Biography: Science, Technology & Medicine

The fascinating stories of public health innovators who overcame immense obstacles to improve the health of millions.In the nineteenth century, the...

When a military coup in Ghana leads to the abrupt closure of Lally Pias medical school, she is left stranded there, thousands of miles away from he...

This book is dedicated to Einsteins personal and scientific relationships with Italy, which began as early as adolescence and continued over variou...

The Pain Project is ironically full of pleasure: on every page is another generous, original insight into this most intimate human subject.NAOMI KL...

'A wondrous hymn to the scientific method, and some of its most profound discoveries, and what it can teach us all about how to live better and ric...

John Muir is widely and rightly lauded as the nature mystic who added wilderness to the United States vision of itself, largely through the system ...

Explore the fascinating past, present, and possible future of Elon Musks SpaceX in the first comprehensive photographic history of the company.The ...

ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 SO FARCHOSEN BY FINANCIAL TIMES' READERS' FOR BEST BOOKS OF 2023A NEW YORK TIMES BOOKS EDITOR' S CHOICEH...

'Wonderful, compelling and as insightful about its subject and about the times he lived in as you could hope for. A fabulous read' Abraham Verghese...

WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE THE STARS?'Look at a satellite image of the Earth. Where it was once as dark as night, it is now lit up like a Christmas tree...