The Life, Times and Discoveries of Charles Darwin.

Shows how Einstein developed his theories. This book reveals the man behind the science, from his early years and thought experiments in Germany, to his marriages and children, his role in the development of the Atomic Bomb and his work for Civil Rights groups in the United States.

An introduction to Viktor Schauberger's life and thinking. It shows how his approach developed over the course of his eventful life (which included both World Wars) and takes the reader on a journey through his discoveries, interspersed with lively anecdotes which illustrate how his mind worked.

The Life, Times and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton.

What is it, that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle and wait for someone to light the fuse? Ask a few of the astronauts and find out. They had it. The first Americans in space, battling the Russians for control of the heavens, putting their lives on the line. This book is about the quality beyond bravery, beyond courage.

Jim Lovelock is an iconic figure in British science, a prophet whose prophecies are coming true. He is best known as the 'father' of Gaia theory, which is established as the most useful way of understanding the dramatic changes happening to the environment of the Earth. This biography reveals his independent, original and inspiring life.

The first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available -- a fully realised portrait of this extraordinary human being, and great genius.

The Revolutionary Life of Richard Doll.

Amherst Villiers, a cousin of Winston Churchill, is best known as the man who supercharged the legendary Blower Bentley, which his close friend Ian Fleming described as James Bond's only hobby. He also designed Malcolm Campbell's first land speed record-breaking Bluebird that played a part in BRM's only world championship-winning engine.

Unfolds the story of how Thomas Denman moved from the rural surroundings of Derbyshire to become respected at the highest levels of London society and beyond. This book traces his links with historical contemporaries such as Admiral John Byng, Lord George Byron, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and the pioneering physicians William Smellie.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel had strong associations with South Wales; chief engineer of the GWR, he was the same for the South Wales Railway Company, taking the railways across South Wales. This work focuses on his contribution to the maritime world, from his work on dry docks and shipping facilities to his steamships, including his 'great leviathan'.

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Physicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu scriptures as he was with quantum mechanics, J Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb, was the most famous scientist of his generation. This biography reveals a brilliant man, profoundly involved with some of the momentous events of the twentieth century.

This inspiring autobiography follows the life of Mary Joyce Baxter, who left home in the 1950's to become a nurse.

A biography of J Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who served as scientific director for the Manhattan Project. It tells the story of political and social forces that shaped the world in the 20th century, when the rise of American science contributed mightily to the country's emergence as a dominant power in world affairs.

One of the most prominent Soviet Arctic scientists of the 1920s and 1930s, Mikhail Mikhailovich Ermolaev was a geologist, physicist, and oceanographer. After working in the Arctic for some 13 years, he was arrested by the NKVD, convicted on a trumped-up charge of 'sabotage', and sent to the Gulag for ten years. This is a biography of Ermolaev.

Charles Darwin has become one of the important men in history. The quiet, unsure polymath who avoided confrontation, ensconced in his family home at Down House in Kent, was also a revolutionary who developed his idea of Natural Selection in isolation. This is a guide to the ideas as well as the man who was voted one of the greatest Britons.

Richard Holmes, prize-winning biographer of Coleridge and Shelley, explores the scientific ferment that swept across Britain at the end of 18th century in his ground-breaking new biography 'The Age of Wonder'.

Paul Dirac was one of the leading pioneers of the greatest revolution in 20th-century science: quantum mechanics. This book celebrates Dirac's massive scientific achievement while drawing a compassionate portrait of his life and work. It shows a man who, while hopelessly socially inept, could manage to love and sustain close friendship.

Robert Boyle ranks with Newton and Einstein as one of the world's most important scientists. Navigating Boyle's voluminous published works as well as his personal letters and papers, this title presents an account that gives us the man rather than the myth, the troubled introvert as well as the public campaigner.