Science, technology and medicine Books

Anthony George Maldon (AGM) Michell was undoubtedly one of the greatest Australian engineers. A prolific inventor, he is best known for his tilting pad thrust bearing. It remains one of the greatest inventions in lubrication science, and revolutionised...

The Life of John Collins Warren V1 is a biographical book about the life and achievements of John Collins Warren, compiled by Edward Warren and published in 1860. John Collins Warren was a prominent American physician and surgeon who lived in the 19th...

In March 1807, Nathaniel Wallich, a young Danish surgeon left his home in Copenhagen towards India. During the troubles of the Napoleonic Wars, it was not possible to foresee, that he was to emerge as one of the most prominent nineteenth century...

As a Pennsylvania Game Warden for more than three decades, Wasserman investigated thousands of game law violations and arrested many violent career poachers. But another big part of his job was in the public relations and education field where he penned...

Over the past four decades, Bruce L. Smith has worked with most big-game species in some of the American West's most breathtaking and challenging landscapes. In Stories from Afield, readers join Smith on his adventures as a naturalist, sportsman, and...

Das Buch ""Die Tiecksche Shaksperekritik"" von Delius, Nikolaus, wurde 1846 ver������ffentlicht und ist eine kritische Analyse der Shakespeare-Kritik von Ludwig Tieck. Delius untersucht Tiecks Ansichten zu verschiedenen Themen wie Stil,...

""Eminent Physicians: With Biographical Notes Of Members Of The Paris Academy Of Medicine"" is a book written by Angelo Mariani and published in 1902. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the most prominent physicians of the time who were...

From the Edge of the Cliff: Understanding the Two Phases of Recovery and Becoming the Person You're Meant To Be" is a well-written book that provides those recovering from drug and/or alcohol abuse with practical lessons on how to understand and...

Available for the first time in paperback, Eva Salber's The Mind Is Not the Heart (originally published in 1989), is the personal and political story of a white, Jewish, South African woman who practiced medicine for over fifty years among the...

When she first heard the heart-halting words: "You have breast cancer," Nardeane was devastated. She couldn't wake up from this nightmare of a reality no matter how long she waited or how hard she tried. With an overwhelming flux of emotions, she spent...

AND THEN THE PHONE RANG is an inspirational autobiography that tells the story of Dr. Ronald Hiller's journey of faith and commitment to God's call on his life. Fascinating stories of life as a missionary doctor in Nigeria and Cameroon highlight the...

Journeying with Jim is an intimate, detailed account of a wife's experience with her soul mate's Dementia. As Noreen Peters quickly learned, a diagnosis of Dementia throws life into disarray for two people-patient and caregiver. Together she and her...

Question: Does the world really need another breast cancer memoir?Answer: Probably not.But writing is the only way Carolyn Redman knew how to process a heartbreaking breast cancer diagnosis and the year-long treatments that ensued. These honest,...

This “stay positive in difficult times” story is about a man with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) and his wife who writes about their inspiring journey in her blog called ALS With Courage.In Hold On, Let Go, Nadine Sands...

Las memorias best seller que inspiraron la película Cielo de Octubre, Rocket Boys es una autobiografía poderosa y una historia luminosa de la vida en la década de 1960, del amor de una madre y del temor de un padre, de un grupo de jóvenes que soñaban con...

One of the great pleasures of my work in mental health as Chair of Bell Let's Talk is meeting so many passionate mental health advocates. Audley Coley is one such advocate and his book, both informative and rich in storytelling, highlights his commitment...

When you see an ambulance speeding by, lights and sirens wailing, have you ever wondered what is happening inside? Have you ever wondered what challenges paramedics face daily? What type of calls they deal with? Well, now you will find out. Luciano Nisi...

Ce livre, intitul����� ""Lettres Choisies De Feu M. Guy Patin V1: Docteur En Medecine (1692)"", est une collection de lettres �����crites par Guy Patin, un c�����l�����bre m�����decin fran�����ais du XVIIe si�����cle. Ce volume contient une s�����lection...

""The Life of John Hunter"" is a biographical account of the renowned Scottish surgeon and anatomist John Hunter, written by his friend and colleague Jesse Foot. First published in 1794, the book chronicles Hunter's life and achievements, from his early...

As an Alaskan living in a small isolated island town, the author, Marcel LaPerriere faces some challenges that he would not face if he lived in a larger city with the medical facilities that a larger city can afford. Through a series of essays LaPerriere...

