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Biografier giver dig adgang til ægte livsfortællinger og skæbner, der har sat deres præg på verden. Her finder du bøger om både nulevende og historiske personer - fra de magtfulde til de misforståede, fra kendte navne til hverdagens helte. Vores udvalg rummer inspirerende historier om mod, passion og vilje, hvor virkelighedens stemmer får plads. Uanset om du søger en biografi med indhold til samlingen, en rørende gave eller blot ønsker at læse om mennesker, der har ændret verden, er der masser at vælge imellem. Find din næste biografi hos WilliamDam.dk og oplev fortællinger, der berører og sætter sig fast.
This book contains short biographies of Galileo, Newton, Herschel, Huggins, Hale, Eddington, Shapley and Hubble - eight astronomers who broke with traditions and defined the cosmos as we know it now.
The strange and eventful story of one of the great unsung heroes of modern science.
A fascinating record of one of the most famous journeys ever made, providing an accurate historical document as well as an evocative travelogue that conveys Charles Darwin's personal account of the voyage with freshness and immediacy.
Fritz London was one of the founders of quantum chemistry, and the first to give a phenomenological explanation of superconductivity. This thoroughly researched biography gives a detailed account of London's life and work, an influential theoretical physicist.
A 1993 biography of the outstanding physicist who first put forward the theory of the expanding universe. A vivid account of science, society and higher education in Russia from about 1908 to 1924.
This is a full-length biography of Edward Emerson Barnard, and tells the remarkable tale of endurance and achievement of one of the leading astronomers of the late nineteenth century. Beautifully illustrated throughout, it includes many photographs of comets and the Milky Way.
This book explores Brahe's wide range of activities which encompass much more than his reputed role of astronomer. Christianson broadens this singular perspective by portraying Brahe as Platonic philosopher, Paracelsian chemist, Ovidian poet and devoted family man.
John Stevens Henslow is known for his formative influence on Charles Darwin, who described meeting him as the one circumstance 'which influenced my career... Læs mere
Sir Roderick Murchison was an eminent Victorian, as notable for his idenfication of the Silurican system in... Læs mere
Hall's absorbing survey of modern scholarship interprets Newton's experimental approach to nature. Mathematics was the deepest of Newton's varied interests, unified in... Læs mere
This entertaining biography examines the imagination and penetration of Galileo, path-breaker for the telescope, decoder of nature's mathematics, populariser of science, and... Læs mere
Fred Hoyle was a remarkable scientist, and made an immense contribution to solving many important problems in astronomy. This book found its basis in a meeting that was held in recognition of his work, and contains chapters by many of Hoyle's scientific collaborators.