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Jan Gösta Waldenström and His World
The Life and Work of a Giant in Science, Medicine and Humanity
Inbunden, 2023
1243 kr
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Jan Waldenström (1906-1996) was the leading Swedish internist of the twentieth century. The first chapter of the book presents his remarkable family including five generations of physicians. Born in Stockholm, we follow JW to medical school at Uppsala University during 1924–33. In 1934–5, he spent …
Muleskinner and the Stars
The Life and Times of Milton La Salle Humason, Astronomer
Inbunden, 2015
432 kr
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This is the story of the astronomer Milton La Salle Humason, whose career was integral to developing our understanding of stellar and universal evolution and who helped to build the analytical basis for the work of such notable astronomers and astrophysicists as Paul Merrill, Walter Adams, Alfred …
Enrico Fermi
The Obedient Genius
Inbunden, 2016
1281 kr
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This biography explores the life and career of the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, which is also the story of thirty years that transformed physics and forever changed our understanding of matter and the universe: nuclear physics and elementary particle physics were born, nuclear fission was …
Muleskinner and the Stars
The Life and Times of Milton La Salle Humason, Astronomer
Häftad, 2016
407 kr
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This is the story of the astronomer Milton La Salle Humason, whose career was integral to developing our understanding of stellar and universal evolution and who helped to build the analytical basis for the work of such notable astronomers and astrophysicists as Paul Merrill, Walter Adams, Alfred …
Breathing on the Roof of the World
Memoir of a Respiratory Physiologist
Av John B. West
Inbunden, 2017
1628 kr
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This book is an informal autobiography by John West MD PhD. He obtained his medical degree in Adelaide, Australia and then spent 15 years mainly at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital in London where he, with others, used radioactive oxygen-15 to make the first description …
Enrico Fermi
The Obedient Genius
Häftad, 2018
1207 kr
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This biography explores the life and career of the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, which is also the story of thirty years that transformed physics and forever changed our understanding of matter and the universe: nuclear physics and elementary particle physics were born, nuclear fission was …
Breathing on the Roof of the World
Memoir of a Respiratory Physiologist
Av John B. West
Häftad, 2018
1580 kr
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This book is an informal autobiography by John West MD PhD. He obtained his medical degree in Adelaide, Australia and then spent 15 years mainly at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital in London where he, with others, used radioactive oxygen-15 to make the first description …
Advent of Universal Protection of Human Rights
Theo van Boven and the Transformation of the UN Role
Inbunden, 2018
877 kr
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This biography tells the story of Theo van Boven’s dynamic and courageous leadership to develop UN protection. Van Boven has been a life-long scholar and practitioner of human rights. He served in the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represented The Netherlands in the UN Commission on Human …
Judicial Independence
Memoirs of a European Judge
Inbunden, 2019
857 kr
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This book is about law, but it is not a law book. It is aimed at all interested contemporaries, lawyers and non-lawyers alike. Richly seasoned with personal memories and anecdotes, it offers unique insights into how European courts actually work.It is generally assumed that independence is part and …
Einstein and Heisenberg
The Controversy Over Quantum Physics
Inbunden, 2019
431 kr
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This is a fascinating account of two great scientists of the 20th century: Einstein and Heisenberg, discoverers, respectively, of the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. It connects the history of modern physics to the life stories of these two extraordinary physicists.These discoveries …
Ludwig Prandtl
A Life for Fluid Mechanics and Aeronautical Research
Inbunden, 2019
1316 kr
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This is a comprehensive biography of Ludwig Prandtl (1875-1953), the father of modern aerodynamics. His name is associated most famously with the boundary layer concept, but also with several other topics in 20th century fluid mechanics, particularly turbulence (Prandtl's mixing length). Among his …
Galileo Galilei
At the Threshold of the Scientific Age
Häftad, 2019
792 kr
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This new scientific biography explores the influences on, and of, Galileo’s exceptional work, thereby revealing novel connections with the worldviews of his age and beyond.Galileo Galilei's contribution to science is unquestionable. And his conflict with the church establishment of his time is no …
Willem de Sitter
Einstein's Friend and Opponent
Häftad, 2018
506 kr
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This is a thorough, very readable and excellently illustrated biography of Willem de Sitter (1872-1934), one of the most influential astronomers of his time, and also a co-author and correspondent of Einstein. Authored by a physicist and skilled writer, the book gives a beautiful and accessible …
Marcel Grossmann
For the Love of Mathematics
Häftad, 2019
346 kr
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Zurich, summer 1912. Albert Einstein has just returned from Prague to the city on the Limmat. He sends a plea for help to his former fellow student, the mathematician Marcel Grossmann (1878-1936), for he is in need of assistance with the mathematical calculations of his general theory of …
Life, Science and Times of Lev Vasilevich Shubnikov
Pioneer of Soviet Cryogenics
Häftad, 2018
962 kr
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This book describes the life, times and science of the Soviet physicist Lev Vasilevich Shubnikov (1901-1937). From 1926 to 1930 Shubnikov worked in Leiden where he was the co-discoverer of the Shubnikov-De Haas effect. After his return to the Soviet Union he founded in Kharkov in Ukraine the first …
