Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries, Second Edition (Häftad)
avSharon Bertsch McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, Joseph Henry Press
ISBN: 9780309072700 - UTGIVEN: 200103Since 1901 there have been over three hundred recipients of the Nobel Prize in the sciences. Only ten of them -- about 3 percent -- have been women. Why? In this updated version of Nobel Prize Women in Science, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores the reasons for this astonishing disparity by examining [...]
We're Friends, Right? (Häftad)
avWilliam A. Corsaro, Joseph Henry Press, National Academy of Sciences
ISBN: 9780309087292 - UTGIVEN: 200310Sociologists often study exotic cultures by immersing themselves in an environment until they become accepted as insiders. In this fascinating account by acclaimed researcher William A. Corsaro, a scientist "goes native" to study the secret world of children. Here, for the first time, are the child[...]
Wormwood Forest (Inbunden)
avMary Mycio, Joseph Henry Press
ISBN: 9780309094306 - UTGIVEN: 200508When a titanic explosion ripped through the Number Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant in 1986, spewing flames and chunks of burning, radioactive material into the atmosphere, one of our worst nightmares came true. As the news gradually seeped out of the USSR and the extent of the disaster w[...]
Degrees Kelvin (Häftad)
avDavid Lindley, Joseph Henry Press, National Academy of Sciences
ISBN: 9780309096188 - UTGIVEN: 2005-10In 1840, a precocious 16-year-old by the name of William Thomson spent his summer vacation studying an extraordinarily sophisticated mathematical controversy. His brilliant analysis inspired lavish praise and made the boy an instant intellectual celebrity. As a young scholar, William dazzled a Victo[...]
The Proteus Effect (Häftad)
avAnn B. Parson, Joseph Henry Press
ISBN: 9780309097376 - UTGIVEN: 200409Stem cells could be the key that unlocks cures to scores of diseases and illnesses. Their story is at once compelling, controversial, and remarkable. Part detective story, part medical history, "The Proteus Effect" recounts the events leading up to the discovery of stem cells and their incredible po[...]
Mendel in the Kitchen (Häftad)
avNina V. Fedoroff, Nancy Marie Brown, Joseph Henry Press
ISBN: 9780309097383 - UTGIVEN: 2004-09While European restaurants race to footnote menus, reassuring concerned gourmands that no genetically modified ingredients were used in the preparation of their food, starving populations around the world eagerly await the next harvest of scientifically improved crops. "Mendel in the Kitchen" provid[...]
A Beautiful Math (Inbunden)
avTom Siegfried, Joseph Henry Press, National Academy of Sciences
ISBN: 9780309101929 - UTGIVEN: 200609Millions have seen the movie and thousands have read the book but few have fully appreciated the mathematics developed by John Nash's beautiful mind. Today Nash's beautiful math has become a universal language for research in the social sciences and has infiltrated the realms of evolutionary biology[...]
