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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Paperback, Unabridged edition): Rebecca Skloot The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Paperback, Unabridged edition)
Rebecca Skloot 1
R344 R185 Discovery Miles 1 850 Save R159 (46%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . . Rebecca Skloot's fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world forever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world.

A Kingdom of Tender Colors - A Memoir of Comedy, Survival, and Love (Hardcover): Seth Greenland A Kingdom of Tender Colors - A Memoir of Comedy, Survival, and Love (Hardcover)
Seth Greenland
R553 R513 Discovery Miles 5 130 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Obsessed by a Dream - The Physicist Rolf Wideroe - a Giant in the History of Accelerators (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Aashild... Obsessed by a Dream - The Physicist Rolf Wideroe - a Giant in the History of Accelerators (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Aashild Sorheim; Translated by Frank Stewart
R1,385 R1,163 Discovery Miles 11 630 Save R222 (16%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This Open Access biography chronicles the life and achievements of the Norwegian engineer and physicist Rolf Wideroe. Readers who meet him in the pages of this book will wonder why he isn't better known. The first of Wideroe's many pioneering contributions in the field of accelerator physics was the betatron, the second, the linear accelerator, both summarized in a 27 page PhD. The betatron revolutionized the fields of cancer treatment through radiation therapy and also nondestructive testing; hospitals worldwide installed Wideroe's machine and today's modern radiation treatment equipment is based on his inventions. The most recent renaissance of the linac provides unprecedented x-ray intensities at Free Electron Laser (FEL) facilities in operation and construction worldwide. . Wideroe's story also includes a fair share of drama, particularly during World War II when both Germans and the Allies vied for his collaboration. Wideroe held leading positions in multinational industry groups and was one of the consultants for building the world's largest nuclear laboratory, CERN, in Switzerland. He gained over 200 patents, received several honorary doctorates and a number of international awards. The author, a professional writer and maker of TV documentaries, has gained access to hitherto restricted archives in several countries, which provided a wealth of new material and insights, in particular in relation to the war years. She tells here a gripping and illuminating story.

Biographies of Scientists for Sci-Tech Libraries - Adding Faces to the Facts (Paperback): Tony Stankus Biographies of Scientists for Sci-Tech Libraries - Adding Faces to the Facts (Paperback)
Tony Stankus
R699 Discovery Miles 6 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book, first published in 1991, is an invaluable guide to biographies of scientists from a wide variety of scientific fields. The books selected for this highly descriptive bibliography help librarians shatter readers' stereotypes of scientists as monomaniacal and uninteresting people by providing interesting and provocative titles to capture the interest of students and other readers. The biographies included in this very special bibliography were carefully selected for their humour and human insights to give future scientists encouragement, inspiration, and an understanding of the origins of particular scientific fields. These biographies are unique in that they explore the whole personality of the scientist, giving students a glimpse at the variety and drama of the lives beyond well-known contributions or Nobel prize accomplishments.

Forks In The Road: A Life In Physics (Hardcover): Stanley Deser Forks In The Road: A Life In Physics (Hardcover)
Stanley Deser
R1,443 Discovery Miles 14 430 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Stanley Deser is a preeminent theoretical physicist who made monumental contributions to general relativity, quantum field theory and high energy physics; he is a co-creator of supergravity. This is his personal story, intended for a broad, scientifically curious audience, with emphasis on the historic figures that defined the modern aspects of the field.Beginning with an account of his early life in Europe during the fateful period leading up to WW2, it continues with his family's dramatic escape from the Nazis through their arrival to the US. His education at public institutions including Brooklyn College nurtured his love of physics from an early age. He earned his PhD at Harvard and spent fruitful postdoc years at the Institute for Advanced Study and the Niels Bohr Institute, where he met many of the luminaries of the field. Then followed a long career at Brandeis University and many visits to foreign institutions.His work earned him many awards and led to exotic experiences detailed in the later chapters. The appendices contain semi-technical descriptions of some essential physics, as well as a more general commentary about the role of physics and physicists in understanding the universe.

