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Raise Your Voice - 12 Protests That Helped Shape America: Jeffrey Kluger Raise Your Voice - 12 Protests That Helped Shape America
Jeffrey Kluger
R360 R302 Discovery Miles 3 020 Save R58 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Disaster Strikes! - The Most Dangerous Space Missions of All Time (Hardcover): Jeffrey Kluger Disaster Strikes! - The Most Dangerous Space Missions of All Time (Hardcover)
Jeffrey Kluger
R523 R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Save R86 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Infinite (Hardcover): Phoebe Greenberg, Marie Brassard The Infinite (Hardcover)
Phoebe Greenberg, Marie Brassard; Text written by Ryoji Ikeda, Ariane Koek, Felix Lajeunesse, …
R877 Discovery Miles 8 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"The Infinite" documents the making of the ground-breaking immersive VR experience shot entirely aboard the International Space Station. Artists and astronauts joined forces to capture life in the cosmos as never before. In this oversize publication, brand-new views of space and stunning production shots reveal the human imagination's limitless potential. In Summer 2021, PHI and EMMY (R) Award-winning digital entertainment pioneers Felix & Paul Studios will launch the public into an infinite universe. A ground-breaking immersive VR exhibition will enable the audience to visit the ISS, where they encounter experiments, zero-gravity living, and breathtaking spacewalks. Beautifully designed, "The Infinite" features interviews with leaders in VR and contemporary art. It perfectly complements the exhibition's role in rendering the innovation, collaboration and humanity's quest for the skies.

Apollo 8 - The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon (Hardcover): Jeffrey Kluger Apollo 8 - The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon (Hardcover)
Jeffrey Kluger
R870 R719 Discovery Miles 7 190 Save R151 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suffered one setback after another. Meanwhile, the Russians were winning the space race, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month, and President Kennedy's promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade seemed sure to be broken. But when Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders were summoned to a secret meeting and told of the dangerous mission, they instantly signed on. Written with all the colour and verve of the best narrative non-fiction, Apollo 8 takes us from Mission Control to the astronaut's homes, from the test labs to the launch pad. Then, on Christmas Eve, a nation that has suffered a horrendous year of assassinations and war is heartened by an inspiring message from the trio of astronauts in lunar orbit. And when the mission is over-after the first view of the far side of the moon, the first earth-rise, and the first re-entry through the earth's atmosphere following a flight to deep space-the impossible dream of walking on the moon suddenly seems within reach.

Apollo 13 (Paperback, 1st Mariner Books ed): James Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger Apollo 13 (Paperback, 1st Mariner Books ed)
James Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger
R537 R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Save R120 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The best-selling book that inspired the blockbuster movie
"A story of courage -- in space, at NASA, and at the homes of those involved." -- Houston Chronicle
A timeless tribute to the enduring American spirit, Apollo 13 tells the story of America's fifth mission to the moon, a mission that nearly ended in catastrophe in April 1970. Only fifty-five hours into the flight, disaster struck for Jim Lovell and two other astronauts after an explosion left them with a rapidly declining supply of oxygen and power. Lovell and Kluger vividly chronicle how the men were forced to abandon the main ship for the lunar module, a tiny craft designed to keep two men alive for only two days. At home, a nation watched the desperate efforts of Mission Control to bring the crew back in what many consider NASA's finest hour.
"A thrilling story of a thrilling episode in the history of space exploration." -- James A. Michener, author of Space
"Puts the reader in one of those [Apollo] slingshots, pulls, and lets go. What a moon shot. What a time. What a ride." -- Baltimore Sun
"A tale of adventure to chill a reader's spine." -- Atlantic Monthly
Jim Lovell joined NASA in 1962 and flew a total of four missions before retiring in 1973. He continues to lecture across the country, speaking about space exploration.
Jeffrey Kluger is a senior writer at Time and the author of several other books, including Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine.

Holdout (Paperback): Jeffrey Kluger Holdout (Paperback)
Jeffrey Kluger
R490 R397 Discovery Miles 3 970 Save R93 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The Narcissist Next Door - Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed - in Your World (Paperback):... The Narcissist Next Door - Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed - in Your World (Paperback)
Jeffrey Kluger
R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Splendid Solution - Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio (Paperback, Berkley trade pbk. ed): Jeffrey Kluger Splendid Solution - Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio (Paperback, Berkley trade pbk. ed)
Jeffrey Kluger
R652 R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Save R80 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Jonas Salk was born shortly before one of the worst polio epidemics in United States history.
In medical school when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was diagnosed with the disease shortly before assuming the Presidency, Salk was given an impetus to conduct studies on polio. His progress in combating the virus was hindered by the politics of medicine and by a rival researcher determined to discredit his proposed solution. But Salk's perseverance made history-and for more than fifty years his vaccine has saved countless lives, bringing humanity close to eradicating polio throughout the world.
"Splendid Solution" chronicles Dr. Salk's race against time-and a growing epidemic that reached 57,000 reported cases in the summer of 1952-to achieve an unparalleled medical breakthrough that made him a cultural hero and icon for a whole generation.

