Biography--Science
"Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" :
adventures of a curious character /
Richard P. Feynman as told to Ralph Leighton ; edited by Edward Hutchings.
Biography--Science Science--Humour Physicists Feynman, Richard Phillips (1918-1988)
101 things you didn't know about Einstein
sex, science, and the secrets of the universe
One hundred one things you did not know about Einstein
Cynthia Phillips & Shana Priwer.
Einstein, Albert (Physicist, 1879-1955) Physicists Biography--Science
A beautiful mind
Sylvia Nasar
Biography--Social Sciences Biography--Science Nash, John Forbes Jr. (1928-) Awards--National Book Critics Circle Award (USA)
A monk and two peas
the story of gregor mendel and the discovery of genetics
Robin Marantz Henig
Biography--Science Biography--Biologists and Naturalists Biography--Religion--Christianity Mendel, Gregor (Austrian Priest, Geneticist, 1822-1884)
A Naga odyssey
my long way home
Visier Meyasetsu Sanyü; with Richard Broome
Memoirs Biography--Victims of violence Biography--Science Biography--Historians Sanyü, Visier (Naga refugee, historian, 1953-) Nagaland (India) Tribes--India
A single tear
a family's persecution, love, and endurance in communist China
Wu Ningkun; in collab.w. Li Yikai
Memoirs Biography--Science Biography--Literature--China Wu Ningkun (Chinese Prof. 1920-)
Abdus Salam : a biography
Jagjit Singh
Biography--Science
Albert Einstein: theoretical physicist
Aylesa Forsee
Biography--Science Einstein, Albert (Physicist, 1879-1955) Physicists
Alexander Graham Bell
Gowri Ramaswamy
Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922) Biography--Science
Alfred Russel Wallace
a life
Peter Raby
Biography--Science Evolution (Biology)--History Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913)
American Prometheus
the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin
Biography--Science Oppenheimer, Julius Robert (US physicist, 1904-1967) Nuclear weapons--Manhattan Project
Annie's box
Charles Darwin, his daughter and human evolution
Randal Keynes
Biography--Science Biography--Biologists and Naturalists Biography--Travellers Darwin, Charles (Engl. naturalist, 1809-1882)
Ariviyal Sinthanaiyalar Archimedes
Srinivasan, N.
Archimedes Biography--Science
Autobiography of Charles Darwin
and selected letters
Charles Darwin
Biography--Science
Autobiography of Joseph Priestley
[and] an account of further discoveries in air
memoirs written by himself; introd. by Jack Lindsay
Memoirs Biography--Religion--Christianity Biography--Philosophy Biography--Science Biography--Education Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804) Oxygen--Chemical properties Discoveries in science--History--Sources
Benjamin Franklin
an American life
Walter Isaacson
Biography--Science Biography--Inventors Printers--Biography.--United States Biography--Inventors Biography--Rulers (heads of gov./ chief exec.) Biography--Politics (ministers, MPs, essayists etc.) Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
Bomb, book and compass
Joseph Needham and the great secrets of China
Simon Winchester
Biography--Science Science--China--History Needham, Joseph (F.R.S., 1900-1995)
British scientists of the nineteenth century
by J. G. Growther
Biography--Collective--19th century Biography--Science
Charles Lyell
Sir Edward Bailey
Biography--Science Geologists Lyell, Charles (Geologist, 1797-1875)
China : autobiography, history
Birdless summer
Han Suyin
Biography--Literature--China Biography--Rebels, revolutionaries, reformers Biography--Science Biography--Women Han Suyin (1917-2012) China--History--1912-1949 (Republic) Memoirs
China : autobiography, history
My house has two doors
Han Suyin
Biography--Literature--China Biography--Rebels, revolutionaries, reformers Biography--Science Biography--Women China--History--1949-1976 (People's Republic) Han Suyin (1917-2012) Memoirs
Dark hero of the information age
in search of Norbert Wiener, the father of cybernetics
Flo Conway & Jim Siegelman
Biography--Science Biography--Information technology Cybernetics Wiener, Norbert (1894-1964) Child prodigy Genius
Darwin's armada
Iain McCalman
Biography--Travellers Biography--Science Biography--Collective
De erfenis van Da Vinci
wereld en wetenschap van Leonardo
Stefan Klein; vert.u.h. Duits d. Annemarie Vlaming
Science--History--16th century Biography--Science Biography--Arts Renaissance Leonardo da Vinci (Italian polymath, 1452-1519)
Dérangeurs de l'univers
Freeman J. Dyson
Biography--Science
Disturbing the universe
Freeman J. Dyson
Biography--Science Science
Don't you have time to think?
