Biography & Autobiography: Science, Technology & Engineering

From the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations

An extraordinary memoir recounting the adventures of a young doctor stationed in the Alaskan bush.

An eye-opening, gripping and moving account of dealing with some of medicine's most complicated challenges As a trainee doctor, fascinated by the ways the brain and nervous system signal problems with the body's wiring, Niall Tubridy fell in love with neurology. This was high sta...kes detective work where answers could be life-changing. The young doctor who relished the intellectual puzzle soon became even more intrigued by the human stories behind each set of symptoms. And he found his own character tested. How do you handle such high pressure work - often with sad outcomes for patients - and remain grounded and positive? Can you? Just One More Question is the story of Niall Tubridy's life in neurology. It includes gripping accounts of his patients - encounters that are, by turn, moving, dramatic and funny - and using simple and illuminating language he explains well-known conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and motor neurone disease. In addition, he reflects candidly on his life and the reasons he, a doctor's son, went into medicine and what he has learned about himself along the way. With great honesty, he scrutinizes his own actions and reactions so that Just One More Question becomes a brave exploration of the big question - how can I be a better doctor?Dr. Tubridy's book is an extraordinary and revealing insight into the human challenge of working in this most complex area of medicine.
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A unique insight into the mind of one of the world's most extraordinary thinkers. Undoubtedly the most famous scientist on the planet and the very face of physics over the last half-century, Stephen Hawking is remarkable for many reasons. Not least because he has continued to str...ive to achieve so much while being hindered by debilitating illness. He has demonstrated categorically that if you put your mind to it, you can achieve anything, no matter your physical state. Of course, it helps if you happen to possess a mind such as his. His work on black holes put him on the map, and he became globally famous for his A Brief History of Time, communicating the most difficult scientific ideas at a period when he'd lost the ability to speak. How to Think Like Stephen Hawking reveals the key motivations, desires and philosophies that make Hawking one of the world's most enduring talents. Studying how he overcame great adversity, fought his demons as well as his detractors and looked back to the origins of the universe, and with quotes and passages by and about him, you too can learn to think like the man who claims he can think in eleven dimensions. Other books in the series include: How to Think Like Sherlock, How to Think Like Churchill and How to Think Like Steve Jobs
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Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential scientists with this innovative, and boldy graphic biography-led book. The second title in DK's new illustrated biography series, Scientists profiles trailblazing individuals - fr...om Greek mathematicians such as Archimedes and Hipparchus through physicists of the early 20th-century such as Marie Curie and Albert Einstein to modern greats such as Tim Berners-Lee and Stephen Hawking. Each featured individual has made a major contribution to one or more scientific fields - from physics and astronomy to chemistry, biology, psychology, and genetics to computer science, to geology and meteorology. Combining elements of biography, history, and analysis, Scientists Who Changed The World explains the groundbreaking contributions made by these revolutionary men and women in a reader-friendly format.
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