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A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash

A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash more books like this

by Sylvia Nasar

This biography analyzes how Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash's eccentric personality helped him to develop revolutionary mathematical processes, and chronicles the transformation of this prolific eccentricity into a 30-year bout of paranoid schizophrenia and eventual recovery in 1990. Nasar provides insights into this illness and its ...

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In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind

In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind more books like this

by Eric R Kandel, M.D.

This "important and marvelous book" ("The New York Times") gives Eric Kandel's account of how his personal quest to understand memory intersected with the emergence of a new science. It relates the story of how four distinct disciplines - behaviourist psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience and molecular biology - converged into a powerful ...

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Cantor's Dilemma

Cantor's Dilemma more books like this

by Carl Djerassi

A tale of the elegant yet ruthless world of science in which Cantor embarks on an experiment that will earn him the Nobel Prize. Celly Price is also pursuing a promising career and her aunt Paula discovers Cantor's other passions - chamber music, erotic art, and her.

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The Art and Politics of Science

The Art and Politics of Science more books like this

by Harold Varmus

In "The Art and Politics of Science" a Nobel prize-winning cancer biologist, leader of major scientific institutions and veteran of the American science policy wars reflects on his remarkable career. A year into his graduate studies in literature at Harvard University, Harold Varmus discovered he was drawn instead to medicine and eventually found ...

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A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994

A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994 more books like this

by Sylvia Nasar

This biography analyzes how Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash's eccentric personality helped him to develop revolutionary mathematical processes, and chronicles the transformation of this prolific eccentricity into a 30-year bout of paranoid schizophrenia and eventual recovery in 1990. Nasar provides insights into this illness and its ...

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Other Colors: Essays and a Story

Other Colors: Essays and a Story more books like this

by Orhan Pamuk, Maureen Freely (Translator)

Pamuks first book since winning the Nobel Prize is a dazzling collection of essays, written over the last three decades, on his lifelong obsessions, his own work, and the work of others. Illustrated with photographs, paintings, and the authors own sketches.

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Engaged to Murder more books like this

by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel, L Schwartz

Award-winning author Loretta Schwartz-Nobel presents the horrifying details of a crime that shocked the affluent suburbs of Philadelphia's Main Line--and sent two of its most respected educators to prison for murder.

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The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank

The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank more books like this

by David Plotz

This is the inside, never-before-told story of the Nobel Prize sperm bank, the most radical experiment in human breeding in U.S. history. More than 200 children were born from this sperm bank between 1980-1999. It is also the story of the extraordinary meetings between the children and their donor fathers.

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Iran Awakening: One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Life and Country

Iran Awakening: One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Life and Country more books like this

by Shirin Ebadi, Azadeh Moaveni

The moving, inspiring memoir of Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for the oppressed, offers a vivid picture of the struggles of one woman against the system.

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Alfred Nobel: A Biography

Alfred Nobel: A Biography more books like this

by Kenne Fant, Marianne Ruuth (Translator)

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Gitanjali: A Collection of Idian Poems by the Nobel Laureate

Gitanjali: A Collection of Idian Poems by the Nobel Laureate more books like this

by Rabindranath Tagore, William Butler Yeats (Introduction by)

India's only Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, was one of the most important writers in 20th-century Indian literature. Among his expansive and impressive body of work, "Gitanjali" is regarded as one of his greatest achievements, and has been a perennial bestseller since it was first published in paperback in 1971.

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The Impossible Takes Longer: The 1,000 Wisest Things Ever Said by Nobel Prize Laureates more books like this

by David Pratt (Compiled by)

Witty, incisive observations on such universally meaningful topics as courage and compassion by many of the greatest minds of the 20th and 21st centuries are included in this collection of insightful, thought-provoking, sometimes humorous statements.

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The Ig Nobel Prizes: Rewarding the World's Unlikeliest Research more books like this

by Marc Abrahams

From the humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research, here are the anti-Nobels--prizes that should have been awarded (but, inexplicably, weren't) for such accomplishments as treating snakebites with electroshock and calculating how many times a piece of toast will fall buttered side down.