Augustus Oldfield trekked throughout southern Australia from 1845 to 1862 amassing plant specimens that would be used to describe over 700 species new to science, including twenty-one that would ultimately bear his name.On the lower Murchison...

This author has saved lives with her uncensored personal journal.If you're a mother, aunty, grandmother, daughter, sister, cousin, friend or co-worker of a woman then you need this surprising, informative and delightful book. It's confronting that 1:7...

Research efforts to discover cancer therapies for kids dates back to the end of World War II after many experiments with mustard gas and nitrogen mustards. In 1947, Dr. Sydney Farber's group published a paper on the effects of a folic acid antagonist,...

The book starts off with the plight of Edward Ward, a BBC correspondent, who, with his sound technician, was stranded in the Bishop Rock Lighthouse following a Christmas Day broadcast in 1946. Their departure was delayed for a month by raging storms...

One man's 'normal' may be another man's 'nighmare'. As if living with abusive parents wasn't bad enough, I was a sickly child who was bullied in the neighbourhood and at school while living a hellish nightmare with undiagnosed...

A percentage of the profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation"John Robert Wiltgen, the author of this open and intensely intimate memoir describes his lifelong battle with type 1 diabetes, a chronic...

Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. This book gives an account of his life and theories.

Written in simple and lucid language, these biographical sketches of great scientists have been put together for ready reference. History of the world is replete with such instances of such men and women who went against all the odds and achieved great...

Der im Jahr 1531 geborene Leonhard Thurneysser erlernte als Sohn eines Goldschmieds in Basel die Kunst seines Vaters, übernahm aber bald die Stellung eines Famulus bei Dr. Huber, welchem er Arzneien bereiten und Schriften des Paracelsus vorlesen musste...

Beginnings are scary; endings are usually sad. Fortunately, it is the middle that counts the most. I learned on August 4th of 2013 to give hope a chance for an ending to a terrifying experience. At age 37, my older son, Brad, suffered a catastrophic...

“Brings principles of spiritual mindfulness and stewardship to the environmental discussion” – Publishers WeeklySocial activist, environmentalist, engineer, spiritual seeker – some of the many hats Jerry Yudelson wore during an...

Charles W. Gehrke was unflinching. Determined. Persistent. He grew up among the poorest of the poor, yet carried only happy memories of those early years. Out of necessity he learned the value of hard work, as he and his brother helped support their...

This is a true story about my near-death experience due to a brain aneurysm and stroke that damaged or destroyed thirty percent of the left hemisphere of my brain. After weeks in a coma, the grim prognosis was that death was expected and survival meant...

If you have ever wondered how veterinarians interact with your pets, follow the travels of a house call practitioner as she visits them in their own environment. See how she puts them at ease, so that a cat visits the food dish shortly after being...

I'm Emilia. I'm 16. My life isn't how I thought it would be. What about yours? This book talks about depression, eating disorders, and body image. It's been a long time coming, but it's finally time to be brave.

60 Year Journey with Lambretta chronicles the career of Dick Sedgley and his 60-year-long love affair with Lambretta. Detailing the early days as a mechanic for Lambretta, his time in national service and his eventual rise to president of the GT 200...

John Crosfield (1915-2012) CBE DSc MAThis is the story of the long life of an inventor, artist, entrepreneur and family historian born into a prominent Quaker family, as seen through his own eyes. His correspondence begins at the age of nine, when he is...

Jim Spain dedicated his life to education, teaching over 40 years of college level courses, between Michigan Technological University, University of British Columbia, Eastern Michigan University, and Clemson University.He had obtained a position on the...

An amazing true story of how the author E. Michal Gayer, through the application of Biblical healing principles, was healed from an aggressive, incurable, life-threatening brain tumor. This account takes Biblical understanding beyond the surface to the...

Psychiatrist and author Daniel Mierlak, who introduced us to his brand of gritty, clinical storytelling in Twelve Cases, now turns his full attention to drug and alcohol addiction in The Spanish Molecule. Through actual cases from his twenty-five years...

In No Safe Refuge, Terry Grosz continues the chronicle of his remarkable career defending America's wild creatures from those hunters, poachers, and commercial market hunters who just didn't know when to stop. Since his first days as a game...

The inspiring and thrilling stories of a few of God’s miracles observed over many decades of healing ministry to multiplied thousands around the world will encourage you to trust God more completely. It bears glad witness to God’s unfailing...

Making the decision to write this book was no small undertaking. Not only would I be telling my story in the aftermath of a controversial firing, but I would also be telling it in the aftermath of one of the more controversial administrations in US...