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In mid-1962, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner was given a partial transcript of an interview with Miles Davis. It covered jazz, of course, but it also included Davis’s ruminations on race, politics and culture. Fascinated, Hef sent the writer—fu… more

The creation of the Mac in 1984 catapulted America into the digital millennium, captured a fanatic cult audience, and transformed the computer industry into an unprecedented mix of technology, economics, and show business. Now veteran techn… more

A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage battery, and the electric light. In the words of the authors, “It is designed in these pages to bring the … more

A short biography of Richard Owen, probably best remembered today for coining the word Dinosauria (meaning “Terrible Reptile” or “Fearfully Great Reptile”) and for his outspoken opposition to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural … more

Thomas H. Huxley was one of the first supporters of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, and he did more than any other writer to advance its acceptance among scientists and nonscientists alike. His most famous book, M… more

Illustrated edition - The book includes 10 new unique illustrations relevant to the book. .This little book closes a series of five volumes which I undertook some years since, in the wish to teach boys and girls how to use for themselves th… more

Pitágoras, o criador do famoso teorema, foi possivelmente o primeiro gênio da cultura ocidental. Todos nós aprendemos um dia que o quadrado da hipotenusa é igual à soma dos quadrados dos catetos, mas muitos talvez desconheçam as excentricid… more

Eugene Goldwasser (1922-2010) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from the University of Chicago, where he also earned a PhD in biochemistry, and where he remained as a faculty member for his entire career. His long-term project … more

Steve Jobs was not a genius inventor. Steve Jobs was not a computer scientist. Steve Jobs did not hesitate to steal ideas from competitors and employees. It’s time to tell the truth about the person that was Steve Jobs: a great boss, a fant… more

“SO YOU WANT TO BE A FERRY PILOT is made up of nineteen true short stories about ferrying airplanes from one part of the world to another. Each flight has something about it that wasn’t planned. Unexpected heart stopping engine failures, we… more

Michelle Williams is young and attractive, she has close family ties as well as a busy social life � but she is far from usual. She is a mortuary technician and her job involves dealing with those things in life that many people do not wish… more

A witty celebration of the great eccentrics who have performed dangerous scientific experiments on themselves for the benefit of humankind Many scientists have followed the advice of the great Victorian doctor Jack Haldane to “never experim… more

“This book is a collection of true short stories and anecdotes that happened to me over the course of my life. As a college student at the University ofAlabama, I witnessed turbulent times during the historical “”Civil Rights Era”“.My profe… more

A short biography of Carl Sagan, noted scientist, teacher, and personality famous for “Cosmos,” his popular 13-part part television series about science.

Engineer, Author, Inventor and so much more! This short biography of Buckminster Fuller gives you a short rundown on some of fuller’s major achievements.

Forty years of Edison service, 1882-1922; (1922)

This book is a collective effort on the part of many of the NASA flight controllers who “manned” the front row of consoles in Mission Control during the preeminent days of America’s Manned Spaceflight Program.These controllers were the sing… more

Mr. Cameron’s work as a Petroleum Engineer encompassed three continents and four decades. Commencing in the Middle East in the 1930s, the trail led to the Caribbean, North America and eventually the North Sea.During World War II, Mr. Camero… more

This is a true story concerning a Contract Security Force protecting a commercial Nuclear Power Plant and the adversities they were challenged with from within. In 1992, this nuclear plant was ordered to be temporarily shut down by the Nucl… more