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His Life and Universe
by Walter IsaacsonIf you liked Einstein, try these:
by Henry Hemming
Published Sep 2016
Read ReviewsThe untold story of an enigmatic genius who changed warfare forever.
by Christopher Potter
Published Feb 2010
Read ReviewsYou Are Here is a dazzling exploration of the universe and our relationship to it, as seen through the lens of today's most cutting-edge scientific thinking.
by Simon Winchester
Published May 2009
Read ReviewsThe Man Who Loved Chinatells the sweeping story of China through the remarkable life of Joseph Needham's , a brilliant Cambridge scientist . Here is an unforgettable tale of what makes men, nations, and, indeed, mankind itself great—related by one of the world's inimitable storytellers.
by Jung Chang, Jon Halliday
Published Nov 2006
Read ReviewsThis is an entirely fresh look at Mao in both content and approach. It will astonish historians and the general reader alike.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
Published Sep 2004
Read ReviewsThe ultimate journey to discover how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also what happened in between and since.
by Jack Repcheck
Published Jul 2004
Read ReviewsA marvelous narrative about a little-known man and the science he founded, which sparked Darwin's theory of evolution - helping to free science from the straitjacket of religious orthodoxy.
by Sylvia Nasar
Published Dec 2001
Read Reviews'A brilliant book -- at once a powerful and moving biography of a great mathematical genius and an important contribution to American intellectual history.'
by Dava Sobel
Published Oct 2000
Read ReviewsDramatically recolors the personality and accomplishment of a mythic figure whose seventeenth-century clash with Catholic doctrine continues to define the schism between science and religion.
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