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Oppenheimer (Paperback): Charles Thorpe Oppenheimer (Paperback)
Charles Thorpe
R1,029 Discovery Miles 10 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

At a time when the Manhattan Project was synonymous with large-scale science, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67) represented the new sociocultural power of the American intellectual. Catapulted to fame as director of the Los Alamos atomic weapons laboratory, Oppenheimer occupied a key position in the compact between science and the state that developed out of World War II. By tracing the making--and unmaking--of Oppenheimer's wartime and postwar scientific identity, Charles Thorpe illustrates the struggles over the role of the scientist in relation to nuclear weapons, the state, and culture.
A stylish intellectual biography, "Oppenheimer" maps out changes in the roles of scientists and intellectuals in twentieth-century America, ultimately revealing transformations in Oppenheimer's persona that coincided with changing attitudes toward science in society.
"This is an outstandingly well-researched book, a pleasure to read and distinguished by the high quality of its observations and judgments. It will be of special interest to scholars of modern history, but non-specialist readers will enjoy the clarity that Thorpe brings to common misunderstandings about his subject."--Graham Farmelo," Times Higher Education Supplement""" "A fascinating new perspective. . . . Thorpe's book provides the best perspective yet for understanding Oppenheimer's Los Alamos years, which were critical, after all, not only to his life but, for better or worse, the history of mankind."--Catherine Westfall, "Nature"

Three Minutes for a Dog - My Life in an Iron Lung (Paperback): Norman Depaul Brown Apn Three Minutes for a Dog - My Life in an Iron Lung (Paperback)
Norman Depaul Brown Apn; Paul R Alexander 1
R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Florence Nightingale - The Woman and Her Legend: 200th Anniversary Edition (Paperback): Mark Bostridge Florence Nightingale - The Woman and Her Legend: 200th Anniversary Edition (Paperback)
Mark Bostridge 1
R411 R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Save R33 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Winner of the Elizabeth Longford prize for Historical Biography 'Engrossing' Claire Tomalin / 'Superb' Sunday Times / 'A triumph' Daily Mail Whether honoured and admired or criticized and ridiculed, Florence Nightingale has invariably been misrepresented and misunderstood. As the Lady with the Lamp, ministering to the wounded and dying of the Crimean War, she offers an enduring image of sentimental appeal and one that is permanently lodged in our national consciousness. But the awesome scale of her achievements over the course of her 90 years is infinitely more troubling - and inspiring - than this mythical simplification. From her tireless campaigning and staggering intellectual abilities to her tortured relationship with her sister and her distressing medical condition, this vivid and immensely readable biography draws on a wealth of unpublished material and previously unseen family papers, disentangling the myth from the reality and reinvigorating with new life one of the most iconic figures in modern British history. 'Enthralling' Guardian 'Excellent' Spectator 'Hugely readable' Lancet 'Gripping and faultless' Observer, Books of the Year 'Remarkable. A subtle, scholarly and immensely readable portrait. Scrupulous, thoughtful and clear-eyed. A masterly achievement' Financial Times 'It will not be superseded for generations to come' Sunday Telegraph

Daniel Drake (1785-1852) - Pioneer Physician of the Midwest (Hardcover, Reprint 2016 ed.): Emmet Field Horine Daniel Drake (1785-1852) - Pioneer Physician of the Midwest (Hardcover, Reprint 2016 ed.)
Emmet Field Horine; Introduction by J. Christian Bay
R2,789 Discovery Miles 27 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Daniel Drawbaugh - The Edison of the Cumberland Valley (Hardcover): Warren J. Harder Daniel Drawbaugh - The Edison of the Cumberland Valley (Hardcover)
Warren J. Harder
R2,384 Discovery Miles 23 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Le Genie Prodigue - L'incroyable Vie de Nikola Tesla (French, Hardcover): John J. O'Neill Le Genie Prodigue - L'incroyable Vie de Nikola Tesla (French, Hardcover)
John J. O'Neill; Translated by Audrey Lapenne; Revised by Cynthia Herpin
R780 Discovery Miles 7 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
America's Sherlock Holmes - The Legacy of William Burns (Paperback): William R. Hunt America's Sherlock Holmes - The Legacy of William Burns (Paperback)
William R. Hunt; Foreword by Jerry Clark
R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

