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ISBN: 9780415287906 - Zeldovich Zeldovich
Sunyaev, R A

ISBN10: 9780203500163  ISBN13: 9780203500163
Publisher: Taylor and Francis CRC Press
Format: Electronic Book
Ya. B. Zeldovich was certainly one of the greatest physicists and cosmologists of the 20th century. This volume presents reminiscences of this exemplary academician, providing biographical and historical insights from colleagues who knew him best. More

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ISBN: 9780195300703 - Isaac Newton Isaac Newton
E, CHRISTIANSON GALE

ISBN10: 9780198041184  ISBN13: 9780198041184
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Quarrelsome and quirky, a disheveled recluse who ate little, slept less, and yet had an iron constitution, Isaac Newton rose from a virtually illiterate family to become one of the towering intellects of science. Now, in this fast-paced... More

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ISBN: 9780198507918 - Fred Hoyle's Universe Fred Hoyle's Universe
JANE, GREGORY

ISBN10: 9780191513589  ISBN13: 9780191513589
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Fred Hoyle was a down-to-earth, argumentative Yorkshireman who became the voice of British astronomy. For fifty years, he spoke out for astronomy in the newspapers, on government committees, at scientific meetings, in popular books and on the radio. More

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ISBN: 9780199205653 - J. D. Bernal The Sage of Science J. D. Bernal The Sage of Science
ANDREW, BROWN

ISBN10: 9780191513602  ISBN13: 9780191513602
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Desmond Bernal - or 'Sage', as he was known, was an extraordinary man by any account - a brilliant scientist, a fervent Marxist, and a colourful, bohemian figure. This biography includes previously unpublished material from his diaries... More

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ISBN: 9780300129236 - It's a Jungle Up There It's a Jungle Up There
Lowman, Margaret D ; Burgess, James; Burgess, Edward; Prance, Ghillean T

ISBN10: 9780300153415  ISBN13: 9780300153415
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Drawn to the mysteries of tropical rain forests and fascinated by life in the treetops, Meg Lowman has pursued a life of scientific exploration while raising her two sons, Edward and James Burgess. This book recounts their family adventures in... More

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ISBN: 9780195173246 - Great Physicists The Life and Times of Leading Physicists from Galileo to Hawking Great Physicists The Life and Times of Leading Physicists from Galileo to Hawking
H, CROPPER WILLIAM

ISBN10: 9780195350272  ISBN13: 9780195350272
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Here is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics. William H. Cropper vividly portrays the life and accomplishments of such giants as Galileo and Isaac Newton... More

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ISBN: 9780195306972 - Mueller's Lab Mueller's Lab
LAURA, OTIS

ISBN10: 9780199719167  ISBN13: 9780199719167
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Many scientific structures and systems are named after Johannes Mueller, one of the most respected anatomists and physiologists of the 19th century. Mueller was a mentor to many scientists of his age, many of whom would go on to make trail... More

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ISBN: 9780521640190 - Thomas Huxley Thomas Huxley
White, Paul

ISBN10: 9780511059872  ISBN13: 9780511059872
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Dubbed 'Darwin's Bulldog' for his combative role in the Victorian controversies over evolutionary theory, Thomas Huxley has been widely regarded as the epitome of the professional scientist who emerged in the nineteenth century from the... More

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ISBN: 9780230551923 - Broken Genius Broken Genius
Shurkin, J

ISBN10: 9780230552296  ISBN13: 9780230552296
Publisher: Macmillan Science
Format: Electronic Book
This is the first biography of William Shockley, founding father of Silicon Valley - one of the most significant and reviled scientists of the 20th century. Drawing upon unique access to the private Shockley archives, veteran technology historian... More

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ISBN: 9780465009039 - Brilliant Darkness Brilliant Darkness
Magueijo, Joao

ISBN10: 9780465020089  ISBN13: 9780465020089
Publisher: Basic Books
Format: Electronic Book
On the night of March 26, 1938, nuclear physicist Ettore Majorana boarded a ship, cash and passport in hand. He was never seen again. In A Brilliant Darkness, theoretical physicist Joo Magueijo tells the story of Majorana and his research group... More