Dr. Jonny Acheson, an Emergency Medicine Consultant in one of the UKs busiest departments, loved his job. Diagnosed with Parkinsons in 2016, his once-thriving environment worsened his symptoms. When Your Neurons Dance explores his adaptation, suppor...Loe edasi...
This is a story of an African American woman working at the highest levels in STEM. Dr. Sandra K. Johnson earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Rice University in May 1988, the first black woman to do so....Loe edasi...
In 1991, Richard R. Ernst received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his ground-breaking contributions to nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Now 87 years of age, the scientist talks about his life in a new autobiography....Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1969, this is the first biography of Susan Isaacs, the first attempt to estimate her incalculable contribution to the theory and practice of the education of young children....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Jul-2013, Kirjastus: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789814425513)
Describes the life and times of a physician-scientist over the last half-century. This book is about the authors struggle with colon cancer and the lessons he learnt from the experience. It also describes his experiences as a practicing physician a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Jan-2013, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199664542)
In this autobiography, Sir Peter Mansfield describes his life from his early childhood in war time London to his research in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and the development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. For his discoveries in MRI, Sir Peter was awar...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Nov-2012, Kirjastus: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789814390033)
Tells the story of a boy raised up in a village in Poland during World War II, with his father deported to concentration camps throughout the war. This book contains 13 chapters covering the authors childhood, education, and his career-long contrib...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Jan-2011, Kirjastus: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789814299596)
S Chandrasekhar, popularly known as Chandra, was one of the foremost scientists of the 20th century. This title describes the evolution of his scientific work and records each investigation, describing the doubts and the successes, the trials and th...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Oct-2010, Kirjastus: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789814322973)
Walter Thirring is the last offspring of an Austrian family of scientists. In this narrative, he describes how he survived the Nazi occupation and became instrumental in reconstructing European science. It also includes his encounters with the old m...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Jun-2010, Kirjastus: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789814307871)
An autobiographical account of doing scientific research in India. It provides insight to the perseverance of a scientist from a developing country....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jan-2010, Kirjastus: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789814304016)
An autobiography that presents a personal account of the life of a woman academic, over a span of 60 years, from incidents in her childhood, through the education process from primary to pre-university education in British Malaya to two doctorates f...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Jul-2007, Kirjastus: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789812770141)
Dr Wai-Fah Chen is a recognized structural engineering specialist in the field of mechanics, materials, and computing. This book traces his life journey and reflections. It presents an opportunity to understand his personal history and cultural pass...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Nov-2006, Kirjastus: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780367813871)
Entertaining and illuminating, A New Beginning in Sight provides a detailed history of ophthalmology and is essential reading for ophthalmologists, other specialists and non-specialists alike....Loe edasi...
