Dava Sobel
2) Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
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The story of mariners' centuries-long search for ways of determining longitude that tells not only of the scientific advances but of the perseverance, pettiness, politics, & interesting anecdotes involved. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest, and of John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, it is...
4) The Planets
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Explores the creation and evolution of the solar system's planets through a lens of popular culture, drawing on sources from astrology, science fiction, the fine arts, and other genres to chronicle planetary history in an accessible format.
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What is the most powerful backache treatment ever developed to help prevent recurring back pain and restore you to a healthy, pain-free life?
The answer is exercise.
Exercise has:
Helped more bachache sufferes than drugs, surgery, or any other treatment-without dangerous side effects
Been widely prescribed by medical doctors and other health practitioners.
Been rated the best source of relief by backache sufferers themselves
Been uniformly supported...
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Dava Sobel, autora del best-seller de culto Longitud, recrea la vida de Copérnico, el hombre que se atrevió a decir, hace casi quinientos años, que la Tierra no era el centro del universo. Cómo lo supo, cómo lo intentó demostrar, cómo lo escribió... es una historia que Sobel convierte en una narración llena de encanto, la crónica de un hombre enfrentado a la ciencia, la religión y la sociedad de su época.
Pero entonces aparece un segundo...
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What is the most powerful arthritis treatment ever developed to help restore you to a healthy, pain-free, and vigorous life-for the rest of your life?
It's the very same breakthrough that has:
-Helped more arthritis sufferers than drugs, surgery, or any other treatment-without dangerous side effects.
-Been widely prescribed by medical doctors and other health practitioners.
The answer? Exercise. Here are the right exercised for your kind of arthritis,...
