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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 volume assembles nine studies of the life and work of Thomas Harriot (1560-1621), an astronomer and mathematician whose activities embraced not only science but also philosophical debate. These are based on lectures that have been given annually at Oriel College, Oxford.
Koki Horikoshi — discoverer of the alkaliphiles, microbes that thrive in alkaline environments — describes in his autobiography how the research on extremophiles started and developed.
Tells the story of William Herschel, the brilliant, fiercely ambitious, emotionally complex musician and composer who became court astronomer to... Læs mere
The much-acclaimed biography of Ada Lovelace, reissued to tie-in with the bicentenary of her birth in 2015
Explores the impact of Richard Dawkins as scientist, rationalist, and one of the most important thinkers. This volume highlights the breadth and... Læs mere
In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers.
This volume brings together key chapters from Darwin's most important books, including the Journal of Researches on the Beagle voyage (1845), the... Læs mere
An account, by his great-great-grandson, of Professor Matthew Heddle (1828-97, a larger-than-life character and one of Scotland's most famous mineralogists.
* Subtitled 'The First Scientist', this new one-volume biography places science at the centre of Leonardo da Vinci's life and work
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes’s dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement.