(Hardback)
By: Richard Gunderman
ISBN: 9780233005768
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
UK Publication Date: 13th June 2019
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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A fascinating glimpse into the life of one of the world's greatest inventors.
(, Main)
By: Tom Clynes
ISBN: 9780571298136
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2015
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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By the age of 11, Taylor Wilson had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. At 13, his grandmother's cancer diagnosis drove him to investigate medical uses for radioactive isotopes. And at 14, Wilson became the youngest person in history to achieve nuclear fusion.
(, Export - Airside ed)
By: Marcus Chown
ISBN: 9780571346394
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2020
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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The spellbinding story of the 'magicians': scientists whose eureka breakthroughs in modern physics reveal science's mysterious predictive power.
(Hardback)
By: Jennifer Ulrich
ISBN: 9781419726460
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2018
Publisher: Abrams
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Explore the life and mind of Timothy Leary through his kaleidoscopic archive
(Paperback)
By: Patricia Wiltshire
ISBN: 9781788702706
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 11th July 2019
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
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A journey through the fascinating edgeland where nature and crime are intertwined.
(Hardback)
By: Adam Kay
ISBN: 9781398700376
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2022
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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Hilarious, heartbreaking (and sometimes horrifying) stories from a life on and off the wards by Adam Kay, multi-million copy bestselling author of This is Going to Hurt
(Paperback)
By: Adam Kay
ISBN: 9781398700383
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2022
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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Hilarious, heartbreaking (and sometimes horrifying) stories from a life on and off the wards by Adam Kay, multi-million copy bestselling author of This is Going to Hurt
(Paperback)
By: David Nott
ISBN: 9781509837038
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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The gripping true story of a frontline trauma surgeon in the world's most dangerous war zones.
(Paperback)
By: Tom Templeton
ISBN: 9780241429341
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Louise Aronson
ISBN: 9781620405468
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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As revelatory as Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life.
(Hardback)
By: Brandy Schillace
ISBN: 9781982113773
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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The mesmerizing biography of a brilliant and eccentric surgeonand his quest to transplant the human soul.
(Hardback)
By: Jess Phoenix
ISBN: 9781643260037
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2021
Publisher: Timber Press
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Ms. Adventure tells the story of Jess Phoenix's extraordinary career in geology - and how the barriers she faced along the way inspired her to advocate for more diversity in science.
By: Alistair Watt
ISBN: 9781842466193
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2016
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens
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This is the first full biography of the great Scottish plant collector Robert Fortune, famous for working in China and Japan from 1843 until 1861.
(Paperback)
By: George F. Botjer
ISBN: 9781498501422
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In this book, based on previously unpublished archival sources, George F. Botjer examines the importance of time and place in the launch of Samuel F. B. Morse's invention and his resulting fame and how the invention affected the inventor himself.
(Hardback)
By: Christine Hyung-Oak Lee
ISBN: 9780062422156
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2017
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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A memoir of reinvention after a stroke at thirty-three, based on the authors viral Buzzfeed essay
Christine Hyung-Oak Lee woke up with a headache on New Years Eve 2006.
(Paperback)
By: Simon Nathan
ISBN: 9780958275071
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2009
Publisher: Awa Press
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(Hardback)
By: B. Alexandra Szerlip
ISBN: 9781612195629
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
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Groundbreaking biography of the inventor who transformed the way America looked and worked.
(Hardback)
By: Lillian Hoddeson
ISBN: 9780262037532
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2018
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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The first full-length biography of a brilliant, self-taught inventor whose innovations in information and energy technology continue to shape our world.
(Paperback)
By: Ryan Blumenthal
ISBN: 9781776191109
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
UK Publication Date: 4th February 2021
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA
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A hair-raising account about the ins and outs of practising forensic pathology in Africa.
(Paperback)
By: Melinda G. McCall
ISBN: 9781647425173
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
Publisher: She Writes Press
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Buckle up for a wild ride in the vet truck with Dr. Melinda McCall, a large animal veterinarian in rural Virginia. No two days are alike as she skillfully deals with the antics of both animals and humans with humor and gritand makes you howl with laughter along the way.
(Paperback)
By: Andrew Nahum
ISBN: 9781785782411
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: Icon Books
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The story of the jet engine has everything: genius, tragedy, heroism, a world war, the individual vs. the state, and an idea that would change the world.
(Paperback)
By: John Henry
ISBN: 9781785782367
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2018
Publisher: Icon Books
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The scientific life and times of Sir Francis Bacon.
(Paperback)
By: Iwan Rhys Morus
ISBN: 9781785782671
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2017
UK Publication Date: 3rd August 2017
Publisher: Icon Books
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Part of the new Icon Science series: a collection of the best of Icon's entertaining and informative introductions to groundbreaking moments in science history.
(Hardback)
By: Iwan Rhys Morus
ISBN: 9781785785467
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2019
Publisher: Icon Books
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A new biography of electrical pioneer Nikola Tesla, one of the most enigmatic and influential figures in the history of science.
