2002. Our main character, a Executive in the Software industry and working in Silicon Valley. Soon, he is heading to Seattle to work for Amazon.com at a lower level management position. We read one lively story after another about the life... This book describes the journey of a Hi-tech immigrant through various part of United States including Silicon Valley, Seattle, Nashville and South... |
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The Big Picture Man: Reflections on the Life and Thought of Alfred Louis Kroeber
ISBN: 9781450259538 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout the first six decades of the twentieth century Alfred Louis Kroeber worked with great distinction as a member of an anthropological circle the ethos of which he could not fully share. His beliefs regarding the evolution of languages, and the controversial notion of cultural evolution more generally, conflicted with the reigning Boasian paradigm. Some of the concepts with which he struggled, such as the familial relationships among American languages and the emergent character of culture, became less problematic after he had passed from the scene. Although Kroeber is regarded as one...
Throughout the first six decades of the twentieth century Alfred Louis Kroeber worked with great distinction as a member of an anthropological circle ...
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The World According to Vern, Book Two
ISBN: 9781456566562 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the second of a series of books intended to inspire others to review their origins and determine what direction society needs to take to enhance the quality of life world wide and prevent an 11th Hour.
This is the second of a series of books intended to inspire others to review their origins and determine what direction society needs to take to enhan...
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A Bloody Long Journey
ISBN: 9781456857370 / Angielski / Twarda / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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A Bloody Long Journey
ISBN: 9781456857363 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The World According to Vern, Book One
ISBN: 9781456566593 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is my attempt to open a discussion by all Americans as to their origin and what direction needs to be taken to enhance quality of life throughout the world This is the first of three books that includes a brief autobiography of my life and is interlaced with my opinions on science, politics, religion, and life.
This book is my attempt to open a discussion by all Americans as to their origin and what direction needs to be taken to enhance quality of life throu...
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The Legacy of J.C. Kapteyn: Studies on Kapteyn and the Development of Modern Astronomy
ISBN: 9781402003745 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn (1851-1922) of the University of Groningen was one of the foremost astronomers of his time, resulting in a leading role internationally of Dutch astronomy throughout the twentieth century. This volume, which is the proceedings of a special legacy' symposium at the celebration of the 385th anniversary of the University of Groningen, addresses Kapteyn's influence on the development of modern astronomy through studies of his pioneering work on statistical astronomy and the Structure of the Sidereal System, and his leadership in establishing international collaborations,...
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn (1851-1922) of the University of Groningen was one of the foremost astronomers of his time, resulting in a leading role inte...
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Scientist Spies: A memoir of my three parents and the atom bomb
ISBN: 9781848766075 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Atom Bomb was crucial to a world dominated by the Cold War. Yet the stories of those who gave atom secrets to Russia has never fully been told. Paul Broda's father and stepfather both passed secrets to the Russians. Here, Paul tells his compelling tale of three lives swept up in the great events of Communism, Fascism, World War II.
The Atom Bomb was crucial to a world dominated by the Cold War. Yet the stories of those who gave atom secrets to Russia has never fully been told. Pa...
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Miller's Waves: An Informal Scientific Biography
ISBN: 9781456877453 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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75,98 |
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Miller's Waves: An Informal Scientific Biography
ISBN: 9781456877460 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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143,63 |
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Touching the Universe: My Favorite Twenty Nights Viewing the Sky
ISBN: 9781462002474 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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87,23 |
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