William Burns is best known as `America's Sherlock Holmes' and was director of the FBI, shortly before J. Edgar Hoover. But before he became director, Burns had a long, highly publicized career as a detective for the Secret Service, then led the famed Burns International Detective Agency, which competed with his rival, the Pinkerton Detective Agency.

The Organic Revolutionary - A Memoir from the Movement for Real Food, Planetary Healing, and Human Liberation (Paperback, 3rd... The Organic Revolutionary - A Memoir from the Movement for Real Food, Planetary Healing, and Human Liberation (Paperback, 3rd Third Edition,3 ed.)
Grace Gershuny
R540 Discovery Miles 5 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Life in Medicine and the Arts (Paperback): Henry Fraser A Life in Medicine and the Arts (Paperback)
Henry Fraser
R1,181 R931 Discovery Miles 9 310 Save R250 (21%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Henry Fraser's entertaining autobiography starts with tales of a unique childhood growing up at the local governance centre of a rural parish in Barbados, where most parishioners visited the offices of his parents at the family home. This rich community involvement had a profound influence on his life of service. Sir Henry describes why he chose to study medicine at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, and so became a passionate West Indian. After specialization and PhD studies in London, he returned to Barbados and helped to build better health care there. He promoted rational therapeutics regionally and globally, working with PAHO and WHO, and his research centre and wide-ranging research have greatly benefited the Caribbean. His passion for teaching, patient care, mentoring and management shows throughout the book. Sir Henry has been described as the Renaissance man of Barbados: in addition to his remarkable medical career, he has been public orator for Barbados and for the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, and an independent senator in the Barbados Senate (where he discovered the reasons for the syndrome he labelled Government's Implementation Deficit Disorder or GIDD). His other lifelong passions have been art, architectural history and heritage preservation, and writing. His autobiography makes fascinating reading: he is a natural story teller and, as he often says, "History is his story." The book is replete with captivating anecdotes and is illustrated with some of his paintings.

Ivan Pavlov - A Russian Life in Science (Hardcover): Daniel P. Todes Ivan Pavlov - A Russian Life in Science (Hardcover)
Daniel P. Todes
R1,303 R1,076 Discovery Miles 10 760 Save R227 (17%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This is a definitive, deeply researched biography of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) and is the first scholarly biography to be published in any language. The book is Todes's magnum opus, which he has been working on for some twenty years. Todes makes use of a wealth of archival material to portray Pavlov's personality, life, times, and scientific work. Combining personal documents with a close reading of scientific texts, Todes fundamentally reinterprets Pavlov's famous research on conditional reflexes. Contrary to legend, Pavlov was not a behaviorist (a misimpression captured in the false iconic image of his "training a dog to salivate to the sound of a bell"); rather, he sought to explain not simply external behaviors, but the emotional and intellectual life of animals and humans. This iconic "objectivist" was actually a profoundly anthropomorphic thinker whose science was suffused with his own experiences, values, and subjective interpretations. This book is also a traditional "life and times" biography that weaves Pavlov into some 100 years of Russian history-particularly that of its intelligentsia-from the emancipation of the serfs to Stalin's time. Pavlov was born to a family of priests in provincial Ryazan before the serfs were emancipated, made his home and professional success in the glittering capital of St. Petersburg in late imperial Russia, suffered the cataclysmic destruction of his world during the Bolshevik seizure of power and civil war of 1917-1921, rebuilt his life in his 70s as a "prosperous dissident" during the Leninist 1920s, and flourished professionally as never before in 1929-1936 during the industrialization, revolution, and terror of Stalin. Todes's story of this powerful personality and extraordinary man is based upon interviews with surviving coworkers and family members (along with never-before-analyzed taped interviews from the 1960s and 1970s), examination of hundreds of scientific works by Pavlov and his coworkers, and close analysis of materials from some twenty-five archives. The documents range from the records of his student years at Ryazan Seminary to the transcripts of the Communist Party cells in his labs, and from his scientific manuscripts and notebooks to his political speeches; they include revealing love letters to his future wife and correspondence with hundreds of lay people, scholars, artists, and Communist Party leaders; and unpublished memoirs by many coworkers, his daughter, his wife, and his lover.

