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Voyage Through Time: Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize
ISBN: 9789812383402 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From a beginning in an Egyptian delta town and the port of Alexandria to the scenic vistas of sunny southern California, Ahmed Zewail takes us on a voyage through time - his own life and the split-second world of the femtosecond. In this endearing expos of his life and work until his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1999, he draws lessons from his life story so far, and he meditates on the impact which the revolution in science has had on our modern world - in both developed and developing countries. What makes the book enchanting and engaging is Zewail's emphasis on the human dimension and his...
From a beginning in an Egyptian delta town and the port of Alexandria to the scenic vistas of sunny southern California, Ahmed Zewail takes us on a vo...
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Once We All Had Gills: Growing Up Evolutionist in an Evolving World
ISBN: 9780253002358 / Angielski / Twarda / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, Rudolf A. Raff reaches out to the scientifically queasy, using his life story and his growth as a scientist to illustrate why science matters, especially at a time when many Americans are both suspicious of science and hostile to scientific ways of thinking. Noting that science has too often been the object of controversy in school curriculums and debates on public policy issues ranging from energy and conservation to stem-cell research and climate change, Raff argues that when the public is confused or ill-informed, these issues tend to be decided on religious, economic, and... In this book, Rudolf A. Raff reaches out to the scientifically queasy, using his life story and his growth as a scientist to illustrate why science... |
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Barnum Brown: The Man Who Discovered Tyrannosaurus Rex
ISBN: 9780520272613 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From his stunning discovery of Tyrannosaurus rex one hundred years ago to the dozens of other important new dinosaur species he found, Barnum Brown led a remarkable life (18731963), spending most of it searching for fossilsand sometimes oilin every corner of the globe. One of the most famous scientists in the world during the middle of the twentieth century, Brownwho lived fast, dressed to the nines, gambled, drank, smoked, and was known as a ladies manbecame as legendary as the dinosaurs he uncovered. Barnum Brown brushes off the loose sediment to reveal the man behind the...
From his stunning discovery of Tyrannosaurus rex one hundred years ago to the dozens of other important new dinosaur species he found, Barnum B...
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A Kansan Conquers the Cosmos: Or, Spaced Out All My Life!
ISBN: 9781450264419 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A Kansan Conquers the Cosmos" presents the story of Alan Glines, who began working with NASA in 1966 and was part of Mission Control during the height of the space program. Full of fun and excitement, Glines's autobiography offers a first-person glimpse into four decades of the field of aerospace.
He traces his own history from the beginning of his career through to the present and shares interesting anecdotes and histories of NASA and the American space program. From his days a science fiction-obsessed youth who ran a theater as if it were mission control to his various experiences in... "A Kansan Conquers the Cosmos" presents the story of Alan Glines, who began working with NASA in 1966 and was part of Mission Control during the heigh...
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A Kansan Conquers the Cosmos: Or, Spaced Out All My Life!
ISBN: 9781450264433 / Angielski / Twarda / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A Kansan Conquers the Cosmos" presents the story of Alan Glines, who began working with NASA in 1966 and was part of Mission Control during the height of the space program. Full of fun and excitement, Glines's autobiography offers a first-person glimpse into four decades of the field of aerospace.
He traces his own history from the beginning of his career through to the present and shares interesting anecdotes and histories of NASA and the American space program. From his days a science fiction-obsessed youth who ran a theater as if it were mission control to his various experiences in... "A Kansan Conquers the Cosmos" presents the story of Alan Glines, who began working with NASA in 1966 and was part of Mission Control during the heigh...
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One Man's Vision: The Life of Automotive Pioneer Ralph R. Teetor
ISBN: 9781461033813 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inventor of Cruise Control, president of the world-famous Perfect Circle Corporation, member of the Automotive Hall of Fame - Ralph Teetor was one of indiana's great industrial pioneers. Many who experienced his astonishing competence with machinery and confidence with people and places easily forgot that he had been blind since the age of five. This is his daughter's story of her remarkable father.
Inventor of Cruise Control, president of the world-famous Perfect Circle Corporation, member of the Automotive Hall of Fame - Ralph Teetor was one of ...
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Climbing Into My Dream: An Aerospace Engineer's Journey
ISBN: 9781462023882 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bill Dye is one of the lucky ones. Like so many of his childhood pals, he dreamed of flying jets or being "a console guy" launching satellites. Unlike so many young boys who wished for a life of adventure amid the romance of space travel, however, Bill's dream became his reality. His boyhood passion for airplanes and rockets, fueled by his parents' encouragement, launched him into an exciting, fulfilling career in aerospace. In Dye's often humorous, entertaining memoir, you'll get the inside scoop on the US space program from an aerospace engineer with more than three decades of experience....
Bill Dye is one of the lucky ones. Like so many of his childhood pals, he dreamed of flying jets or being "a console guy" launching satellites. Unlike...
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Climbing Into My Dream: An Aerospace Engineer's Journey
ISBN: 9781462023899 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bill Dye is one of the lucky ones. Like so many of his childhood pals, he dreamed of flying jets or being "a console guy" launching satellites. Unlike so many young boys who wished for a life of adventure amid the romance of space travel, however, Bill's dream became his reality. His boyhood passion for airplanes and rockets, fueled by his parents' encouragement, launched him into an exciting, fulfilling career in aerospace. In Dye's often humorous, entertaining memoir, you'll get the inside scoop on the US space program from an aerospace engineer with more than three decades of experience....
