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Autobiographical Chapter and Letters by Charles Darwin
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Charles Darwin [Darwin, Charles]

In 1844, the pencil-sketch was enlarged to one of 230 folio pages, which is a wonderfully complete presentation of the arguments familiar to us in the Origin. The following letter ...
( Category: Scientists March 8,2020 )
What Stars Are Made Of by Donovan Moore
epub |eng | | Author:Donovan Moore

Adelaide Ames The newspaper may have pumped up Adelaide’s role a bit; “collaboration” surely was not the way the director would have described it. And Adelaide knew her place. “I ...
( Category: Scientists March 8,2020 )
The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov by Peter Pringle
epub |eng | 2008-07-15 | Author:Peter Pringle

A former political commissar in the Red Army, Isaak Prezent had a sharp mind, a vicious tongue, and a deceivingly pleasant face. He was an extreme example of the power ...
( Category: Scientists March 7,2020 )
Nazi Science by Mark Walker
epub |eng | 2012-03-02 | Author:Mark Walker

Lectures in Switzerland and Budapest In the spring of 1942, Heisenberg received an invitation to speak before the Swiss League of Students. Switzerland was one of the few countries in ...
( Category: Scientists March 6,2020 )
Prodigal Genius by James J. O'Neill
epub |eng | 2011-09-21 | Author:James J. O'Neill [O'Neill, James J.]

TESLA developed his inventions to the point at which they were spectacular performers before they were demonstrated to the public. When presented, the performance always greatly exceeded the promise. This ...
( Category: Electricity March 6,2020 )
The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla by Thomas Commerford Martin
epub |eng | | Author:Thomas Commerford Martin

FIG. 153. FIG. 154. A more perfected arrangement used in some of these bulbs is illustrated in Fig. 155. In this case the construction of the bulb is as shown ...
( Category: Electronics March 6,2020 )
Making Contact by Sarah Scoles
epub |eng | 2017-03-04 | Author:Sarah Scoles

Before the SETI scientists could find smart-looking signals from space, though, they needed to understand the strange signals the universe produces naturally, and the signals humans put out with their ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 5,2020 )
Master of Electricity - Nikola Tesla: A Quick-Read Biography About the Life and Inventions of a Visionary Genius by Parker Cynthia A
epub |eng | 2015-02-27 | Author:Parker, Cynthia A. [Parker, Cynthia A.]

The World’s Fair of 1893 Westinghouse and Tesla struggled against Edison to convince the public of the safety of A/C power over D/C. Westinghouse’s faith in the A/C system influenced ...
( Category: Scientists March 5,2020 )
Master of Electricity - Nikola Tesla: A Quick-Read Biography About the Life and Inventions of a Visionary Genius by Cynthia A. Parker
azw3 |eng | 2015-02-27 | Author:Cynthia A. Parker [Parker, Cynthia A.]

The World’s Fair of 1893 Westinghouse and Tesla struggled against Edison to convince the public of the safety of A/C power over D/C. Westinghouse’s faith in the A/C system influenced ...
( Category: Scientists March 4,2020 )
Forty Years a Forester by Elers Koch & Char Miller
epub |eng | | Author:Elers Koch & Char Miller

6 The Moose Creek Story Old Bob Monroe threw a couple of chunks on the campfire, which had been allowed to burn down to a bed of coals, as all ...
( Category: Forests & Forestry March 4,2020 )
Watson and DNA by Victor K. McElheny
epub |eng | 2011-11-30 | Author:Victor K. McElheny [VICTOR K. MCELHENY]

LIMITS In the years after he became full-time director of what he called “DNA Town,” Watson pushed out in many directions. One place he failed was in his hope to ...
( Category: Molecular Biology March 4,2020 )
Rider of the Pale Horse by McAllister Hull
epub |eng | 2005-03-03 | Author:McAllister Hull

Still in the Army Those of us who were in the armed forces were not free to leave when the war ended. The demobilization of the Army of the United ...
( Category: Nuclear Physics March 4,2020 )
Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level by Leander Kahney
epub |eng | 2019-04-16 | Author:Leander Kahney

Chapter 9 Cook Fights the Law, and Wins Privacy is another of Cook’s values that has remained high on Apple’s agenda since he took over as CEO. From the earliest ...
( Category: Scientists March 3,2020 )
The Strange Case of the Mad Professor by Peter Kobel
epub |eng | 2013-07-01 | Author:Peter Kobel

The mid- to late 1970s made for heady times in the rock scene in New York City. NYU students could slam shut their textbooks and walk a few blocks to ...
( Category: Mammals March 2,2020 )
Strange Blooms by Jennifer Potter
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jennifer Potter [Potter, Jennifer]

While including Gerard’s text in his revised edition of the Herball, Thomas Johnson nonetheless introduced a note of realism by declaring that barnacle geese hatched from eggs like any other ...
( Category: Environmentalists & Naturalists March 1,2020 )

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