Holdout - A Novel (Hardcover): Jeffrey Kluger Holdout - A Novel (Hardcover)
Jeffrey Kluger
R748 R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Save R264 (35%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The Sibling Effect - What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us (Paperback): Jeffrey Kluger The Sibling Effect - What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us (Paperback)
Jeffrey Kluger
R626 R544 Discovery Miles 5 440 Save R82 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A provocative and surprising exploration of the longest sustained relationships we have in life--those we have with our siblings.
Nobody affects us as deeply as our brothers and sisters. Our siblings are our collaborators and co-conspirators, our role models and cautionary tales. They teach us how to resolve conflicts and how not to, how to conduct friendships and when to walk away. Our siblings are the only people we know who truly qualify as partners for life.
In this perceptive and groundbreaking book, Jeffrey Kluger explores the complex world of siblings in equal parts science, psychology, sociology, and memoir. Based on cutting-edge research, he examines birth order, twins, genetic encoding of behavioral traits, emotional disorders and their effects on sibling relationships, and much more. With his signature insight and humor, Kluger takes science's provocative new ideas about the subject and transforms them into smart, accessible insights that will help everyone understand the importance of siblings in our lives.

Simplexity - Why Simple Things Become Complex (and How Complex Things Can Be Made Simple) (Hardcover): Jeffrey Kluger Simplexity - Why Simple Things Become Complex (and How Complex Things Can Be Made Simple) (Hardcover)
Jeffrey Kluger
R1,126 Discovery Miles 11 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Why are the instruction manuals for cell phones incomprehensible?
Why is a truck driver's job as hard as a CEO's?
How can 10 percent of every medical dollar cure 90 percent of the world's disease?
Why do bad teams win so many games? Complexity, as any scientist will tell you, is a slippery idea. Things that seem complicated can be astoundingly simple; things that seem simple can be dizzyingly complex. A houseplant may be more intricate than a manufacturing plant. A colony of garden ants may be more complicated than a community of people. A sentence may be richer than a book, a couplet more complicated than a song. These and other paradoxes are driving a whole new science--simplexity--that is redefining how we look at the world and using that new view to improve our lives in fields as diverse as economics, biology, cosmology, chemistry, psychology, politics, child development, the arts, and more. Seen through the lens of this surprising new science, the world becomes a delicate place filled with predictable patterns--patterns we often fail to see as we're time and again fooled by our instincts, by our fear, by the size of things, and even by their beauty. In Simplexity, Time senior writer Jeffrey Kluger shows how a drinking straw can save thousands of lives; how a million cars can be on the streets but just a few hundred of them can lead to gridlock; how investors behave like atoms; how arithmetic governs abstract art and physics drives jazz; why swatting a TV indeed makes it work better. As simplexity moves from the research lab into popular consciousness it will challenge our models for modern living. Jeffrey Kluger adeptly translates newly evolving theory into a delightful theory of everything that will have you rethinking the rules of business, family, art--your world.

Simplexity (Paperback): Jeffrey Kluger Simplexity (Paperback)
Jeffrey Kluger
R278 Discovery Miles 2 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Why does kicking the TV work? What can the US military learn from the lowly bacterium? Why are the instruction manuals for cell phones incomprehensible? How does a spark of a single virus trigger an epidemic that claims millions? In recent years, cutting-edge studies in fields such as economics, genetics, stock-market analysis and child development have hit on a startling new theory - 'simplexity'. To put it simply, simple things can be more complicated than they seem, and complex things more simple. The evidence is before our eyes: in your elaborate network of household plumbing actually run on a very basic mechanism, or the crystal paperweight on your desk, spectacular in its complexity. As simplexity moves from the research lab into popular consciousness it will challenge our models for modern living. You'll never unknowingly whack the TV again and you'll understand just how much it means to smile at your child. Popular science journalist Jeffrey Kluger adeptly translates cutting-edge theory into a high-octane history of everything, which will have you rethinking the rules of business and pleasure. From the micro to the macro, Simplexity is a startling reassessment of the building blocks of life and how they affect us all.

Apollo 8 - The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition):... Apollo 8 - The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Jeffrey Kluger
R916 Discovery Miles 9 160 Out of stock
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