John William Draper and the Religion of Science (Hardcover): Donald Fleming John William Draper and the Religion of Science (Hardcover)
Donald Fleming
R2,381 Discovery Miles 23 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A whole chapter of nineteenth-century history is condensed in the phrase "the conflict between religion and science," with our Mother Eve and the proto-Ape jostling for places at the head of the family tree. An outstanding figure in the center of this intellectual conflict was John William Draper, author of History of the Intellectual Development of Modern Europe and The Conflict Between Religion and Science, which played an important part in intellectual debates for many years. Draper helped break new ground for an age of science, and brought to the level of laymen some of the issues with which they must grapple in the future. However, he had the gift of the great popularizer for seeming to leaven the loaf of tradition, instead of throwing it away, and succeeded in lending to new ideas the appearance of old ones. His work is an excellent case history of the way in which innovations are knit up into continuity with tradition and revolutions in thought are made palatable.

Alan Turing: The Enigma - The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game (Paperback, Media tie-in): Andrew Hodges Alan Turing: The Enigma - The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game (Paperback, Media tie-in)
Andrew Hodges 1
R361 R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Save R26 (7%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley Alan Turing was the mathematician whose cipher-cracking transformed the Second World War. Taken on by British Intelligence in 1938, as a shy young Cambridge don, he combined brilliant logic with a flair for engineering. In 1940 his machines were breaking the Enigma-enciphered messages of Nazi Germany's air force. He then headed the penetration of the super-secure U-boat communications. But his vision went far beyond this achievement. Before the war he had invented the concept of the universal machine, and in 1945 he turned this into the first design for a digital computer. Turing's far-sighted plans for the digital era forged ahead into a vision for Artificial Intelligence. However, in 1952 his homosexuality rendered him a criminal and he was subjected to humiliating treatment. In 1954, aged 41, Alan Turing took his own life.

Healthy Brain, Happy Life - A Personal Program To Activate Your Brain And Do Everything Better (Paperback): Wendy Suzuki,... Healthy Brain, Happy Life - A Personal Program To Activate Your Brain And Do Everything Better (Paperback)
Wendy Suzuki, Billie Fitzpatrick
R485 R411 Discovery Miles 4 110 Save R74 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide—a blend of personal memoir, science narrative, and immediately useful takeaways that bring the human brain into focus as never before, revealing the powerful connection between exercise, learning, memory, and cognitive abilities.

Nearing forty, Dr. Wendy Suzuki was at the pinnacle of her career. An award-winning university professor and world-renowned neuroscientist, she had tenure, her own successful research lab, prestigious awards, and international renown.

That’s when to celebrate her birthday, she booked an adventure trip that forced her to wake up to a startling reality: despite her professional success, she was overweight, lonely, and tired and knew that her life had to change. Wendy started simply—by going to an exercise class. Eventually, she noticed an improvement in her memory, her energy levels, and her ability to work quickly and move from task to task easily. Not only did Wendy begin to get fit, but she also became sharper, had more energy, and her memory improved. Being a neuroscientist, she wanted to know why.

What she learned transformed her body and her life. Now, it can transform yours.

Wendy discovered that there is a biological connection between exercise, mindfulness, and action. With exercise, your body feels more alive and your brain actually performs better. Yes—you can make yourself smarter. In this fascinating book, Suzuki makes neuroscience easy to understand, interweaving her personal story with groundbreaking research, and offering practical, short exercises—4 minute Brain Hacks—to engage your mind and improve your memory, your ability to learn new skills, and function more efficiently.

