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Nothing Good Happens After Midnight - Confessions Of A 911 Dispatcher (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print... Nothing Good Happens After Midnight - Confessions Of A 911 Dispatcher (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Phillip Tomasso
R589 R495 Discovery Miles 4 950 Save R94 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Personal Essay on the History of Neonatal Nursing - Looking Back to See the Road Ahead (Paperback): Kaye Spence A Personal Essay on the History of Neonatal Nursing - Looking Back to See the Road Ahead (Paperback)
Kaye Spence
R532 R459 Discovery Miles 4 590 Save R73 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Inventions, Discoveries, and Legendary Scientists - 2800 STEM Icons to Admire and Emulate (Paperback): Luigi Fermi Inventions, Discoveries, and Legendary Scientists - 2800 STEM Icons to Admire and Emulate (Paperback)
Luigi Fermi
R948 Discovery Miles 9 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
That's Just My Baby Daddy! 12 Men Who've Contributed Greatly to Society (Paperback): Lawrence Jean-Louis That's Just My Baby Daddy! 12 Men Who've Contributed Greatly to Society (Paperback)
Lawrence Jean-Louis
R329 R267 Discovery Miles 2 670 Save R62 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
One Day at a Time (Paperback): Neska Melendez One Day at a Time (Paperback)
Neska Melendez
R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Heal Me - In Search of a Cure (Paperback): Julia Buckley Heal Me - In Search of a Cure (Paperback)
Julia Buckley 1
R283 R232 Discovery Miles 2 320 Save R51 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Like a third of the UK population, Julia has a chronic pain condition. According to her doctors, it can't be cured. She doesn't believe them. She does believe in miracles, though. It's just a question of tracking one down. Julia's search for a cure takes her on a global quest, exploring the boundaries between science, psychology and faith with practitioners on the fringes of conventional, traditional and alternative medicine. Raising vital questions about the modern medical system, Heal Me is also a story about identity in a system skewed against female patients, and the struggle to retain a sense of self under the medical gaze.

Grab the Spark - How My Parkinson's Journey Sparked My Creativity Through Stories, Poems and Photos (Hardcover): Joe W Van... Grab the Spark - How My Parkinson's Journey Sparked My Creativity Through Stories, Poems and Photos (Hardcover)
Joe W Van Koeverden
R866 Discovery Miles 8 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Story of My Rebirth (Paperback): Sumita Jadhav The Story of My Rebirth (Paperback)
Sumita Jadhav
R346 Discovery Miles 3 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Memoirs of a Doctor (Paperback): Andrew C S Koh Memoirs of a Doctor (Paperback)
Andrew C S Koh
R371 Discovery Miles 3 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jada (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Carolyn Tyus, Patrick Thornton Jada (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Carolyn Tyus, Patrick Thornton
R715 Discovery Miles 7 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nothing Good Happens After Midnight - Confessions Of A 911 Dispatcher (Hardcover): Phillip Tomasso Nothing Good Happens After Midnight - Confessions Of A 911 Dispatcher (Hardcover)
Phillip Tomasso
R824 R680 Discovery Miles 6 800 Save R144 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Living the Miracle - How I Learned to See the Miracles along My Journey through Cancer (Paperback): Durell Tuberville Living the Miracle - How I Learned to See the Miracles along My Journey through Cancer (Paperback)
Durell Tuberville
R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cancer - Our Journey: Love, Grief, and Healing in Lockdown (Paperback): Diane Hughes Cancer - Our Journey: Love, Grief, and Healing in Lockdown (Paperback)
Diane Hughes
R710 Discovery Miles 7 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III - Multiple Universes, Mutual Assured Destruction, and the Meltdown of a Nuclear Family... The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III - Multiple Universes, Mutual Assured Destruction, and the Meltdown of a Nuclear Family (Paperback)
Peter Byrne
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Peter Byrne tells the story of Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), whose "many worlds" theory of multiple universes has had a profound impact on physics and philosophy. Using Everett's unpublished papers (recently discovered in his son's basement) and dozens of interviews with his friends, colleagues, and surviving family members, Byrne paints, for the general reader, a detailed portrait of the genius who invented an astonishing way of describing our complex universe from the inside. Everett's mathematical model (called the "universal wave function") treats all possible events as "equally real", and concludes that countless copies of every person and thing exist in all possible configurations spread over an infinity of universes: many worlds. Afflicted by depression and addictions, Everett strove to bring rational order to the professional realms in which he played historically significant roles. In addition to his famous interpretation of quantum mechanics, Everett wrote a classic paper in game theory; created computer algorithms that revolutionized military operations research; and performed pioneering work in artificial intelligence for top secret government projects. He wrote the original software for targeting cities in a nuclear hot war; and he was one of the first scientists to recognize the danger of nuclear winter. As a Cold Warrior, he designed logical systems that modeled "rational" human and machine behaviors, and yet he was largely oblivious to the emotional damage his irrational personal behavior inflicted upon his family, lovers, and business partners. He died young, but left behind a fascinating record of his life, including correspondence with such philosophically inclined physicists as Niels Bohr, Norbert Wiener, and John Wheeler. These remarkable letters illuminate the long and often bitter struggle to explain the paradox of measurement at the heart of quantum physics. In recent years, Everett's solution to this mysterious problem - the existence of a universe of universes - has gained considerable traction in scientific circles, not as science fiction, but as an explanation of physical reality.

