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Great Biographies in Time
by Plutarch
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Great Biographies in Time explores the lives of some of the most intriguing figures in history.
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E=mc2
by David Bodanis
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In this lucid and brilliant book, one of the best popularizers of science illuminates one of science's most complex concepts.
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Freud
by Anthony Storr
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Sigmund Freud revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves....
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine.
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson
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From the bestselling author of "Benjamin Franklin" comes the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available--a fully realized portrait of this extraordinary human being and great genius.
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What Do You Care What Other People Think?
by Richard P. Feynman
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One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life.
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God's Equation
by Amir Aczel
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In a work that is at once lucid, exhilarating and profound, renowned mathematician Dr. Amir Aczel, critically acclaimed author of Fermat's Last Theorem, takes us into the heart of science's greatest mystery.
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A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
by Sylvia Nasar
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In this dramatic and moving biography, Sylvia Nasar recreates the life of a mathematical genius whose brilliant career was cut short by schizophrenia…
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Darwin's Origin of Species
by Janet Browne
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Charles Darwin's foremost biographer, Janet Browne, delivers a vivid and accessible introduction to the book that permanently altered our understanding of what it is to be human.
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What Do You Care What Other People Think?
by Richard P. Feynman
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One of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure...
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson
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From the bestselling author of "Benjamin Franklin" comes the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available--a fully realized portrait of this extraordinary human being and great genius.
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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
by Robert Kanigal
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In 1913, a young, unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G. H. Hardy, begging that pre-eminent English mathematician’s opinion on several ideas he had about numbers.
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Famous People in History
by Nicolas Soames
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Here are the stories of nine people whose energy, imagination, courage, and determination changed the world. From Christopher Columbus who set off into unknown seas...
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Famous People in History II
by Nicolas Soames
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Here are the life stories of nine famous people who have left their mark upon the world. There are men of action such as Alexander the Great and...
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My Inventions
by Nikola Tesla
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Written in his early 60's, Tesla looks back on the events that shaped his life as the inventor of our modern world.
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
by Richard P. Feynman
Credits: Audio CD | MP3 CD
With his characteristic eyebrow-raising behavior, Richard P. Feynman once provoked the wife...
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The Reluctant Mr. Darwin
by David Quammen
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A fresh look at Darwin's most radical idea, and the mysteriously slow process by which he revealed it.
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109 East Palace
by Jennet Conant
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They were told as little as possible....
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American Prometheus
by Kai Bird
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J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress.
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Hitler's Scientists
by John Cornwell
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When Hitler came to power in the 1930s, Germany had led the world in science, mathematics, and technology for nearly four decades....
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A Beautiful Mind
by Sylvia Nasar
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How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages? the visitor from Harvard asked...
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Six Great Scientists
by J.G. Crowther
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All of the geniuses in Six Great Scientists had one thing in common: the determination to do scientific research whatever the obstacles....
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Alexander Graham Bell
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The biography of the teacher of the deaf who, through his knowledge of music and human speech and hearing, invented the Telephone.
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Darwin: In a Nutshell
by Peter Whitfield
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Discover how Darwin came to his revolutionary views following his voyage on the Beagle-and his initial reluctance to publish his findings. 2009 recognizes the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth.
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Thomas Edison
by iMinds JNR
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Learn about the life and inventions of Thomas Edison with iMindsJNR audio learning series for younger minds.
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