Taking us on an amazing journey inside the brain as never before, Suzuki helps us unlock the keys to neuroplasticity that can change our brains, or bodies, and, ultimately, our lives.

The Queens of Animation - The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History... The Queens of Animation - The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History (Hardcover)
Nathalia Holt
R769 R682 Discovery Miles 6 820 Save R87 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Behind the beloved animated films of Walt Disney Studios, which have moved and entertained millions of viewers, was an incredibly influential group of women who have slipped under the radar for decades. For the first time, bestselling author Nathalia Holt recounts their dramatic stories, showing how these women infiltrated the all-male domain of Disney's story and animation departments and used early technologies to create the rich artwork and unforgettable story lines that have become part of the American canon. Over the decades---while battling sexism, domestic abuse, and workplace intimidation---these women also fought to transform the way female characters are depicted to young audiences. Based on extensive interviews and exclusive access to archival and personal documents, The Queens of Animation reveals the vital contributions these women made to Disney's Golden Age and their continued impact on animated film making, culminating in the record-shattering Frozen, Disney's first female-directed full-length feature film.

Psychiatry and the Human Condition - A Scientific Biography of Silvano Arieti (1914-1981) (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Roberta... Psychiatry and the Human Condition - A Scientific Biography of Silvano Arieti (1914-1981) (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Roberta Passione
R1,928 Discovery Miles 19 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is the result of extensive archival research conducted on the Collection "Silvano Arieti Papers" held in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. It offers readers the first scientific biography of the renowned Italian-born psychiatrist Silvano Arieti, who in 1939 emigrated to the United States, where he gained fame and recognition for his work on schizophrenia. In 1975, the second edition of his book, Interpretation of Schizophrenia, received the National Book Award in Science. The book has been cast as a twofold journey: an exploration of the life of a psychiatrist and scientist and an overview of twentieth century psychiatry and its significant issues, debates, and transformations. Readers will find useful insights for a better understanding of psychiatry as a discipline capable of portraying the complexity of human nature.

October Child (Paperback): Linda Bostroem Knausgard October Child (Paperback)
Linda Bostroem Knausgard; Translated by Saskia Vogel
R431 R333 Discovery Miles 3 330 Save R98 (23%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From 2013 to 2017, Linda Bostroem Knausgard was periodically confined to a psychiatric ward and subjected to electroconvulsive therapy, resulting in the loss of memories. This is the story of her struggle against mental illness and isolation "(Bostroem Knausgard's) first openly autobiographical book becomes an act of self-examination powerful enough to match if not surpass those of her ex-husband's."--The Guardian From 2013 to 2017, Linda Bostroem Knausgard was periodically interned in a psychiatric ward where she was subjected to electroconvulsive therapy. As the treatments at this "factory" progressed, the writer's memories began to disappear. What good is a writer without her memory? This book, based on the author's experiences, is an eloquent and profound attempt to hold on to the past, to create a story, to make sense, and to keep alive ties to family, friends, and even oneself. Moments from childhood, youth, marriage, parenting, and divorce flicker across the pages of October Child. This is the story of one woman's struggle against mental illness and isolation. It is a raw testimony of how writing can preserve and heal.