Richard Phillips Feynman
Physicists--Correspondence.--United States Biography--Science Memoirs
Dr. George Washington Carver, scientist
Shirley Graham & George D. Lipscomb
Biography--Farmers Biography--Science Biography--Biologists and Naturalists Carver, George Washington (Inventor, 1860s-1943)
Einstein
a life in science
Michael White and John Gribbin
Einstein, Albert (Physicist, 1879-1955) Biography--Science Physicists
Einstein
his life and universe
Walter Isaacson
Biography--Science Physicists Einstein, Albert (Physicist, 1879-1955)
Einstein in Berlin
Thomas Levenson
Germany--History--1933-1945 (3rd Reich) Einstein, Albert (Physicist, 1879-1955) Berlin (Germany)--Intellectual life--20th century Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933 Biography--Science Physicists
Einstein in love
Dennis Overbye
Biography--Science Einstein, Albert (Physicist, 1879-1955) Physicists
Exzentrische Leben und merkwürdige Angewohnheiten
John Michell; dt.v. Hans J. Becker
Biography--Collective Biography--Inventors Biography--Science
Famous chemists
the men and their work
by Sir William A. Tilden
Biography--Collective Biography--Science Chemists
fellowship
the story of a revolution
John R. Gribbin
Biography--Science Science--History--17th century--Great Britain Science
Femme honorable
Françoise Giroud
Biography--Science
Feynman's Rainbow
search for beauty in physics and in life
Leonard Mlodinow
Feynman, Richard Phillips (1918-1988) Biography--Science Physics--Miscellanea
Galileo
a very short introduction
Stilman Drake
Biography--Science Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)
Galileo Galilei
Prozeß ohne Ende. Eine Biographie
Albrecht Fölsing
Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) Biography--Science
Galileo's daughter
a drama of science, faith, and love
Dava Sobel
Biography--Science Biography--Religion--Christianity Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) Galilei, Maria Celeste (1600-1634) Astronomers Nuns--Christianity Biography--Women
Genius
the life and science of Richard Feynman
James Gleick
Biography--Science Feynman, Richard Phillips (1918-1988)
Gerald Durrell
Douglas Botting
Biography--Literature--Britain Biography--Environmentalists Biography--Science Durrell, Gerald (1925-1995)
Giordano Bruno
le volcan de Venise
Yvonne Caroutch
Biography--Literature--Italy Biography--Science Biography--Religion--Christianity Bruno, Giordano (1548-1600)
He knew he was right
the irrepressible life of James Lovelock
John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin
Biography--Science Lovelock, James (1919-) Gaia hypothesis
Herbert Spencer
by William Henry Hudson
Biography--Science Biography--Social Sciences Biography--Biologists and Naturalists Biography--Philosophy Spencer, Herbert (Engl. scientist, 1820-1903)
I. Asimov
a memoir
Asimov, Isaac
Biography--Science Scientists Asimov, Isaac (1920-1992)
If this is a man & The truce
Primo Levi; transl. by Stuart Woolf
Memoirs Biography--Jews Biography--Science Biography--Literature--Italy Holocaust survivors Concentration camps--Germany Levi, Primo (Holocaust survivor, 1919-1987)
In Darwin's shadow
the life and science of Alfred Russel Wallace. A biographical study on the psychology of history
Michael Shermer
Biography--Science Evolution (Biology)--History Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913)
Indiya Vingyannigal
Muthu, S. Nellai.
Biography--Science
Insomniac city
New York, Oliver Sacks, and me
Bill Hayes
Memoirs Biography--Science Biography--Historians Biography--Literature--Britain Sacks, Oliver (Brit.neurologist, 1933-2015) Grief (Psychology)--Personal narratives New York (City)--Social life and customs
Isaac Newton
brief lives
Peter Ackroyd
Biography--Science Physicists Newton, Isaac (Sir, 1642-1727)
Isaac Newton
James Gleick
Biography--Science Physicists Newton, Isaac (Sir, 1642-1727)
Johannes Kepler
Volker Bialas
Biography--Science Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630)
John Dee
the world of an Elizabethan magus
Peter French
Biography--Science Biography--Occultism Biography--Philosophy Dee, John [Math., astron., hermetic philos. 1527-1609)]
Journey into light
life and science of C.V. Raman
G. Venkataraman
Raman effect--History Biography--Science Physicists Raman, Chandrasekhra Venkata (Sir, 1888-1970) Raman effect
Julian Huxley
scientist and world citizen: 1887-1975
J. R. Baker
Biography--Science Huxley, Julian (1887-1975) Evolution (Biology) Eugenics
La vie à fil tendu
Georges Charpak; Dominique Saudinos
Biography--Science Biography--Jews Memoirs Charpak, Georges (1924-2010)
Lab girl
Hope Jahren
Memoirs Biography--Science Biography--Biologists and Naturalists Biography--Women Jahren, Hope (US Geobiologist, 1969-) Awards--National Book Critics Circle Award (USA) Geobotany
Leonardo
Martin Kemp; a.d.Engl.v. Nikolaus G. Schneider
Biography--Arts Biography--Applied sciences Biography--Science Leonardo da Vinci (Italian polymath, 1452-1519)
Leonardo da Vinci
Sherwin B. Nuland
Biography--Arts Biography--Science Leonardo da Vinci (Italian polymath, 1452-1519) Biography--Inventors
Leonardo da Vinci
the renaissance man
Dan Danko
Biography--Arts Biography--Inventors Biography--Science Biography--Architects Leonardo da Vinci (Italian polymath, 1452-1519) Graphic novels Comics and cartoons--Historical Age group--Youth (10-18) Comics and cartoons--Juvenile
Leonardo segreto
gli enigmi nascosti nei suoi capolavori
Costantino d'Orazio
Arts--Appreciation Paintings--Italy--Renaissance Biography--Arts Biography--Science Leonardo da Vinci (Italian polymath, 1452-1519) Mysteries
Lexikon der Forscher und Erfinder
René Zey
Biography--Collective Biography--Applied sciences Biography--Explorers Biography--Science
Lives in science
Biography--Science Biography--Collective
Madam Curie
Gowri Ramaswamy
Biography--Science Curie, Marie
Madame Curie
Eve Curie
Biography--Science Biography--Women
Marie Curie
Bharati, Suddhananda
Biography--Science Curie, Marie
Marie Curie
Ibi Lepscky ; illustrated by Paolo Cardoni ; translated from the Italian by Marcel Danesi
Chemists--Juvenile literature Curie, Marie (1867-1934) Chemists Biography--Science Biography--Women Age group--Kids (6-10)
Music to move the stars
a life with Stephen
Jane Hawking
Biography--Science Memoirs Hawking, Stephen William (English astrophysicist, 1942-2018) Hawking, Jane
Naturalist
E O Wilson
Naturalists Wilson, Edward Osborne (American biologist, 1929-) Biography--Science Memoirs Biodiversity Sociobiology
Newton
the making of a genius
Patricia Fara
Newton, Isaac (Sir, 1642-1727) Biography--Science
Nicholas Copernicus
Mikolaj Kopernik, 1473-1543
prep. by Dr. Józef Rudnicki; transl. from the Polish by B. W. A. Massey
Biography--Science Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543)
Nikolaus Kopernikus
mit Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten
dargest. von Jochen Kirchhoff
Biography--Science
Passionate minds
the great scientific affair
David. Bodanis
Biography--Science Mistresses--Biography.--France France--Intellectual life--18th century Biography--Literature--France Biography--Women Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie (Math., 1706-1749) Mathematicians
Paths of innovators in science, engineering & technology
R. Parthasarathy
Biography--Collective Biography--Science Biography--Applied sciences
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
mit Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten
dargest. v. Johannes Hemleben
Biography--Philosophy Biography--Science Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre (1875-1961) Biography--Religion--Christianity
Prodigal genius
the life of Nikola Tesla
John J. O'Neill
Biography--Science Biography--Inventors Tesla, Nikola (1856-1943)
Pythagoras
his lives and the legacy of a rational universe
Kitty Ferguson
Biography--Science Biography--Philosophy Pythagoras of Samos (~570 - ~495 BC)
