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Biography: science, technology & medicine
Brand: Birlinn Ltd
Discover one of the Scottish Enlightenment's brightest stars. Among the giants of the Scottish Enlightenment, the name of James Hutton is overlooked. Yet his Theory of the Earth revolutionised the way we think about how our planet was formed and lai..
33.35£
Brand: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
The mid-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth century was a time of illustrious achievements in the world of botanical art. Artists who once sought to please the whims of wealthy patrons were turning to scientists for inspiration, and they now had access to ..
48.91£
Brand: Head of Zeus
The story of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero. 'Wonderful' David Edgerton, TLS'A fascinating account' Aeroplane Monthly'Casts new light on the intense, heroic character of Frank Whittle'..
16.16£
Brand: Scholastic Corporation
Katherine Johnson: teacher, mathematician, trailblazer. Award-winning children's author, Leila Rasheed, explores the life of the inspirational NASA mathematician made famous by the film Hidden Voices - Katherine Johnson. A Life Story: This grippin..
10.47£
Brand: Cornell University Press
In Kidney to Share, Martha Gershun tells the story of her decision to donate a kidney to a stranger. She takes readers through the complex process by which such donors are vetted to ensure that they are physically and psychologically fit to take the..
29.88£
Brand: Orion
Last Word is the popular BBC Radio 4 series broadcast weekly, featuring the lives of several famous people who have recently died. More than standard obituaries, the lives are summarised with narration and include interviews with some of those who k..
25.02£
Brand: Princeton University Press
An acclaimed biography of the Enlightenment's greatest mathematicianThis is the first full-scale biography of Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), one of the greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists of all time. In this comprehensive and authoritat..
36.60£
Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
In 2017, Dr Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by women doctors, including her own personal struggle with "imposter syndrome"-a long-held, secret belief that she was not clever enough or good enough to be a "real" docto..
17.17£
Brand: Henry Holt and Company
From medical expert Leana Wen, MD, Lifelines is an insider's account of public health and its crucial role--from opioid addiction to global pandemic--and an inspiring story of her journey from struggling immigrant to being one of Time's 100 Most Inf..
21.67£
THE PERFECT SUMMER READ - From the #1 bestselling author of Hello, is this Planet Earth? and Ask an AstronautAs heard on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs__________________'What surprised me was how entirely serene I felt. I was weightless, no forces ..
15.70£
The lions stepped into her dreams, and then led her on a fascinating journey. Keli shares how her experiences with these majestic beasts allowed her to grow in so many new ways, nourishing her soul in the process. Mesmerised by their centredness, th..
18.94£
Brand: Random House
In Listening to Whales, Alexandra Morton shares spellbinding stories about her career in whale and dolphin research and what she has learned from and about these magnificent mammals. In the late 1970s, while working at Marineland in California, Alex..
18.91£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
"Gripping and true in all ways. This fine, affecting memoir will stay with me for a very long time."-Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion"In this vividly written memoir novelist O'Hara shares a painful but ultimately beautiful account of he..
17.07£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Arms..
12.40£
Brand: Pegasus Books
An energetic and electrifying narrative about all things weather--by one of today's rising meteorological stars. Get in--we're going storm-chasing! Imagine a very cool weather nerd has just pulled up to you and yelled this out the window of his cus..
31.13£
Brand: John Murray Press
'A witty, gossipy, sparkling history, full of bright jewels of anecdote... Magnificent Rebels is a triumph' THE TIMES, Book of the Week'Extraordinary... A thrilling intellectual history that reads like a racy, intelligent novel, with a cast of unfor..
28.69£
Brand: Welbeck Publishing
Marie Curie coined the term 'radioactivity', and it is to her and her husband, Pierre Curie, that we owe much of our current understanding of the very fabric of reality. Born in Warsaw, Marie was the fifth and youngest child of teachers. Her father ..
26.87£
Brand: Ohio University Press
This collection of first-person accounts by doctors, nurses, and others at the front lines in Appalachia explains how rural communities have responded to COVID-19, addresses stereotypical assumptions about and challenges within rural medical care, a..
25.01£
Brand: Springer Publishing
This biography gives an insider view of 20th century German science in the making. The discovery by Max von Laue in 1912 of interference effects demonstrated the wave-like nature of X-rays and the atomic lattice structure of crystals. This major adv..
65.57£
Brand: Simon & Schuster
The mesmerizing biography of a brilliant and eccentric surgeon and his quest to transplant the human soul.In the early days of the Cold War, a spirit of desperate scientific rivalry birthed a different kind of space race: not the race to outer space..
18.38£
Brand: Timber Press
"Jess Phoenix's work encompasses science and representation in such a delightful melding that it could only come from as spry and playful a soul as hers! Open this book and jump into the volcano!" -Patton Oswalt As a volcanologist, natural hazards e..
24.71£
Brand: Pan Macmillan
The inspiration behind ITV's hit family drama, The Durrells.My Family and Other Animals is Gerald Durrell's hilarious account of five years in his childhood spent living with his family on the island of Corfu. With snakes, scorpions, toads, owls and..
14.32£
Brand: Square Fish
A deeply affecting memoir of a father's descent into dementia, and a revelatory inquiry into why the human brain degenerates with age and what we can do about it. Almost six million Americans--about one in every ten over the age of sixty-five--have ..
28.02£
'No other book I know takes you so deeply into the secret world of the leopard' - Brian Jackman, safari writerIn 1993, game ranger Graham Cooke had the opportunity to parent two six-week-old leopard cubs. Establishing himself and his charges in a sm..
15.97£