In THE MONK IN THE GARDEN, award-winning author Robin Marantz Henig vividly evokes a little-known chapter in science, taking us back to the birth of genetics, a field that continues to challenge the way we think about life itself. Shrouded in mystery, Gregor Mendel's quiet life and discoveries make ...
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A gripping, authoritative account of the men, women, science, drama and intrigue behind the single most important event of the century: the discovery of nuclear energy and construction of the atomic bomb. 32 pages of black-and-white photographs.
The author's award-winning portrait of this most American of American Founding Fathers introduces readers to the great contradictions and extraordinary accomplishments of this master statesman, scientist, inventor, businessman, author, and first postmaster of the nation. Reprint. (Biography)
Winner of the Yale Younger Poets series judged by W. S. Merwin, this collection draws on the author's experiences as a Park Ranger at Kentucky's Mammoth Cave, using the cave both as a setting for his explorations and as a metaphor for America's racial history. The initial long section imagines the l ...
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During the eighteenth century, the inventor Jacques de Vaucanson created a mechanical duck that seemingly could digest and excrete its food. A few decades later, Europeans fell in love with “the Turk,” a celebrated chess-playing machine built in 1769. Thomas Edison was obsessed for years ...
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