Marcel Grossmann

Claudia Graf-Grossmann

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• He sends a plea for help to his former fellow student, the mathematician Marcel Grossmann (1878-1936), for he is in need of assistance with the mathem... Lees meer

Going for Cold

John II Weisend, G Terence Meaden

• Hardcover | Engels | Springer Biographies
• This short but revealing biography tells the story of Kurt Mendelssohn FRS, one of the founding figures in the field of cryogenics, from his beginning... Lees meer

Karl Popper

Friedel Weinert

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• Karl R. Popper is widely regarded as one of the most influential 20th century philosophers. In this new biography, Weinert provides a comprehensive an... Lees meer

On the Waves of a Pulsating World

Vladimir Babitsky

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• Vladimir Babitsky was born before the Second World War and migrated West after Perestroika. The author has lived through a series of fascinating epoch... Lees meer

The Life of José María Sobral

Mary R Tahan

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• First book to publish the contents of José María Sobral's diary Biography of a historical Antarctic explorer and geologist Provides background on Anta... Lees meer

Denis Burkitt

John H Cummings

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• This biography of Dr. Denis Parsons Burkitt, after whom the childhood cancer Burkitt's lymphoma was named, and who was a pioneer of the dietary fiber ... Lees meer

Breathing on the Roof of the World

John B West

• Hardcover | Engels | Springer Biographies
• This book is an informal autobiography by John West MD PhD. He obtained his medical degree in Adelaide, Australia and then spent 15 years mainly at th... Lees meer

Ralph Edwards: Rare Events

Ian Hembrow

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• Medical treatments designed to help people can also be harmful or fatal. Around 2.5 million people die this way each year. So if any kind of medicine ... Lees meer

Pioneer and Master of Galactic Astronomy: Biographies of Jacobus C. Kapteyn and Jan Hendrik Oort - Set

Pieter C Van Der Kruit

• Hardcover | Engels | Springer Biographies
• This is a set offering the Springer books "Pioneer of Galactic Astronomy: A Biography of Jacobus C. Kapteyn" (ISBN 978-3-030-55422-4) and "Master of G... Lees meer

Meghnad Saha

Pramod V Naik

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• This biography is a short yet comprehensive overview of the life of Meghnad Saha, the mastermind behind the frequently used Saha equations and a stron... Lees meer

Galileo Galilei

Wolfgang W Osterhage

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• This new scientific biography explores the influences on, and of, Galileo's exceptional work, thereby revealing novel connections with the worldviews ... Lees meer

The Flying Man

Markus Raffel, Bernd Lukasch

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• "Of all the men who attacked the flying problem in the 19th century, Otto Lilienthal was easily the most important. His greatness appeared in every ph... Lees meer

Laura Bassi-The World's First Woman Professor in Natural Philosophy

• Hardcover | Engels | Springer Biographies
• This book provides a fascinating insight into the life and scientific work of Laura Bassi, the first female member of the influential Academy of Scien... Lees meer

Imperial Biologists

Hideo Mohri

• Hardcover | Engels | Springer Biographies
• This book sheds light on a little-known aspect of the Imperial family of Japan: For three generations, members of the family have devoted themselves t... Lees meer

Emil Fischer's ''From My Life''

David M Behrman, Edward J Behrman

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• This book is a translation of Emil Fischer's autobiography published in 1922 by Verlag von Julius Springer, Berlin, Germany. It is the first translati... Lees meer

Edith and Florence Stoney, Sisters in Radiology

Adrian Thomas, Francis Duck

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• This book explores the lives and achievements of two Irish sisters, Edith and Florence Stoney, who pioneered the use of new electromedical technologie... Lees meer

Jayme Tiomno

William Dean Brewer, Alfredo Tiomno Tolmasquim

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• Jayme Tiomno (1920-2011) was one of the most influential Brazilian physicists of the 20th century, interacting with many of the renowned physicists of... Lees meer

Karl Popper

Friedel Weinert

• Hardcover | Engels | Springer Biographies
• Karl R. Popper is widely regarded as one of the most influential 20th century philosophers. In this new biography, Weinert provides a comprehensive an... Lees meer

Herwig Schopper

Herwig Schopper, James Gillies

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• This open access book is both a memoir and a biography. Born in Czechoslovakia in 1924, Herwig Schopper is one of the few people able to bear witness ... Lees meer

Parallel Lives of Astronomers

William Sheehan

• Hardcover | Engels | Springer Biographies
• Using the "Parallel Lives" approach adopted by the Greek biographer Plutarch, noted historian of astronomy William Sheehan contrasts the lives and res... Lees meer

Herbert Fröhlich

G J Hyland

• Hardcover | Engels | Springer Biographies
• This biography provides a stimulating and coherent blend of scientific and personal narratives describing the many achievements of the theoretical phy... Lees meer

Ralph Edwards: Rare Events

Ian Hembrow

• Hardcover | Engels | Springer Biographies
• Medical treatments designed to help people can also be harmful or fatal. Around 2.5 million people die this way each year. So if any kind of medicine ... Lees meer

Giovanni Domenico Cassini

Gabriella Bernardi

• Paperback | Engels | Springer Biographies
• Recounts the life and scientific achievements of the most famous astronomer of his time Explores Cassini's impressive accomplishments in diverse field... Lees meer

Denis Burkitt

John H Cummings

• Hardcover | Engels | Springer Biographies
• This biography of Dr. Denis Parsons Burkitt, after whom the childhood cancer Burkitt's lymphoma was named, and who was a pioneer of the dietary fiber ... Lees meer