Reason for hope
a spiritual journey
Jane Goodall
Biography--Science Spiritual memoirs Goodall, Jane (1934-) Anthropologists
Revolutions in the earth
James Hutton and the true age of the world
Stephen Baxter
Geology, Stratigraphic--History Science--History Biography--Science Hutton, James (1726-1797) Historical geology
Rosalind Franklin : the dark lady of DNA
Maddox, Brenda
Franklin, Rosalind Biography--Science
Sans patrie ni frontières
Jan Valtin
Biography--Science
Scientific temperaments
three lives in contemporary science
Philip J. Hilts
Scientists Particle acceleration Artificial intelligence Biology Wilson, Robert Rathbun (US particle physicist, 1914-2000) Ptashne, Mark (US molecular biologist, 1940-) McCarthy, John (US computer scientist, 1927-2011) Science--Progress Biography--Science
sense of the mysterious :
science and the human spirit /
Alan P. Lightman
Science--Philosophy and theory Creative ability in science--United States Biography--Science
Stephen Hawking
quest for a theory of everything
Kitty Ferguson
Biography--Science Hawking, Stephen William (English astrophysicist, 1942-2018)
Stephen Hawking
quest for a theory of everything
Kitty Ferguson
Biography--Science Quantum mechanics Hawking, Stephen William (English astrophysicist, 1942-2018) Physics--Miscellanea
Stephen Hawking
a biography
Kristine Larsen
Biography--Science
The autobiography of Bertrand Russell
1872-1914
Memoirs Biography--Philosophy Biography--Science Russell, Bertrand (Philos., 1872-1970) Letters
The autobiography of Bertrand Russell
1914-1944
Memoirs Biography--Philosophy Biography--Science Russell, Bertrand (Philos., 1872-1970)
The autobiography of Bertrand Russell
1944-1967
Memoirs Biography--Philosophy Biography--Science
The crime of Galileo
by Giorgio De Santillana
Inquisition Astronomy--History Christianity and science Heresy--Christianity Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) Biography--Science Conspiracies
The Crippled Tree
China; Autobiography; History
The unforgettable story of war and revolution in China
Han Suyin
Biography--Literature--China Biography--Rebels, revolutionaries, reformers Biography--Science Biography--Women China--History--1912-1949 (Republic) Han Suyin (1917-2012) Memoirs
The devil's doctor
Paracelsus and the world of Renaissance magic and science
Philip Ball
Biography--Alchemists Science--History--16th century Paracelsus (Swiss polymath, 1493-1541) Biography--Science
The emperor of scent
a story of perfume, obsession and the last mystery of the senses
Chandler Burr
Turin, Luca (Italian biophysicist, 1953-) Biography--Science
The invention of air
a story of science, faith, revolution, and the birth of America
Steven Johnson
United States--History Science--History--18th century Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804) Biography--Science Biography--Philosophy Biography--Religion--Christianity
The life of Samuel Johnson
James Boswell; with an introduction by Claude Rawson
Biography--Lexicographers Biography--Literature--Britain Biography--Science Johnson, Samuel (Engl. writer, 1709-1784)
The man who knew infinity
a life of the genius Ramanujan
Robert Kanigel
Biography--Science Ramanujan, Srinivasa (Tamil mathematician, 1887-1920)
The man who knew infinity
a life of the genius Ramanujan
Robert Kanigel
Ramanujan, Aiyangar Srinivasa (1887-1920, Godfrey Harold) Mathematicians Biography--Science Biography--India
The man who loved China
the fantastic story of the eccentric scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
Simon Winchester
Needham, Joseph (F.R.S., 1900-1995) Biography--Travellers Biography--Science Civilization--China
The man who loved only numbers
the story of Paul Erdős and the search for mathematical truth
by Paul Hoffman
Biography--Science Mathematicians Erdős, Paul (Hungarian mathematician, 1913-1996) Mathematics--History
The world of Copernicus
by Angus Armitage
Biography--Science Astronomers Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543)
To Speak For the Trees
my life's journey from ancient Celtic wisdom to a healing vision of the forest
Diana Beresford-Kroeger
Trees--Communication Forest ecology Memoirs Biography--Women Biography--Science Biography--Biologists and Naturalists Beresford-Kroeger, Diana (Irish author, 1944-)
Vikram Sarabhai
a life
Amrita Shah
Biography--Science Biography--Applied sciences Sarabhai, Vikram Ambalal (Indian physicist, 1919-1971) Space travel--Programmes--India
Vous voulez rire, monsieur Feynman !