Bill Dye is one of the lucky ones. Like so many of his childhood pals, he dreamed of flying jets or being "a console guy" launching satellites. Unlike...
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The Book of Restoration and Hope
ISBN: 9781462033775 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In life sometimes we feel like we cannot make it because of the obstacles we face in our everyday life. Some of our obstacles may be drugs, abusive relationship, or having to live with people other than your parents. All these things have an effect on our lives one way or another. Sometimes we feel like giving up and saying what the use of living. What we don't know is that we have so much to live for. I come to tell you that nothing is too hard if you put your mind to it. While reading you will see that I have faced many trials and tribulations, which changed my life in many different ways....
In life sometimes we feel like we cannot make it because of the obstacles we face in our everyday life. Some of our obstacles may be drugs, abusive re...
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Son of (Entropy)2: Personal Memories of a Son of a Chemist, Joseph E. Mayer, and a Nobel Prize Winning Physicist, Maria Goeppert Mayer
ISBN: 9781463420697 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Their son, mostly for fun, writes this collection of vignettes about two prominent scientists. The forward includes a description of the two, summarizing their character and their careers. The summary contains an explanation of the title, Entropy Squared. The forward ends with remarks about the accuracy of the vignettes. Some vignettes include a representation of the impact on the son and some have historical significance. The first two sections concern Gottingen, Germany, from where "that American," Joe, as a fellow student put it, acquired his wife. The first section of Gottingen... Their son, mostly for fun, writes this collection of vignettes about two prominent scientists. The forward includes a description of the two, summa... |
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Justice Denied: Journey of an Immigrant Scientist
ISBN: 9781463437336 / Angielski / Miękka / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Potential whistle-blower bewares. Whistling blowing act might lead to career suicide. So think carefully before you plunge into action, because ultimately the price you have to pay is your dismissal. Government agency apparently is rarely prepared to admit mistakes or attend to the views expressed by their workers. In fact, more often than not, they would rather deny the charges from workers and continue to not respond to it or even lie about it. Government agency often issues its policy statement encouraging its employees to freely express their view without fear of recrimination or...
Potential whistle-blower bewares. Whistling blowing act might lead to career suicide. So think carefully before you plunge into action, because ultima...
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From Midway Church to Nuclear Fusion: A Georgia Chronical and Scientific Memoir
ISBN: 9781463526214 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. " With brief, humorous stories the author paints a vivid picture of his development from a Southern boy more concerned with fishing and football into an applied nuclear physicist. His stories from youth, insider's view of academia and firsthand account of a life in physics should interest a wide audience." -- Kirkus Reviews This book is both a scientific memoir of a prominent applied physicist and a chronicle of the history of his family from the earliest days of America. The first part of this expansive memoir traces the Stacy family from the original settling of Georgia in the Midway Church...
" With brief, humorous stories the author paints a vivid picture of his development from a Southern boy more concerned with fishing and football into ...
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From the Streets to the Stars
ISBN: 9781465385246 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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From the Streets to the Stars
ISBN: 9781465385253 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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A Field Guide to the Geckos of Northern Territory
ISBN: 9781467001120 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Orbit: Bill Gates: Co-founder of Microsoft
ISBN: 9781467502665 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Fingerprints on the Moon: My Life in Physics
ISBN: 9781467932660 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Glenn Shaw was a small boy, his father brought home a model T induction coil that exploded in jagged violet-colored inch-long electric sparks. This display ignited a multi dimensional career in science that took Shaw all over the world from his home base in Alaska. Join this irreverent scientist on a journey from the jungles of Africa to the light side of the moon, where an instrument he helped build still stands. Shaw's driven-by-interest wanderings led him to discoveries from the deepest ocean (tiny creatures whose belches help cool the planet) to the top of the world, where Arctic...
When Glenn Shaw was a small boy, his father brought home a model T induction coil that exploded in jagged violet-colored inch-long electric sparks. Th...
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Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla
ISBN: 9781612034041 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tesla created the modern era; he was unquestionably one of the world's greatest geniuses, but he leaves no offspring, no legatees of his brilliant mind, who might aid in administering that world; he created fortunes for multitudes of others but himself died penniless, spurning wealth that might be gained from his discoveries. Even as he walked among the teeming millions of New York he became a fabled individual who seemed to belong to the far-distant future or to have come to us from the mystical realm of the gods, for he seemed to be an admixture of a Jupiter or a Thor who hurled the shafts...
Tesla created the modern era; he was unquestionably one of the world's greatest geniuses, but he leaves no offspring, no legatees of his brilliant min...
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My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
ISBN: 9781612034119 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Speaking for myself, I have already had more than my full measure of this exquisite enjoyment, so much that for many years my life was little short of continuous rapture. I am credited with being one of the hardest workers and perhaps I am, if thought is the equivalent of labor, for I have devoted to it almost all of my waking hours. But if work is interpreted to be a definite performance in a specified time according to a rigid rule, then I may be the worst of idlers. Every effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice of life-energy. I never paid such a price. On the contrary, I have thrived...
"Speaking for myself, I have already had more than my full measure of this exquisite enjoyment, so much that for many years my life was little short o...
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