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Lazy Lab reveals the untold human side of science and wellness. With two decades of experience as a laboratory scientist, Jessica Kern shares personal stories that intertwine the realities of scientific work with the broader ways environments shape health, resilience, and meaning. This book goes beyond the microscope, addressing how factors like air quality, lighting, noise, ergonomics, temperature, stress, and workplace culture directly impact both performance and well-being.

In this inspiring memoir, one of the first Black woman astronauts recounts her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the International Space Station—and the trials, setbacks, and triumphs that ultimately led her to opportunities out of this world. Joan Higginbotham never set out to be the...

The original title of this text was Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character. This memoir was intended for Darwin’s family and was written between May and August 1876.

Bob Lazar was a brilliant young physicist that found himself employed at a top-secret facility in the middle of the desert outside Las Vegas. Under the watchful eye of the government elite, he is tasked with understanding an exotic propulsion system being used by an advanced aerospace vehicle he is told came from outer space. The stressful work and long, odd hours start to wear on Bob and he becomes concerned for his safety. He tells his wife and a couple close friends about what he's doing in the desert, and his employers find out and are furious.

When molecular biologist Becky McClain raised urgent alarms about biosafety lapses at her biotech lab at Pfizer, she expected concern—not retaliation. Instead, her warnings about dangerous, genetically engineered viruses that were handled without following standard safety protocols were met with hostility, intimidation, and ultimately, devastating illness after a workplace exposure changed her life forever.

The Top 10 Sunday Times Bestseller NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Oscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space...

Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management. 

Discover the incredible lives of three geniuses who changed the world. Throughout history, countless inventors and thinkers have left huge impacts on the way we live - but none have been more impactful than the three men in this biography bundle. Inside, you’ll uncover the lives and powerful legacies of three inventors who irreversibly shaped the modern world.

Brought to you by Penguin. From butcher's daughter in communist Hungary to winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, this is the story of one woman's extraordinary determination and her breakthrough discovery that saved millions of lives. Katalin Karikó began life as a butcher’s daughter in...

"A thorough, illuminating exploration of the most consequential controversy raging in modern science." --New York Times Book Review An Editor's Choice, New York Times Book Review Longlisted for PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing Longlisted for Goodreads Choice Award Every...

The thrilling true story of the unlikely American codebreakers who cracked Japan’s top cipher machine, eavesdropped on Hitler, and helped win World War II. In 1937, Japanese engineers invented Purple, a cipher machine capable of scrambling a message more than 500 quadrillion ways. It encrypted...

One of Bill Gates's Top Five Book Recommendations The wondrous and illuminating story of humankind's quest to discover the fundamentals of chemistry, culminating in Mendeleyev's dream of the Periodic Table. In 1869 Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev was puzzling over a way to bring order to the...

Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view—one guided by observation...

'From Silicon Valley pioneer to champion of India's tech revolution - The Groundbreaker tells that story with honesty, passion, and great insights.' - Nandan M. Nilekani, Co-founder and Chairman, Infosys Technologies Limited 'A life rich with lessons in resilience, innovation, and values. A...

Absorbing true crime account of years at the frontline of crime scene reconstruction - from cold-blooded killings and gang wars to cold cases revived by a single clue. A compelling account of Ruben Miller's years working as a forensic scientist, visiting crime scenes and gathering evidence. His...

The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how the pioneering scientist Jennifer Doudna, along with her colleagues and rivals, launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and enhance our children. AN AUDIE AWARD...

A "powerful, passionate, and inspiring" (New York Times) journey through the beauty and power of mathematics New York Times Bestseller What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of van Gogh and Picasso...

Das 20. Jahrhundert war eine Zeit gewaltiger Umbrüche, bahnbrechender Entdeckungen und außergewöhnlicher Menschen. Dieses Hörbuch erzählt die faszinierenden Lebensgeschichten von 20 Persönlichkeiten, die ihre Zeit geprägt und die Welt nachhaltig verändert haben. Von visionären Wissenschaftlern wie Albert Einstein und Marie Curie über politische Wegbereiter wie Nelson Mandela und John F. Kennedy bis hin zu kulturellen Ikonen wie Audrey Hepburn, Elvis Presley und Frida Kahlo – jede Geschichte zeigt Mut, Leidenschaft, Genialität und den Willen, Grenzen zu überwinden.

The most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of visionary. Born in the same year as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Berners-Lee famously distributed his invention, the World Wide Web, for no commercial reward. Its widespread adoption changed everything...

This audiobook is fascinatingly read by the author, Chris Hadfield. Back on the earth after three spaceflights, Chris Hadfield's captivating memoir An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth reveals extraordinary stories from his life as an astronaut, and shows how to make the impossible a reality...