Biography: science, technology & engineering books

A biography of the polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz told through seven critical days spanning his life and revealing...  Read More >>

The extraordinary life of the global figure in modern environmentalism and co-creator of Gaia Theory, as confided...  Read More >>

In Just an Instrument, renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. K.M. Cherian reflects on his extraordinary journey spanning...  Read More >>

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"Jonathan Tuteur's story begins before birth. One of his triplet siblings grew a vein from her placenta to Jon's...  Read More >>

Sandra Lindsay immigrated to the United States from Jamaica in 1986 with ambitions of becoming a nurse and living...  Read More >>

Sandra Lindsay immigrated to the United States from Jamaica in 1986 with ambitions of becoming a nurse and living...  Read More >>

The story of a mother’s quest to end her family’s food waste—and all the blunders that came with it.  Read More >>

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A book about Kevin Grange’s travels across America to learn more about the secret lives of brown bears, encountering...  Read More >>

A New Yorker and Economist Best Book of the Year Two hundred years of modern science and culture told through one...  Read More >>

This co-branded book features 18 stories of women on the cutting-edge of virtual reality and technology: women who...  Read More >>

A memoir of theRussian occupation of Ukraine in the 1930s and the mass deportation of Polesfrom the region. The...  Read More >>

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The Pitchfork Ranch is more than another dusty homestead tucked away in a corner of the Southwest. It is a place...  Read More >>

A fast-paced account of a giant of twentieth century medicine, First the Patient details how David Nathan saved...  Read More >>

Lived experiences of kidney patients show resilience as an attribute in a few that dared to harness the formidable...  Read More >>

In the late 1990s, the town of Mammoth Lakes, California, hired Steve Searles as a hunter to cull half its troublesome...  Read More >>

In the late 1990s, the town of Mammoth Lakes, California, hired Steve Searles as a hunter to cull half its troublesome...  Read More >>

The letters of one of the greatest observers of the human species, revealing his passion for life and work, friendship...  Read More >>

Hugely entertaining and affectionate, Jonathan Hollins's tales are full of wonderful creatures and steeped in the...  Read More >>

Explores the Early Life and Career of a Figure Central to the Development of Modern Scientific Practice  Read More >>

A personal history of brain surgery from a worldclass neurosurgeon.  Read More >>

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The Story of a Heart is an extraordinary, compelling account of life-giving medicine. Rachel Clarke follows the...  Read More >>