Stigmatized - A Hero's Journey (Paperback): Ashley Wynn-Grimes Stigmatized - A Hero's Journey (Paperback)
Ashley Wynn-Grimes
R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Victors Over Leukemia (Hardcover): Estrellita H Redmon Victors Over Leukemia (Hardcover)
Estrellita H Redmon
R1,083 Discovery Miles 10 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From Survivor to Surgeon - A Refugee's Memoir of Perseverance and Purpose (Paperback): Paul Luu From Survivor to Surgeon - A Refugee's Memoir of Perseverance and Purpose (Paperback)
Paul Luu
R528 R436 Discovery Miles 4 360 Save R92 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Watching Over Angels (Paperback): Jayne Ann Osborne Watching Over Angels (Paperback)
Jayne Ann Osborne; Edited by Holly Young Kolb; Foreword by Janie Wilson
R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dare to Thrive - How to Overcome Chronic Health Issues and Live Life Well (Paperback): Vicki Robinson Dare to Thrive - How to Overcome Chronic Health Issues and Live Life Well (Paperback)
Vicki Robinson
R557 R456 Discovery Miles 4 560 Save R101 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
To Cancer, with Love - The Journal of a Doctor's Unconventional Wife and her Breast Cancer Journey:: The Journal of a... To Cancer, with Love - The Journal of a Doctor's Unconventional Wife and her Breast Cancer Journey:: The Journal of a Doctor's Unconventional Wife and her Breast Cancer Journey (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Taryn Claire Le Nu
R630 Discovery Miles 6 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Critter Tales - Adventures in Rehabilitating Wildlife (Paperback): April Russ Critter Tales - Adventures in Rehabilitating Wildlife (Paperback)
April Russ; John Russ
R397 Discovery Miles 3 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Autobiography of a Successful Autarchist INVENTOR / ADVENTURER with Milwaukee Roots - THE LIFE of Larry Douglas Gensch... Autobiography of a Successful Autarchist INVENTOR / ADVENTURER with Milwaukee Roots - THE LIFE of Larry Douglas Gensch (Paperback)
Larry D. Gensch; Edited by Tammy L Mate-Peterson
R841 Discovery Miles 8 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Galanthophiles - 160 Years of Snowdrop Devotees (Hardcover): Jane Kilpatrick, Jennifer Harmer The Galanthophiles - 160 Years of Snowdrop Devotees (Hardcover)
Jane Kilpatrick, Jennifer Harmer
R1,420 R1,117 Discovery Miles 11 170 Save R303 (21%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

THE GALANTHOPHILES is the first book to focus on the lives of snowdrop devotees during the years 1854 to 2014 when snowdrops came of horticultural age. It tells the stories of the most important individuals whose fascination with every aspect of the genus Galanthus ensured the survival of so many of the snowdrops we grow today. The stories are interwoven with accounts of the introduction of new snowdrop species and new snowdrop variants and provide a history of Galanthus cultivation in Britain.

Nikola Tesla And The Electrical Future (Paperback): Iwan Rhys Morus Nikola Tesla And The Electrical Future (Paperback)
Iwan Rhys Morus 1
R195 Discovery Miles 1 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'[This] crisply succinct, beautifully synthesized study brings to life Tesla, his achievements and failures...and the hopeful thrum of an era before world wars.' - Nature Nikola Tesla is one of the most enigmatic, curious and controversial figures in the history of science. An electrical pioneer as influential in his own way as Thomas Edison, he embodied the aspirations and paradoxes of an age of innovation that seemed to have the future firmly in its grasp. In an era that saw the spread of power networks and wireless telegraphy, the discovery of X-rays, and the birth of powered flight, Tesla made himself synonymous with the electrical future under construction but opinion was often divided as to whether he was a visionary, a charlatan, or a fool. Iwan Rhys Morus examines Tesla's life in the context of the extraordinary times in which he lived and worked, colourfully evoking an age in which anything seemed possible, from capturing the full energy of Niagara to communicating with Mars. Shattering the myth of the 'man out of time', Morus demonstrates that Tesla was in all ways a product of his era, and shows how the popular image of the inventor-as-maverick-outsider was deliberately crafted by Tesla - establishing an archetype that still resonates today.

How Contagion Works - Science, Awareness and Community in Times of Global Crises - The short essay that helped change the... How Contagion Works - Science, Awareness and Community in Times of Global Crises - The short essay that helped change the Covid-19 debate (Paperback)
Paolo Giordano; Translated by Alex Valente 1
R96 R79 Discovery Miles 790 Save R17 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Lucid, calm, informed, directly helpful in trying to think about where we are now... The literature of the time after begins here' Evening Standard 'Taking a breather from bewildering statistics and terrible tales of contagion to read Giordano's book was a jolt of brevity and simplicity... It takes concepts that have been dancing away in our minds, just out of reach, and lines them up neatly' The Times 'Potent and original' Sunday Times 'In one short hour, in the midst of this difficult moment, Giordano reinforced my sense of hope in humanity, in the one and the many' Philippe Sands, author of East West Street and The Rat Line The Covid-19 pandemic is the most significant health emergency of our time. Writing from Italy in lockdown, physicist and novelist Paolo Giordano explains how disease spreads in our interconnected world: why it matters how it impacts us how we must react Expanding his focus to include other forms of contagion - from the environmental crisis to fake news and xenophobia - Giordano shows us not just how the coronavirus crisis got so bad so quickly, but also how we can work together to create change. Paolo Giordano is a physicist and the author of four bestselling novels. His article 'The Mathematics of Contagion' - published in Italy at the beginning of the coronavirus emergency - was shared more than 4 million times and helped shift public opinion in the early stages of the epidemic.

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