Forks In The Road: A Life In Physics (Paperback): Stanley Deser Forks In The Road: A Life In Physics (Paperback)
Stanley Deser
R691 Discovery Miles 6 910 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Stanley Deser is a preeminent theoretical physicist who made monumental contributions to general relativity, quantum field theory and high energy physics; he is a co-creator of supergravity. This is his personal story, intended for a broad, scientifically curious audience, with emphasis on the historic figures that defined the modern aspects of the field.Beginning with an account of his early life in Europe during the fateful period leading up to WW2, it continues with his family's dramatic escape from the Nazis through their arrival to the US. His education at public institutions including Brooklyn College nurtured his love of physics from an early age. He earned his PhD at Harvard and spent fruitful postdoc years at the Institute for Advanced Study and the Niels Bohr Institute, where he met many of the luminaries of the field. Then followed a long career at Brandeis University and many visits to foreign institutions.His work earned him many awards and led to exotic experiences detailed in the later chapters. The appendices contain semi-technical descriptions of some essential physics, as well as a more general commentary about the role of physics and physicists in understanding the universe.

Confessions of a Trauma Junkie - My Life as a Nurse Paramedic (Hardcover): Sherry Jones Mayo Confessions of a Trauma Junkie - My Life as a Nurse Paramedic (Hardcover)
Sherry Jones Mayo
R633 Discovery Miles 6 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ride in the back of the ambulance with Sherry Jones Mayo
Share the innermost feelings of emergency services workers as they encountertrauma, tragedy, redemption, and even a little humor. Sherry Jones Mayo has beenan Emergency Medical Technician, Emergerncy Room Nurse, and an on-scene criticalincident debriefer for Hurricane Katrina. Most people who have observed orexperienced physical, mental or emotional crisis have single perspectives. Thisbook allows readers to stand on both sides of the gurney; it details a progressionfrom innocence to enlightened caregiver to burnout, glimpsing into each stage personallyand professionally.
Emergency Service Professionals Praise "Confessions of a Trauma Junkie"
"A must read for those who choose to subject themselves to life at its best and atits worst. Sherry offers insight in the Emergency Response business that most peoplecannot imagine."
--Maj Gen Richard L. Bowling, former Commanding General, USAF Auxiliary (CAP)
"Sherry Mayo shares experiences and unique personal insights of first responders.Told with poetry, sensitivity and a touch of humor at times, all are real, providingviews into realities EMTs, Nurses, and other first responders encounter. Recommendedreading for anyone working with trauma, crises, critical incidents in anyprofession."
-- George W. Doherty, MS, LPC, President Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Institute
"Sherry has captured the essence of working with people who have witnessedtrauma. It made me cry, it made me laugh, it helped me to understand differentlythe work of our Emergency Services Personnel. I consider this a 'MUST READ' forall of us who wish to be helpful to those who work in these professions."
--Dennis Potter, LMSW, CAAC, FAAETS, ICISF Instructor
"Confessions of a Trauma Junkie is an honest, powerful, and moving account ofthe emotional realities of helping others Sherry Mayo gives us a privileged lookinto the healing professions she knows firsthand. The importance of peer supportis beautifully illustrated. This book will deepen the readers respect for those whoserve."
--Victor Welzant, PsyD, Director of Education and Training, The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc
Learn more at www.SherryJonesMayo.com
Available in trade paper, hardcover, and eBook formats
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MED003010 Medical: Allied Health Services - Emergency Medical Services
BIO017520 Biography & Autobiography: Medical - General
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Intern in the Promised Land - Cook County Hospital (Hardcover, New): Douglas R. Gracey Intern in the Promised Land - Cook County Hospital (Hardcover, New)
Douglas R. Gracey
R545 R504 Discovery Miles 5 040 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Travel back to the 1960s and walk the halls of Chicago's Cook County Hospital with Douglas R. Gracey, a medical intern eager to learn the ways of medicine, help patients and impress his colleagues.

Back then, medical education was different. Diagnosis was not so certain, treatment options were severely limited and patients, for the most part, expected less from their doctors.