Follow The Chemistry: Lure, Lore And Life - An Autobiography Of Goh Lai Yoong (Hardcover): Lai Yoong Wong Follow The Chemistry: Lure, Lore And Life - An Autobiography Of Goh Lai Yoong (Hardcover)
Lai Yoong Wong
R1,107 Discovery Miles 11 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This autobiography presents a personal account of the life of a woman academic, over a span of 60 years, from incidents in her childhood, through the education process from primary to pre-university education in British Malaya to two doctorates from University College London. As the story unfolds, it is immediately apparent that her journey in academia has been far from ordinary.She gives credit to the excellent early education she received in Ipoh - a medium-sized town in Malaya - from highly qualified and dedicated nuns and teachers in the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. Hers was a career carved out by Providence, as she "drifted" to various international centers of learning, depending on the sponsorship of scholarships available at the time. Her drive and passion for chemistry (actually with other attributes as well) allowed her to rub shoulders with some of the best minds in the field. Her association with numerous colleagues, mentors and scientists, unintentionally and unknowingly, laid the groundwork for a sort of global networking, which in turn influenced her career path in subtle yet significant ways. This proved immensely useful later as she balanced the rigorous demands of teaching, research and family. She has shown that it is not impossible for a woman to make a success of family and life in academia.Indeed, her story will encourage young women venturing into science and academia. It also shows that developing countries - more than their developed counterparts - have a good deal to gain from their professional citizens by removing obstacles such as unduly early mandatory retirement and poor support for active researchers. It is a refreshing glimpse into the author's generation in science and academia and a repository of important insights for students and scientists in developing and emerging economies.

Nikola Tesla - La Mia Vita, Le Mie Ricerche (Italian, Hardcover): Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla - La Mia Vita, Le Mie Ricerche (Italian, Hardcover)
Nikola Tesla; Translated by Davide Latocca, Alice Rigotti
R759 Discovery Miles 7 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
John Alfred Brashear - Scientist and Humanitarian, 1840-1920 (Hardcover, Reprint 2016 ed.): Harriet A. Gaul, Ruby Eiseman John Alfred Brashear - Scientist and Humanitarian, 1840-1920 (Hardcover, Reprint 2016 ed.)
Harriet A. Gaul, Ruby Eiseman
R2,385 Discovery Miles 23 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A poor uneducated mill worker in his youth, whose driving passion was the study of astronomy, John Brashear lived to be designated "first citizen of Pennsylvania" for his scientific and philanthropic accomplishments, honored not only in his native Pittsburgh but by scientists all over the world. This is a biography of Brashear, the instrument maker and educator, whose life was one of genuinely inspiring achievement and service.

John and William Bartram - Botanists and Explorers, 1699-1777, 1739-1823 (Hardcover): Ernest Earnest John and William Bartram - Botanists and Explorers, 1699-1777, 1739-1823 (Hardcover)
Ernest Earnest
R2,376 Discovery Miles 23 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Archaeology from Space - How the Future Shapes Our Past (Paperback): Sarah Parcak Archaeology from Space - How the Future Shapes Our Past (Paperback)
Sarah Parcak
R482 R454 Discovery Miles 4 540 Save R28 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Engineering America - The Life and Times of John A. Roebling (Hardcover): Richard Haw Engineering America - The Life and Times of John A. Roebling (Hardcover)
Richard Haw
R1,092 Discovery Miles 10 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

John Roebling was one of the nineteenth century's most brilliant engineers, ingenious inventors, successful manufacturers, and fascinating personalities. Raised in a German backwater amid the war-torn chaos of the Napoleonic Wars, he immigrated to the US in 1831, where he became wealthy and acclaimed, eventually receiving a carte-blanche contract to build one of the nineteenth century's most stupendous and daring works of engineering: a gigantic suspension bridge to span the East River between New York and Brooklyn. In between, he thought, wrote, and worked tirelessly. He dug canals and surveyed railroads; he planned communities and founded new industries. Horace Greeley called him "a model immigrant"; generations later, F. Scott Fitzgerald worked on a script for the movie version of his life. Like his finest creations, Roebling was held together by the delicate balance of countervailing forces. On the surface, his life was exemplary and his accomplishments legion. As an immigrant and employer, he was respected throughout the world. As an engineer, his works profoundly altered the physical landscape of America. He was a voracious reader, a fervent abolitionist, and an engaged social commentator. His understanding of the natural world however, bordered on the occult and his opinions about medicine are best described as medieval. For a man of science and great self-certainty, he was also remarkably quick to seize on a whole host of fads and foolish trends. Yet Roebling held these strands together. Throughout his life, he believed in the moral application of science and technology, that bridges-along with other great works of connection, the Atlantic Cable, the Transcontinental Railroad-could help bring people together, erase divisions, and heal wounds. Like Walt Whitman, Roebling was deeply committed to the creation of a more perfect union, forged from the raw materials of the continent. John Roebling was a complex, deeply divided yet undoubtedly influential figure, and this biography illuminates not only his works but also the world of nineteenth-century America. Roebling's engineering feats are well known, but the man himself is not; for alongside the drama of large scale construction lies an equally rich drama of intellectual and social development and crisis, one that mirrored and reflected the great forces, trials, and failures of nineteenth century America.

