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当缺乏名校背景与巨额经费的普通自行车技工，挑战打破重力束缚的航空史难题时，一场依靠试错与草根智慧的硬核科技革命就此展开。面对权威数据的误导与无数次坠机挫折，这对平凡兄弟没有退缩，而是将齿轮、链条的机...

画一的な教育で浮きこぼれた不器用な少年がいかにして相対性理論を生み出す大器晩成の思索家へと変貌したのか、知られざる挫折と成長の軌跡を描く感動の伝記ノンフィクション。周りに馴染めず戸惑う日々から、研究...

He gave quantum mechanics its mathematical form, invented the theory of games, designed the lenses that squeezed the plutonium core at Trinity, ran the first computer weather forecast, described self-reproducing machines before anyone knew what a gene was made of, and left behind the design that every device you own still follows. He did all of it in fifty-three years, in a three-piece suit, usually while somebody in the next room complained about the volume of his record player.

The Instant New York Times Bestseller One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Summer Finalist for the Kirkus Prize "Pollan’s real genius—the word is not too strong—remains intact. That is his uncanny ability to scent the direction in which the culture is headed. He did it with...

The Lobotomist explores one of the darkest chapters of American medicine: the desperate attempt to treat the hundreds of thousands of psychiatric patients in need of help during the middle decades of the 20th century. Into this crisis stepped Walter Freeman, MD, who saw a solution in lobotomy, a brain operation intended to reduce the severity of psychotic symptoms. Drawing on Freeman's documents and interviews with Freeman's family, Jack El-Hai takes a penetrating look at the life and work of this complex scientific genius. 

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER National Bestseller * New York Times Editors’ Choice * Financial Times “Books to Read in 2022” A SABEW BEST IN BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS FINALIST A “deeply reported…bracingly written” (Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Code Breaker) and...

20世紀の激動の歴史に翻弄されながらも、相対性理論という圧倒的な知の光で世界を照らした天才物理学者の、知られざる孤独と葛藤を描く伝記ストーリー。一日の終わりの静かなリラックスタイムや、思索にふけりたい...

My Family and Other Animals is the story of the adventurous time Durrell and his family spent on the island of Corfu during his childhood. Worn down by the miserable English weather, Gerry's family takes the unusual step - for a 1930s British family - of moving somewhere hotter. Treated to the...

“Pollan keeps you turning the pages . . . cleareyed and assured.” —New York Times A #1 New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018, and New York Times Notable Book A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place...

Gifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. As a boy, he did poorly in school and struggled with anger. If it were not for...

純粋な科学への情熱がいかにして大量破壊兵器を生み出す重圧へと変貌したのか、ひとりの天才物理学者が抱えた倫理的葛藤を追う重厚な歴史ノンフィクションです。慌ただしい通勤時間や深く内省したい夜のひとときに...

An acclaimed New York Times Magazine writer brings us into the world of the controversial technology firm Palantir and its very colorful and outspoken CEO, Alex Karp, tracing the ascent of Big Data, the rise of surveillance technology, and the shifting global balance of power in the 21st century...

Wer Albert Einstein nur als zerzausten Kopf auf einem Poster kennt, hat erst die Oberfläche gesehen. Dieses Hörbuch zeigt, warum Einstein als Begründer der Relativitätstheorie zum Inbegriff des Wissenschaftlers, des Genies und des Pazifisten wurde und weshalb seine Ideen bis heute nachwirken. Sie folgen einer faktenreichen Kulturreise durch Klassenzimmer, Patentamt, Hörsaal und Weltpolitik, verständlich und klar strukturiert.

The Voyage of the Beagle - or, to give it its full title, Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. - is much more than merely an account of Darwin's scientific...

Marie Sklodowska Curie (18671934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide acclaim and was, indeed, one of the great scientists of the twentieth century. Written by Curies daughter, the renowned international activist Eve Curie, this biography chronicles Curies legendary achievements in...

"An absolute must-read for anyone interested not just in big tech, but in what it takes to not lose your soul in modern-day America." —Naomi Fry, staff writer at The New Yorker A whip-smart, darkly funny, and timely memoir of one woman’s twelve years inside Google and her transformation from...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world’s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by unveiling his candid correspondence with people across the globe who have sought him out in search of answers. In this hand-picked collection of 100 letters, Tyson draws upon cosmic perspectives to address a vast array of questions about science, faith, philosophy, life, and of course, Pluto.

In this "captivating, behind-the-scenes account" of NASA’s historic mission to return an asteroid sample and unlock the mystery of life on earth, readers will experience the daring mission while learning about its brave crew (Sara Seager). On September 11, 1999, humanity made a monumental...

Explore the laws and theories of physics in this accessible introduction to the forces that shape our Universe, our planet, and our everyday lives. The Physics Book sets out more than 80 key concepts and discoveries that have defined the subject and influenced our technology since the beginning...

Probing the life and work of Kurt Gödel, Incompleteness indelibly portrays the tortured genius whose vision rocked the stability of mathematical reasoning—and brought him to the edge of madness.