The patients at Cook County Hospital had to deal with poverty, racial discrimination and social stigma in addition to the symptoms caused by their diseases. The county system was the only realistic option for pregnant black women and other marginalized members of society. The hospital also faces dilemma as they suffer from poor management, rampant patronage, payroll padding and contract rigging.

Join Gracey in Chicago, where he must learn how to succeed in a broken system while providing care to his patients. Along the way, find out how medical education has changed in Intern in the Promised Land: True Stories from Cook County Hospital.

Spaceship Orion And Other Scientific Explorations, The (Hardcover): Jeremy Bernstein Spaceship Orion And Other Scientific Explorations, The (Hardcover)
Jeremy Bernstein
R1,145 Discovery Miles 11 450 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A curation of essays penned by Jeremy Bernstein, this book is a treasure trove of personal stories ranging from Bernstein's expedition to Mount Everest, cherished encounters with the fathers of Quantum Mechanics (Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac and Erwin Schrodinger), to a jovial collaboration with Freeman Dyson on the Orion spaceship project.This essay collection is a door into several pieces of scientific explorations as well as the celebrated life of Jeremy Bernstein, a physicist, professor and phenomenal writer. Readers will enjoy this book as both an autobiography and a popular science reading.

2 - 3 Tears - One Woman's Dauntless Pursuit of Love (Hardcover): Suzie Klimt 2 - 3 Tears - One Woman's Dauntless Pursuit of Love (Hardcover)
Suzie Klimt
R569 Discovery Miles 5 690 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Hamilton Bailey: A Surgeon's Life (Hardcover): Adrian Marston Hamilton Bailey: A Surgeon's Life (Hardcover)
Adrian Marston
R3,014 R2,579 Discovery Miles 25 790 Save R435 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Hamilton Bailey was a legendary figure during his lifetime. He is still perceived as a great surgeon, though his fame rests less upon his prowess in the operating theatre than on his qualities as a writer and teacher. His textbooks, although constantly rewritten and updated, still command worldwide sales. Of all those who have ever written about surgery, Bailey is without doubt by far the most widely read. A large, strong man, with an air of self-confidence and authority, he had no difficulty in dominating those around him, but this imposing physique concealed a troubled and fragile mind. There was a family background of mental illness, and an accumulation of stresses and tragedies finally broke him down. What followed represents one of the most remarkable case histories in twentieth-century psychiatry. Originally published in 1999, this biography tells the story of Bailey's extraordinary life, in the light of much fresh evidence and original research.

"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" - Further Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback): Richard P. Feynman, Ralph... "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" - Further Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton
R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Like the "funny, brilliant, bawdy" (The New Yorker) "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" this book's many stories-some funny, others intensely moving-display Richard P. Feynman's unquenchable thirst for adventure and unparalleled ability to recount important moments from his life. Here we meet Feynman's first wife, Arlene, who taught him of love's irreducible mystery as she lay dying in a hospital bed while he worked on the atomic bomb at nearby Los Alamos. We listen to the fascinating narrative of the investigation into the space shuttle Challenger's explosion in 1986 and relive the moment when Feynman revealed the disaster's cause through an elegant experiment: dropping a ring of rubber into a glass of cold water and pulling it out, misshapen. In "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century lets us see the man behind the genius.

Farm Girl: A Memoir (Paperback): Megan Baxter Farm Girl: A Memoir (Paperback)
Megan Baxter
R500 Discovery Miles 5 000 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Origin Story - The Trials Of Charles Darwin (Paperback): Howard Markel Origin Story - The Trials Of Charles Darwin (Paperback)
Howard Markel
R465 Discovery Miles 4 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A lively account of how Darwin’s work on natural selection transformed science and society, and an investigation into the mysterious illness that plagued its author.

By early morning of June 30, 1860, a large crowd began to congregate in front of Oxford University’s brand-new Museum of Natural History. The occasion was the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and the subject of discussion was Charles Darwin’s new treatise: fact or fiction?

