Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work

Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work
Kitty Ferguson (Auteur)

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Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science

Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science
Christoph Irmscher (Auteur)

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The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer (Great Discoveries)

The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer (Great Discoveries)
David Leavitt (Auteur)

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Legendary Scientists: The Life and Legacy of Nikola Tesla

Legendary Scientists: The Life and Legacy of Nikola Tesla
Charles River Editors (Auteur)

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Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)

Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)
Lawrence M. Krauss (Auteur)

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Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science

Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science
James D. Watson (Auteur)

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Genes, Girls, and Gamow

Genes, Girls, and Gamow
James D. Watson (Auteur)

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Description du produit

“The chase for the double-helical structure of DNA was an adventure story in the best sense. First, there was a pot of scientific gold to be found—possibly very soon. Second, among the explorers who raced to find it, there was much bravado, unexpected lapses of reason, and painful acceptances of the fates not going well. The early 1950s were not times to be cautious but rather to run fast whenever a path opened up—nuggets of gold might be lying exposed over the next hill. As one of the winners with a fortune much, much bigger than I ever dared hope for, I could not stop moving. There was more genetic loot to be located, and not joining in the further hunt would make me feel old.” —from the preface

Immediately following the revolutionary discovery of the structure of DNA by James D. Watson and Francis Crick in 1953, the world of molecular biology was caught up in a gold rush. The goal: to uncover the secrets of life the newly elucidated molecule promised to reveal. Genes, Girls, and Gamow is James Watson’s report on the amazing aftermath of the DNA breakthrough, picking up where his now-classic memoir The Double Helix leaves off.
Here are the collaborations and collisions of giants, not only Watson and Crick themselves, but also legions of others, including Linus Pauling (the greatest chemist of the day), Richard Feynman (the bongo-playing cynosure of Caltech), and especially George Gamow, the bearlike, whiskey-wielding Russian physicist, who had turned his formidable intellect to the field of genetics; with Gamow—an irrepressible prankster to boot—Watson would found the legendary RNA-Tie Club.

But Watson––at twenty-five already the winner of genetic research’s greatest jackpot––is obsessed with another goal as well: to find love, and a wife equal to his unexpected fame. As he and an international cast of roguish young colleagues do important research they also compare notes and share complaints on the scarcity of eligible mates. And amid the feverish search for the role of the still mysterious RNA molecule, Watson’s thoughts are seldom far from the supreme object of his affections, an enthralling Swarthmore coed named Christa, the daughter of the celebrated Harvard biologist Ernst Mayr.

Part scientific apprenticeship, part sentimental education, Genes, Girls, and Gamow is a penetrating revelation of how great science is accomplished. It is also a charmingly candid account of one young man’s full range of ambitions.

The Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century

The Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century
Istvan Hargittai (Auteur)

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'What Do You Care What Other People Think': Further Adventures of a Curious Character

'What Do You Care What Other People Think?': Further Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard P. Feynman (Auteur)
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Description du produit

One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and a great ability to tell the stories of his life. In one of the book’s many stories we meet his first wife, Arlene, who taught him of love’s mystery as she lay dying in a hospital while he worked nearby on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. Feynman also discusses the investigation of the 1986 explosion of the Challenger space shuttle and his experiment that revealed the disaster’s cause.

High Calling: The Courageous Life and Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband

High Calling: The Courageous Life and Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband
Evelyn Husband (Auteur), Donna VanLiere (Avec la contribution de)

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James Martin: The Change Agent

James Martin: The Change Agent
Andrew Crofts (Auteur)

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My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla (with special introduction by the Editor)

My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla (with special introduction by the Editor)
Nikola Tesla (Auteur), Andras Nagy (editor) (Introduction)

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Stepping On Mars: An Unauthorized Biography of Elon Musk

Stepping On Mars: An Unauthorized Biography of Elon Musk
Damien Darby (Auteur)

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Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton
James Gleick (Auteur)
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Rosy is my Relative

Rosy is my Relative
Gerald Durrell (Auteur)

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The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures

The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures
Edward Ball (Auteur)

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Dark Side of the Moon: Wernher von Braun, the Third Reich, and the Space Race

Dark Side of the Moon: Wernher von Braun, the Third Reich, and the Space Race
Wayne Biddle (Auteur)

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The Principia

The Principia
Sir Isaac Newton (Auteur), Andrew Motte (Traduction)

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Marie Curie: A Life

Marie Curie: A Life
Susan Quinn (Auteur)

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Secrets of the Modern World: Thomas Malthus

Secrets of the Modern World: Thomas Malthus
Alan Macfarlane (Auteur)

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Traces of Peter Rice

Traces of Peter Rice
Kevin (ed) Barry (Auteur), Kevin Barry (Sous la direction de)

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The Secret Listeners: How the Wartime Y Service Intercepted the Secret German Codes for Bletchley Park

The Secret Listeners: How the Wartime Y Service Intercepted the Secret German Codes for Bletchley Park
Sinclair McKay (Auteur)

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Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel
Fant (Auteur)

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Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein's Letters to and from Children

Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein's Letters to and from Children
Alice Calaprice (Sous la direction de), Evelyn Einstein (Introduction), Robert Schulmann (Avec la contribution de)

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Description du produit

"What holds the sun and planets in space?" "I want to know what is beyond the sky. My mother said you can tell me." "One question I would like to ask is if you make any mistakes?" We are often amazed by the wide-eyed innocence and boundless curiosity of children and the questions they ask. And letters to and from children are always appealing, especially so when they are written to someone famous. In DEAR PROFESSOR EINSTEIN, Alice Calaprice has gathered a delightful and charming collection of more than sixty letters, most never published before, from children to perhaps the greatest scientist of all time. Obviously, Einstein could not respond to every letter written to him, but the responses he did find the time to write reveal the intimate human side of the great public persona, a man who, though he spent his days contemplating mathematics and physics, was very fond of children and enjoyed being in their company. Whether the children wrote to Einstein for class projects, out of curiosity, or because of prodding from a parent, their letters are amusing, touching, and sometimes quite precocious. Enhancing this correspondence are numerous splendid photographs showing Einstein amid children, wearing an Indian headdress, carrying a puppet of himself, and donning fuzzy slippers, among many other wonderful pictures, many published for the first time in this book. Complete with a foreword by Einstein's granddaughter Evelyn, a biography and chronology of Einstein's life, and an essay by Einstein scholar Robert Schulmann on the great scientist's educational philosophy, this wonderful compilation will be welcomed by teachers, parents, and all the young, budding scientists in their lives.