entretiens avec Ralph Leighton
Feynman, Richard P.; traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Françoise Balibar et Claude Guthmann.
Science--Humour Biography--Science Physicists Feynman, Richard Phillips (1918-1988)
Voyage of the beagle
Darwin, Charles
Biography--Science
What can I give?
life lessons from my teacher, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Srijan Pal Singh
Biography--Science Biography--Rulers (heads of gov./ chief exec.) Abdul Kalam, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen (Physicist, Indian pres. 1931-2015)
What do you care what other people think?
further adventures of a curious character
Richard P. Feynman
Memoirs Biography--Science Feynman, Richard Phillips (1918-1988) Disasters Space vehicles--Manned
What is life?
with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical sketches
Erwin Schrödinger
Life (Biology) Biophysics Austrian essays Mind and body Memoirs Biography--Science Schrödinger, Erwin (1887-1961)
What mad pursuit
a personal view of scientific discovery
Francis Crick
Biography--Science Biography--Biologists and Naturalists Memoirs Crick, Francis (Brit.biolog.& neuroscientist, 1916-2004)
William Herschel
Agnus Armitage
Biography--Science Astronomers Herschel, Friedrich Wilhelm (Astronomer, 1738-822)
Wings of fire
an autobiography
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari.
Biography--Politics--India--20th century Abdul Kalam, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen (Physicist, Indian pres. 1931-2015) Biography--Science Biography--India
Witness
the autobiography of John G. Bennett
Memoirs Biography--Mystics Biography--Philosophy Biography--Science Fourth way Bennett, John Godolphin (Mystic, Gurdjieff student, 1897-1974)
Записки революционера
Zapiski revolutsionera
Петр Кропоткин
Memoirs Biography--Nobility Biography--Philosophy Biography--Rebels, revolutionaries, reformers Biography--Science Kropotkin, Pyotr Alexeyevich (1842-1921)
அப்துல் கலாம்
கனவு நாயகன்
Abdul Kalam
ச.ந.கண்ண்ன்
Biography--Politics--India--20th century Biography--Science Abdul Kalam, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen (Physicist, Indian pres. 1931-2015) Biography--Rulers (heads of gov./ chief exec.)
அறிவியல் அறிஞர் அப்துல் கலாம்
Ariviyal Arignar Abdul Kalam
நெல்லை சு. முத்து
Biography--Science Biography--Rulers (heads of gov./ chief exec.) Abdul Kalam, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen (Physicist, Indian pres. 1931-2015) Biography--Politics--India--20th century
ஆல்பர்ட் ஐன்ஸ்டீைடடீன்
Albert Einstein
Fiona Macdonald
Einstein, Albert (Physicist, 1879-1955) Biography--Science
கலிலியோ கலீலி
Galileo Galilei
Michael White
Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) Biography--Science
தமிழ்த் தாத்தா
உ. வே. சாமிநாத ஐயர்
Tamizth Thatha
கி. வா. ஜகந்நாதன்
Biography--Science Biography--India--Tamils Swaminatha Iyar, U. V. (1855-1942) Biography--Literature--India--Tamil
வெற்றித் திருமகன் அப்துல் கலாம்
Vetri Thirumagan Abdul Kalam
நெல்லை சு.முத்து
Biography--Science Biography--Rulers (heads of gov./ chief exec.) Biography--India Abdul Kalam, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen (Physicist, Indian pres. 1931-2015)
학문의 즐거움
Hagmun-ui jeulgeoum
히로나카헤이스케
Memoirs Biography--Science Heisuke Hironaka (Japanese mathematician, 1931-)