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Nobel: A Century of Prize Winners more books like this

by Michael Worek (Editor)

A look at the achievement of 200 of the most famous, important or interesting Nobel prize winners of the 20th century -- arranged chronologically and illustrated by a portrait and in some cases explanatory diagrams. An appendix lists all winners.

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Sixteen Acres: Architecture and the Outrageous Struggle for the Future of Ground Zero more books like this

by Philip Nobel

Tracing the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site from graveyard to playground for high design, insurgent critic Nobel strips away the hyperbole to reveal the secret life--including a tally of deceptions and betrayals--of the century's most charged building project.

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The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture more books like this

by Professor Jimmy Carter

The Nobel Lecture was delivered by Jimmy Carter on December 10, 2002, at the ceremony in Oslo, Norway, where he received the Nobel Prize for Peace.

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Dark Moon Crossing more books like this

by Sylvia Nobel, Donna Jandro (Editor)

The third adventure in Sylvia Nobel's mystery series, based on actual newspaper articles, plunges reporter Kendall O'Dell into the centre of the volatile and controversial issues surrounding ranchers and illegal immigrant crossings at the U.S./Mexican border. When she agrees to investigate the disappearance of a co-worker's relatives who ...

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The Devil's Cradle more books like this

by Sylvia Nobel

"The Devil's Cradle" is the second title in Sylvia Nobel's popular mystery series featuring feisty journalist, Kendall O'Dell. Based on actual events, the story picks up two weeks after the end of Deadly Sanctuary and the reader tags along with Kendall to investigate a mysterious death in an isolated mining town hidden away in the hills of ...

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Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age more books like this

by Joel N Shurkin

"Broken Genius" is the first biography of William Shockley, founding father of Silicon Valley - one of the most significant and reviled scientists of the Twentieth century. Shockley won a Nobel Prize for inventing the transistor, upon which almost everything that makes the modern world is based. Little has affected history as much as this device, ...

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One Continuous Mistake: Four Nobel Truths for Writers more books like this

by Gail Sher

This approach to the creative process of writing comes from a Zen Buddhist perspective. The classic Zen teachings help both novice and experienced writers to develop relaxed alertness, avoid distraction and develop a daily writing routine.

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Forsaking All Others: The Real Betty Broderick Story more books like this

by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel

The true-life tragedy that stunned the nation in November 1989. An award-winning journalist (author of The Baby Swap Conspiracy) reveals the untold story and dramatic conclusion of every woman's ultimate nightmare. Betty Broderick's murder of her ex-husband and his new young wife led to a hung-jury trial and a TV docudrama starring Meredith Baxter ...

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Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries more books like this

by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

Since 1901 there have been over three hundred recipients of the Nobel Prize in the sciences. Only ten of them - about 3 percent - have been women. Why? In this updated version of "Nobel Prize Women in Science", Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores the reasons for this astonishing disparity by examining the lives and achievements of fifteen women ...

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The Baby Swap Conspiracy: The Shocking Truth Behind the Florida Case of Two Babies Switched at Birth more books like this

by Loretta Schwartz Nobel, Diane Reverand (Editor), Loretta Schwartz-Nobel

The behind-the-scenes story of the shocking Florida case of two babies switched at birth. Award-winning journalist Loretta Schwartz-Nobel sheds new light on the case that has inspired headlines for years--revealing information that is not yet public.

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Growing Up Empty: The Hunger Epidemic in America more books like this

by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel

This investigative report on hunger in America is based on the author's interviews with families and individuals from a variety of situations. Author Schwartz-Nobel shows how people from the middle class, refugees and immigrants, and even the military class live in desperate straits. Her research is based on two decades of research which shows ...

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Deadly Sanctuary more books like this

by Sylvia Nobel, Max Lebowitz (Editor), Roger Patterson (Illustrator)

This is the first title in Sylvia Nobel's popular mystery series that features spirited, flame-haired reporter, Kendall O'Dell. The author's trademark style is to produce exciting, well-written, edge-of-your-seat, adventures with 'knock your socks off' surprise endings. Her judicious use of language and lack of graphic sex and violence make her ...

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