Pietro Blaserna and the Birth of the Institute of Physics in Rome
A Gentleman Scientist at Via Panisperna
Inbunden, 2019
569 kr
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This book draws upon a wealth of archival material to present the life and achievements of Pietro Blaserna, a “gentleman scientist” whose greatest legacy is considered to be the Institute of Physics on the Via Panisperna in Rome, of which he was the creator and first director. Both in this role and …
Edith and Florence Stoney, Sisters in Radiology
Av Adrian Thomas, Francis Duck
Inbunden, 2019
521 kr
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This book explores the lives and achievements of two Irish sisters, Edith and Florence Stoney, who pioneered the use of new electromedical technologies, especially X-rays but also ultraviolet radiation and diathermy. In addition, the narrative follows several intertwined themes as experienced by …
Edith and Florence Stoney, Sisters in Radiology
Av Adrian Thomas, Francis Duck
Häftad, 2020
521 kr
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This book explores the lives and achievements of two Irish sisters, Edith and Florence Stoney, who pioneered the use of new electromedical technologies, especially X-rays but also ultraviolet radiation and diathermy. In addition, the narrative follows several intertwined themes as experienced by …
David Bohm
A Life Dedicated to Understanding the Quantum World
Inbunden, 2019
877 kr
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This authoritative biography addresses the life and work of the quantum physicist David Bohm. Although quantum physics is considered the soundest physical theory, its strange and paradoxical features have challenged - and continue to challenge - even the brightest thinkers. David Bohm dedicated his …
David Bohm
A Life Dedicated to Understanding the Quantum World
Häftad, 2020
629 kr
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This authoritative biography addresses the life and work of the quantum physicist David Bohm. Although quantum physics is considered the soundest physical theory, its strange and paradoxical features have challenged - and continue to challenge - even the brightest thinkers. David Bohm dedicated his …
Nico Bloembergen
Master of Light
Av Rob Herber
Inbunden, 2019
557 kr
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This biography is a personal portrait of one of the best-known Dutch physicists, Nicolaas Bloembergen. Born in 1920 in Dordrecht, Bloembergen studied physics in Utrecht, leaving after World War II for the United States, where he became an American citizen in 1958. At Harvard University, he …
Nico Bloembergen
Master of Light
Av Rob Herber
Häftad, 2021
557 kr
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This biography is a personal portrait of one of the best-known Dutch physicists, Nicolaas Bloembergen. Born in 1920 in Dordrecht, Bloembergen studied physics in Utrecht, leaving after World War II for the United States, where he became an American citizen in 1958. At Harvard University, he …
Obsessed by a Dream
The Physicist Rolf Widerøe – a Giant in the History of Accelerators
Inbunden, 2019
537 kr
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This Open Access biography chronicles the life and achievements of the Norwegian engineer and physicist Rolf Widerøe. Readers who meet him in the pages of this book will wonder why he isn't better known. The first of Widerøe's many pioneering contributions in the field of accelerator physics was …
Obsessed by a Dream
The Physicist Rolf Widerøe – a Giant in the History of Accelerators
Häftad, 2020
521 kr
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This Open Access biography chronicles the life and achievements of the Norwegian engineer and physicist Rolf Widerøe. Readers who meet him in the pages of this book will wonder why he isn't better known. The first of Widerøe's many pioneering contributions in the field of accelerator physics was …
Robert Le Rossignol
Engineer of the Haber Process
Inbunden, 2020
585 kr
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A principal aim of this first biography of Robert Le Rossignol, engineer of the Haber process, is to bring new evidence to the attention of the scientific community allowing a re-assessment of the origins of the 'Haber' process. However, the scope of the book is much wider and goes beyond the …
Robert Le Rossignol
Engineer of the Haber Process
Häftad, 2021
585 kr
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A principal aim of this first biography of Robert Le Rossignol, engineer of the Haber process, is to bring new evidence to the attention of the scientific community allowing a re-assessment of the origins of the 'Haber' process. However, the scope of the book is much wider and goes beyond the …
On the Waves of a Pulsating World
An Engineer’s Adventures in Innovation, Education and Politics: From Russia to the West
Inbunden, 2019
358 kr
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Vladimir Babitsky was born before the Second World War and migrated West after Perestroika. The theory of vibro-impact systems that he developed helped create the world’s safest jackhammer and other record-breaking machines. The author has lived through a series of fascinating epochs: experiencing …
On the Waves of a Pulsating World
An Engineer’s Adventures in Innovation, Education and Politics: From Russia to the West
Häftad, 2020
358 kr
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Vladimir Babitsky was born before the Second World War and migrated West after Perestroika. The theory of vibro-impact systems that he developed helped create the world’s safest jackhammer and other record-breaking machines. The author has lived through a series of fascinating epochs: experiencing …
Sophie Germain
Revolutionary Mathematician
Inbunden, 2020
693 kr
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This biography of the mathematician, Sophie Germain, paints a rich portrait of a brilliant and complex woman, the mathematics she developed, her associations with Gauss, Legendre, and other leading researchers, and the tumultuous times in which she lived.Sophie Germain stood right between Gauss and …
Sophie Germain
Revolutionary Mathematician
Häftad, 2021
686 kr
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This biography of the mathematician, Sophie Germain, paints a rich portrait of a brilliant and complex woman, the mathematics she developed, her associations with Gauss, Legendre, and other leading researchers, and the tumultuous times in which she lived.Sophie Germain stood right between Gauss and …