A Woman in Engineering - Memoirs of a Trailblazer. An Autobiography by Monique (Aubry) Frize (Paperback): Monique Frize A Woman in Engineering - Memoirs of a Trailblazer. An Autobiography by Monique (Aubry) Frize (Paperback)
Monique Frize
R740 R657 Discovery Miles 6 570 Save R83 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Her goal: to become a world-renowned biomedical engineer working with scientific societies to improve the role of women in scientific fields and the way scientists and engineers integrate people and society into their work. By 1979, this goal had become a reality. In her memoirs, esteemed biomedical engineer Monique Frize recalls the events that taught her to over-come obstacles, become more resilient, recognize the importance of mentors and role models, and remain focused on the future. She also speaks of her appreciation of the critical role played by family and friends in maintaining the strength and determination required to succeed-and, above all, to succeed in a man's world. Frize fondly remembers her youth in Montreal and in Ottawa, as well as her marked interest for math and science. Her entry into the world of engineering was both romantic-she met her husband-and tragic. She recounts the prejudice and stereotypes she faced. She pursued a challenging and rewarding international career in a very specialized field at a time when this was still very uncommon for a woman, acceding at the very moment of the tragic Ecole Polytechnique massacre to key positions in support of women in science. These memoirs are sure to inspire young women who have a dream, and more specifically those who wish to enter sciences and engineering.

The Invention of Nature - The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize... The Invention of Nature - The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner (Paperback)
Andrea Wulf 4
R410 Discovery Miles 4 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016 'A thrilling adventure story' Bill Bryson 'Dazzling' Literary Review 'Brilliant' Sunday Express 'Extraordinary and gripping' New Scientist 'A superb biography' The Economist 'An exhilarating armchair voyage' GILES MILTON, Mail on Sunday Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is the great lost scientist - more things are named after him than anyone else. There are towns, rivers, mountain ranges, the ocean current that runs along the South American coast, there's a penguin, a giant squid - even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon. His colourful adventures read like something out of a Boy's Own story: Humboldt explored deep into the rainforest, climbed the world's highest volcanoes and inspired princes and presidents, scientists and poets alike. Napoleon was jealous of him; Simon Bolivar's revolution was fuelled by his ideas; Darwin set sail on the Beagle because of Humboldt; and Jules Verne's Captain Nemo owned all his many books. He simply was, as one contemporary put it, 'the greatest man since the Deluge'. Taking us on a fantastic voyage in his footsteps - racing across anthrax-infected Russia or mapping tropical rivers alive with crocodiles - Andrea Wulf shows why his life and ideas remain so important today. Humboldt predicted human-induced climate change as early as 1800, and The Invention of Nature traces his ideas as they go on to revolutionize and shape science, conservation, nature writing, politics, art and the theory of evolution. He wanted to know and understand everything and his way of thinking was so far ahead of his time that it's only coming into its own now. Alexander von Humboldt really did invent the way we see nature.

When Breath Becomes Air (Hardcover): Paul Kalanithi When Breath Becomes Air (Hardcover)
Paul Kalanithi; Foreword by Abraham Verghese 2
R654 R542 Discovery Miles 5 420 Save R112 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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