Darwin, a simultaneously reclusive and intellectually audacious squire from Kent, claimed to have solved “that mystery of mysteries,” introducing a logical explanation of the origin of species―how they adapted, even transmogrified, through natural selection. At stake, on that summer’s day of spirited debate, was the very foundation of modern biology, not to mention the future of the church. Without fear of exaggeration, Darwin’s thesis would forever change our understanding of the life sciences and the natural world. And yet the author himself was nowhere to be found in the debate hall―instead, he was miles away, seeking respite from a spate of illnesses that had plagued him for much of his adult life.

In Origin Story, medical historian Howard Markel recounts the two-year period (1858 to 1860) of Darwin’s writing of On the Origin of Species through its spectacular success and controversy. Simultaneously, Markel delves into the mysterious health symptoms Darwin developed, combing the literature to emerge with a cogent diagnosis of a case that has long fascinated medical historians. The result is a colorful portrait of the man, his friends and enemies, and his seminal work, which resonates to this day.

Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee (Hardcover): Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee (Hardcover)
Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth; Edited by Andras Miklos Nagy
R623 Discovery Miles 6 230 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In 1853, Langstroth published The Hive and the Honey-Bee (Northampton (Massachusetts): Hopkins, Bridgman, 1853), which provided practical advice on bee management and, is the basis of this publication. Langstroth revolutionized the beekeeping industry by using bee space in his top-opening hive. In the summer of 1851 he found that, by leaving an even, approximately bee-sized space between the top of the frames holding the honeycomb and the flat coverboard above, he was able quite easily to remove the coverboard, which was normally well cemented to the frames with propolis, making separation hard to achieve. He later used this discovery to make the frames themselves easily removable. If a small space was left (less than 1/4 inch or 6.4 mm) the bees filled it with propolis; on the other hand, when a larger space was left (more than 3/8 inch or 9.5 mm) the bees filled it with comb. On 5 October 1852, Langstroth received a patent on the first movable frame beehive in America. A Philadelphia cabinetmaker, Henry Bourquin, a fellow bee enthusiast, made Langstroth's first hives for him and by 1852 Langstroth had more than a hundred of these hives and began selling them where he could. Langstroth spent many years attempting to defend his patent without success. He never earned any royalties because the patent was easily and widely infringed. Langstroth hives are still in common use today.

Chief Engineer - The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge (Paperback): Erica Wagner Chief Engineer - The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge (Paperback)
Erica Wagner 1
R322 R295 Discovery Miles 2 950 Save R27 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A New Statesman Book of the Year for 2017

His father conceived of the Brooklyn Bridge, but it was Washington Roebling who built this iconic feat of human engineering after his father's tragic death. It has stood for more than 130 years and is now as much a part of New York as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. Yet, as recognisable as the bridge is, its builder is too often forgotten.

The Chief Engineer is a brilliant examination of the life of one of America's most distinguished engineers. Roebling's experience as an engineer building bridges in the Union Army during the civil War has never before been documented, and played a central role in the bridge that links Brooklyn and Manhattan. The Brooklyn Bridge took fourteen dramatic years to complete, and the personal story that lay behind that construction is told here for the first time.

The Chief Engineer is an engaging portrait of a brilliant and driven man, and of the era in which he lived. Meticulously researched, and written with revealing archival material only recently uncovered, including Washington Roebling's own memoir that was previously thought to be lost to history, in The Chief Engineer Erica Wagner relates the fascinating history of the bridge and its maker.

Henry Dresser and Victorian Ornithology - Birds, Books and Business (Hardcover): Henry A. McGhie Henry Dresser and Victorian Ornithology - Birds, Books and Business (Hardcover)
Henry A. McGhie
R886 Discovery Miles 8 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the life of Henry Dresser (1838-1915), one of the most productive British ornithologists of the mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and is largely based on previously unpublished archival material. Dresser travelled widely and spent time in Texas during the American Civil War. He built enormous collections of skins and eggs of birds from Europe, North America and Asia, which formed the basis of over 100 publications, including some of the finest bird books of the late nineteenth century. Dresser was a leading figure in scientific society and in the early bird conservation movement; his correspondence and diaries reveal the inner workings, motivations, personal relationships and rivalries that existed among the leading ornithologists. -- .

