Science, technology and medicine Books

From 1969 to 1974, Bruce Donald Gilham experienced a mental institution from inside its locked doors... as a psychiatric nurse. Written from the perspective of forty years later, this collection of stories lays bare the dramatic characters, colorful...

Astonishing answers to unspoken questions revealed!The life of a Hispanic boy raised in the farmlands of Northern California who achieved great heights as a professor and scientist.

Historia Cl������nica de un Caso de Rabia Declarada (1864) es un libro escrito por D. Anastasio Alvarez Gonz�����lez que relata detalladamente el caso de un paciente que fue diagnosticado con rabia. La obra est����� basada en la historia cl������nica del...

Le livre ""Histoire G�����n�����alogique et H�����raldique V12: Des Pairs de France (1833)"" de Jean Baptiste de Courcelles est une �����uvre de r�����f�����rence sur l'histoire des pairs de France. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage de g�����n�����alogie et...

Histoire De L'Arithm�����tique est un livre �����crit par Thomas Henri Martin et publi����� en 1857. Ce livre est une �����tude approfondie de l'histoire de l'arithm�����tique, qui est l'�����tude des nombres et des op�����rations math�����matiques qui...

Jules Henri Poincare was a prominent mathematician and theoretical physicist during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This biography delves into the complex inner workings of Poincare's mind and how his work contributed to the development of modern...

This meticulously researched biography traces the life of the renowned geologist and scholar Adam Sedgwick, from his early years in rural Yorkshire to his career at Cambridge University. Drawing on letters and other archival materials, John Willis Clark...

This insightful biography of Russian polymath Mikhail Lomonosov explores his remarkable contributions in fields as diverse as physics, chemistry, and poetry. Leicester vividly portrays Lomonosov's life and times, offering readers a fascinating glimpse...

Une notice sur les travaux scientifiques de Gaston Darboux, mathématicien et membre de l'Académie des sciences.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This...

This gripping account tells the story of Nathan P. Rice and his discovery of etherization, a medical breakthrough that revolutionized surgical procedures. Despite facing persistent opposition and skepticism from the medical community, Rice persisted in...

John Dalton is a comprehensive biography of one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. Written by Leonard Joseph NevillePolley, a renowned historian and scholar, this book provides a fascinating look at the life and work of John Dalton, who is...

This memoir celebrates the life and achievements of Henry Parkes, a prominent surgeon in Liverpool. With personal anecdotes, tributes, and historical information, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into Parkes's life and legacy.This work has been...

"Dr. Franklin's own excited, uproariously witty reports to his family, his friends, and his scientific colleagues in Europe and America create an incomparable portrait of science in the eighteenth century. Reading these letters fosters a new affection fo

"The Horse and Buggy Doctor follows no conventional lines. In larger part it is a book rich in anecdotes, a lively and somewhat rough-and-ready depiction of the country physician's experiences in general and Dr. Hertzler's in particular. In part it is...

Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae is both the biography of an extraordinary human being and the story of the greatest quest in the history of astronomy since the Copernican revolution. The book is a revealing portrait of scientific genius, an incisive...

As the Air France 737 landed on the worn runway of the Tan Sun Nhut airport in a western suburb of Saigon and approached the rundown terminal building, I knew we were not going to be welcomed with open arms. As we passed through the arrival room, the...

In the Foothills of Medicine shares one doctor's intriguing true story from the front lines of medicine. Dr. Robert McKersie writes vividly and passionately about the patients whom he saw, touched, and thought about during his intense inner city...

In lyrical prose, award-winning author and professional caregiver Lynn Scott shares her insights and the love she found in an unlikely place. A Joyful Encounter parallels her experience caring for Marietta, an Alzheimer patient, with that of her own...

This challenging, probing work about a woman's recovery from tubercular meningitis is both an intellectual and intensely personal exploration of the unconscious, the mental state of nothingness, identity, existentialism, medicine, religion, and most...

Manic Depressive illness, also known as Bipolar illness, is often known as the "Artist Illness". Author Brandi Kay Hunting dives into the world of the present day Manic Depressive Artist and their struggles with:·Stability·Medication...

NOT THAT MAN ANYMORE'An extraordinary and deeply moving account of a woman who lost her husband, Emmy award winner Michael Zaslow to Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS). Hufford has become a prime mover in the battle to eliminate ALS."-Mike Wallace, Cbs...

When Down is Up is the story of John Albert Wilkat, a courageous young man with Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy.He never wanted people to see him as different, even though he did realize, to some extent, that he was. He always wanted to be accepted as...

"I found it (the story) at first sad and tragic, all the more to be uplifted by its outcome. What better ever proof of a miracle, of the value of family support, of the power of faith, of the hand of God, of the unpredictability of life. All in all it's...

The author had a strong bond with American establishments, where he had all his education in China before 1949 revolution. This cost him an enduring ordeal as he had been ostracized into countryside to embark on primary farming labor and health services...

Los monstruos están en todas partes en estos días y, paradójicamente para el comienzo del tercer milenio, la creencia en sus existencias parece ser aun más fuerte. Para muchos, en la era de los satélites e internet, la presencia de estas criaturas...

Nanotechnology and the Future TransformationJohn Richardson, the author. John Richardson's new book, "The Nanotech Revolution: Transforming the Future," delves deep into the revolutionary field of nanotechnology and its far-reaching effects on...

A ScientistFrom ancient times to the present, India has been the birthplace of numerous remarkable scientists. The role models of average youth have shifted from scientists and 'Gurus' to individuals wielding power, fame, and wealth, such as politicians,...

Ich Dien means "I serve." It was the motto of the school of nursing attended by Clara Louise Kieninger. Wherever she served, Clara Louise left the mark of disciplined love even as she set the standard of perfection. Whether on the battlefield in World...

Can you trust your GP? A simple question but an imperative one. Doctors have always occupied a position of power and authority within society, and are entrusted with their patients' health, well-being, and even their lives. But are we right to lend them...

From the privations of deepest midwinter, through the new life of spring and on to the rounded fullness of summer, the passage of the seasons has ever played an intrinsic part in our lives. Even in a modern society that no longer lives by the boom...

Lisa and Doug Stringer were ministering in Massachusetts in March 2015 when a lump in Doug's throat started to bother him. "I don't feel well," he told his wife. "The lump I felt in my throat a few days ago feels larger." When they were able to see a...

In the heady days of the early 1960s, the United States found itself perched on the edge of technological, sociological, and societal precipices. Advances made by its enemies with offensive ballistic-missile systems put America in catch-up mode, both on...

Denis Nkala was a young management trainee, fresh out of graduate school and newly returned to his home country of Zimbabwe, when he met Fidelia aboard a staff bus on his way to the hospital to visit his mother. Her kindness and genuine concern for the...

CRAIG RICHARDSON: A Life Worth Living, With DisabilitiesBorn in 1981, Craig Richardson was soon diagnosed with a chromosomal deletion, and its grim prognosis. Within a year, he had stopped breathing, and began having devastating seizures. In this...

Finding Ruth is the memoir of a young boy cajoled into a profession for which he has no desire. He hates medical school and chooses pediatrics as the most interesting of bad choices. He uses his love for baseball to interact with a terminally ill eleven...