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Isaac Newton (1642-1727), the English genius, made his greatest contributions to original thought before the age of twenty-five, while at home in Lincolnshire escaping the great plague of 1665, a period of which he wrote: 'I was in the prime of age for invention'. This book demonstrates his perceptions, which changed our world forever.

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Cancer We are not Amused is a story Meryl Getline wrote about her long journey with cancer. It is an inspiring story injected with humor.

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The untold story of one of Australia's greatest aviation pioneers.

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William Harvey's theory of circulation was as controversial in its day as Copernicus' idea that the earth revolved around the sun. This title charts the rise of the yeoman's son who demolished beliefs held by anatomists since Roman times, going on to become arguably the greatest Englishman in the history of science after Darwin & Newton.

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This gripping chronicle of courage in captivity recounts the fierce, bloody battles of Bataan and Corregidor through the eyes of the author's father and three fellow navy doctors taken prisoner by the Japanese.

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Curious Minds is a book of original, autobiographical essays by twenty-seven scientists, including Paul Davies, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C.

Personal, passionate, revealing, enthralling, Curious Minds tells as much about life as it does about science.

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"Kary Mullis, perhaps the weirdest human ever to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, (has written) a chatty, rambling, iconoclastic tour through the wonderland that is (his) mind"--"The Washington Post."

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"Dandelion Roots Run Deep" is co-authored by Merry Bell Clark and her mother, Merrill Ann Clark. This true story follows three generations of tenacious Midwestern women who were deeply committed to environmental issues. The story begins in the 1940s with Merrill, who began writing this book before beginning her battle with Alzheimer's in 2011.

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Just how far did Charles Darwin's luck - both good and bad - affect his life and scientific discoveries This book investigates a school of thought that although Darwin came to the right conclusions, he did not actually follow the right path in getting there.

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A tearaway young man from Norfolk, Astley Cooper (1768-1841) became the world's richest and most famous surgeon.

Caught up in the French Revolution, and in attempts to bring radical democracy to Britain, Cooper nevertheless rose to become surgeon to royals from the Prince Regent to Queen Victoria.

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A key resource for anyone studying this pioneering thinker within the context of sociology, cultural studies, feminism and science studies.

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Originally published: Granta Books, 1998.

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From 1900 to 1924 Spain experienced a stage of vigorous academic freedom and unfettered scientific inquiry that strikingly contrasted with the repressive atmosphere of the periods before and after. Thomas Glick explores this "recovery of science" by focusing on the national discussion provoked by Einstein's trip to Spain in 1923. His visit stimulat

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Was Einstein's first wife his uncredited coauthor, unpaid assistant, or his unacknowledged helpmeet The real Mileva Story.

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Using unexamined sources, including diaries and unpublished manuscripts, this biography traces the life and work of nurse, writer, and activist Ellen N. La Motte (1873-1961), examining how she developed as a professional in the early twentieth century. -- .