Small Science: Baracktrema Obamai And Other Stories Of A Life In Parasitology & Higher Education (Hardcover): Thomas Reid Platt Small Science: Baracktrema Obamai And Other Stories Of A Life In Parasitology & Higher Education (Hardcover)
Thomas Reid Platt
R1,699 Discovery Miles 16 990 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

'Long, thin, and cool as hell' was how parasitologist Thomas Platt described the new genus and species of trematode (Baracktrema obamai) he named in honor of the 44th USA president and his 5th cousin, Barack Obama. The story of Baracktrema was picked up by over 200 news outlets worldwide, providing a fitting swansong to an illustrious career revisited in this part-personal and part-scientific memoir.Platt's road to success was not initially smooth. Faced with a brutal tenure rejection at the start of his career, he was told that 'You are not the type of person we want to invest in for the next 30 years.' After a brief stint in the business world, Platt bounced back in spectacular fashion by embarking on a successful 28-year career at Saint Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana. He traveled extensively in search of new species of parasitic worms, from neighboring Costa Rica to the far-flung reaches of Australia and Malaysia. His love of turtles and their parasites led to the discovery of 30 new species, 11 new genera, and international recognition. He provides perspectives on the places and people encountered along the way, details of interactions with wildlife, as well as interesting and accessible insights into parasite behavior in the external environment and with their hosts.SMALL SCIENCE is an inspiring story of an unexceptional high school student's path through college, graduate school, the academy, and a successful research career in 'small science' - the science of parasites, and the science of work accomplished in the margins, in the time carved out from a heavy teaching load, committee assignments, and mentoring dedicated undergraduate women in the joy of scientific discovery.

Small Science: Baracktrema Obamai And Other Stories Of A Life In Parasitology & Higher Education (Paperback): Thomas Reid Platt Small Science: Baracktrema Obamai And Other Stories Of A Life In Parasitology & Higher Education (Paperback)
Thomas Reid Platt
R794 Discovery Miles 7 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

'Long, thin, and cool as hell' was how parasitologist Thomas Platt described the new genus and species of trematode (Baracktrema obamai) he named in honor of the 44th USA president and his 5th cousin, Barack Obama. The story of Baracktrema was picked up by over 200 news outlets worldwide, providing a fitting swansong to an illustrious career revisited in this part-personal and part-scientific memoir.Platt's road to success was not initially smooth. Faced with a brutal tenure rejection at the start of his career, he was told that 'You are not the type of person we want to invest in for the next 30 years.' After a brief stint in the business world, Platt bounced back in spectacular fashion by embarking on a successful 28-year career at Saint Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana. He traveled extensively in search of new species of parasitic worms, from neighboring Costa Rica to the far-flung reaches of Australia and Malaysia. His love of turtles and their parasites led to the discovery of 30 new species, 11 new genera, and international recognition. He provides perspectives on the places and people encountered along the way, details of interactions with wildlife, as well as interesting and accessible insights into parasite behavior in the external environment and with their hosts.SMALL SCIENCE is an inspiring story of an unexceptional high school student's path through college, graduate school, the academy, and a successful research career in 'small science' - the science of parasites, and the science of work accomplished in the margins, in the time carved out from a heavy teaching load, committee assignments, and mentoring dedicated undergraduate women in the joy of scientific discovery.

Go By Boat - Stories of a Maine Island Doctor (Hardcover): Dr. Chuck Radis Go By Boat - Stories of a Maine Island Doctor (Hardcover)
Dr. Chuck Radis
R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Fresh out of training, Dr. Chuck Radis moves with his wife and daughter to Peaks Island, Maine, to fulfill a Public Health scholarship obligation. Absent-minded and initially oblivious to island mores, Dr. Radis slowly adapts to a medical practice where x-rays and advanced laboratory testing are available only on the mainland. When he travels to the outer islands of Casco Bay for house calls, he relies on his physical examination skills and a tackle box of emergency medications to successfully manage his patients. With stories ranging from hilarious to heart breaking, Go by Boat is a respite from contemporary living, immersing the reader in the distinct culture of Maine island communities. Come along with Dr. Radis as he finds acceptance and friendship on the hardscrabble islands of Casco Bay.

