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If You Had to Draw a Universe for Me...
50 Questions About the Universe, Matter and Scientists
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
What was there before the Big Bang? Are researchers ordinary people just like everyone else? What will physicists do when they've discovered what's inside particles? Do particles grow when we grow? Does space go on forever? What's inside a black hole?
In 2014, CERN launched an art competition...
Brave Beachley
The True Story of World Champion Surfer Layne Beachley
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
Brave Beachley tells the tale of Australian Layne Beachley and how she chased her dream to become a world champion surfer.
"Because tough times are sure to happen.
They are part and parcel of life's plan.
But don't let those tough times stop you,
pick yourself up and say: 'I CAN!'"
SisuGirls...
Release Me: An MC Romance
Bleeding Angels MC, #1
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2018
Release Me is book 1 of the Bleeding Angels MC series. Books 2-6, Chase Me, Control Me, Deny Me, Protect Me, and Unchain Me are available everywhere now!
I was left a prisoner to the worst people in the world.
He was my only ray of hope. The only man I've ever loved.
We swore to keep each other...
Mr SIA
Fly Past
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Introducing the life and times of a legend in international aviation — Lim Chin Beng — the man they called Mr SIA.
Absorbing the life and work of Lim Chin Beng is like watching a fly past of airlines and aircraft old and new. In this book, his past comes to meet you in many forms — designs,...
Women of the Grand Theatre
Posters of the Glamorous Women of the Early 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
The Women of the Grand Theatre offers posters of some of the most glamorous women of the early 20th century. The Grand Posters of the Past collection provides a look into the magical world of theater, aristocracy, and cinema. From portraits of elite women to posters of famous actresses, these beautiful...
Chicago's Visual Arts
A Quest for World Class, #1
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2014
The story of the city that aspired to be "the Paris of the New World" but instead became the Pin-Up Capital of America. A history of Chicago's visual arts community with an emphasis on the contributions of Chicago's commercial artists.
Birds and Frogs
Selected Papers of Freeman Dyson, 19902014
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
This book is a sequel to the volume of selected papers of Dyson up to 1990 that was published by the American Mathematical Society in 1996. The present edition comprises a collection of the most interesting writings of Freeman Dyson, all personally selected by the author, from the period 1990–2014.
The...
Crackle and Fizz
Essential Communication and Pitching Skills for Scientists
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
This is a book for scientists and other experts who need to explain the significance and potential of their work to colleagues, committees, funding bodies or the general public. It details how to harness story-telling principles to make complex or technical content easier to communicate and fulfilling...
Emperor of Enzymes
A Biography of Arthur Kornberg, Biochemist and Nobel Laureate
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
This book chronicles the life and work of the late Arthur Kornberg, one of the premier biochemists in the world, who discovered the enzyme DNA polymerase, a key enzyme required for the biosynthesis of DNA.
The book provides readers with a view of the personality and character of one of the...
The Scientist and the Forger
Insights into the Scientific Detection of Forgery in Paintings
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
"The scientific techniques described encompass relevant examples of forgery detection and of authentication. The book deals, to name a few, with the Chagall, the Jackson Pollock and the Beltracchi affairs and discusses the Isleworth Mona Lisa as well as La Bella Principessa both thought to be...
by Gerard 't Hooft
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
If you think the future is a mystery, think again. With a solid foothold in realism, an extraordinary insight into scientific and technological developments, and a dry sense of humor, Nobel laureate Professor Gerard 't Hooft confidently dissects fact from fiction and shows us what our future might...
Optimal Mean Reversion Trading
Mathematical Analysis and Practical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Optimal Mean Reversion Trading: Mathematical Analysis and Practical Applications provides a systematic study to the practical problem of optimal trading in the presence of mean-reverting price dynamics. It is self-contained and organized in its presentation, and provides rigorous mathematical analysis...
Innovate Your Innovation Process
100 Proven Tools
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Through a series of short stories and brief case studies about great innovators, this book will help managers and entrepreneurs rethink their innovation processes, using the tools outlined in the book. The eight chapters include narratives on: From Ideas to Action; Breaking the Rules; Learning Creativity...
Information Systems
The Connection of People and Resources for Innovation — A Textbook
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
This unique new textbook on Information Systems (IS) provides an answer to a few basic questions in the field: What is the scientific nature of IS? How do we design IS in today's connected world? What is the relationship between IS and innovation in knowledge economies? Whereas mainframe corporate...