The Boy Who Played with Fusion - Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting and How to Make a Star (Paperback, Main): Tom Clynes The Boy Who Played with Fusion - Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting and How to Make a Star (Paperback, Main)
Tom Clynes 1
R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

By the age of nine, Taylor had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. At eleven, his grandmother's cancer diagnosis inspired him to seek new ways to produce medical isotopes. And by fourteen, Taylor had built a reactor which produces temperatures hotter than the sun, becoming the youngest person in history to achieve nuclear fusion. How did Taylor manage all this? And how did his parents find the courage to give their son the support and freedom he needed to succeed? Here is an astonishing story of audacity, perseverance and passion -- and a boy whose world seems to have no limits.

Charles Darwin - The Fragmentary Man (Paperback): Geoffrey West Charles Darwin - The Fragmentary Man (Paperback)
Geoffrey West
R1,158 Discovery Miles 11 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This biography of Charles Darwin, first published in 1937, re-lives Darwin's life year by year, allowing the reader to share his experiences. The book displays Darwin's ideas and how they developed and grew over time. This title will be of great interest to students of the history of science and philosophy.

Vito Volterra (Hardcover, 2013 ed.): Angelo Guerraggio, Giovanni Paoloni Vito Volterra (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Angelo Guerraggio, Giovanni Paoloni; Translated by Kim Williams
R1,084 Discovery Miles 10 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Vito Volterra (1860-1940) was one of the most famous representatives of Italian science in his day. Angelo Guerragio and Giovanni Paolini analyze Volterra s most important contributions to mathematics and their applications, as well as his outstanding organizational achievements in scientific policy. Volterra was one of the founding fathers of functional analysis and the author of fundamental contributions in the field of integral equations, elasticity theory and population dynamics (Lotka-Volterra model). He delivered keynote lectures on the occasion of the International Congresses of Mathematicians held in Paris (1900), Rome (1908), Strasbourg (1920) and Bologna (1928). He became involved in the scientific development in united Italy and was appointed senator of the kingdom in 1905. One of his numerous non-mathematical activities was founding the National Research Council (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR).During the First World War he was active in military research. After the war he took a clear stand against fascism, which was the starting point for his exclusion. In 1926 he resigned as president of the world famous Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and was later on excluded from the academy. In 1931 he was one of the few university lecturers who denied to swear an oath of allegiance to the fascistic regime. In 1938 he suffered from the impact of the racial laws. The authors draw a comprehensive picture of Vito Volterra, both as a great mathematician and an organizer of science.

Conversations with My Son - A Diary (Hardcover): Terryann Fisher, Troy Michaels Conversations with My Son - A Diary (Hardcover)
Terryann Fisher, Troy Michaels
R552 R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

TerryAnn Fisher never dreamed she would outlive her son. In her compelling memoir, Conversations with my Son, she chronicles her life from the day she received the phone call that would change her life forever to the moment her son Troy took his last breath. This is the story of TerryAnn and Troy and their journey together. TerryAnn s son, Troy, was diagnosed with AIDS when he applied for the Coast Guard and his mother hoped that the recruiter was kind when he revealed the blood test results to Troy. With an honest and self-disclosing style, TerryAnn chronicles Troy s symptoms, his physical and emotional struggles, and her own fears. Conversations with my Son shares one mother s poignant anecdotes with the hope that she can help others deal with the myriad of emotions that accompany caring for a terminally ill loved one.

Shattered Earth - Approaching Extinction (Hardcover): Ian Prattis Shattered Earth - Approaching Extinction (Hardcover)
Ian Prattis
R782 R721 Discovery Miles 7 210 Save R61 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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