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John Gribbin
John Gribbin (born 1946)

physicist, astrophysicist, astronomer, journalist

  • University of Sussex, University of Cambridge

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Richard Feynman
Fitzroy
He knew he was right
Origins
The Scientists
The scientists
The Fellowship
Annus mirabilis
FELLOWSHIP: THE STORY OF A REVOLUTION
Curie (1867-1934) in 90 minutes
The pocket Darwin
The fellowship
Richard Feynman
The Fellowship
The fellowship
Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution
Darwin (1809-1882) in 90 minutes
Galileo (1564-1642) in 90 minutes
Mendel (1822-1884) in 90 minutes
Flower hunters
FitzRoy
Q is for quantum
The science of Philip Pullman's His dark materials
In search of SUSY
Companion to the cosmos
The Omega Point
Fire on Earth
Hyperspace
Hothouse earth
In the beginning
Alone in the universe
Stuff of the universe
Schrödinger's kittens and the search for reality
The little book of science
Unveiling the edge of time
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
Timewarps
In search of the big bang
Time & space
In search of the double helix
ANALOG ANNUAL
Almost everyone's guide to science
The birth of time
Galaxies
The Origins of the Future
Blinded by the light
Future Worlds
Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality: Solving the Quantum Mysteries Tag
In search of the edge of time
Science
Weather
The origins of the future
The case of the missing neutrinos
The human genome
The death of the Sun
Our changing universe
Spacewarps
The reason why
Ragnarok
Deep Simplicity
Time and Space
The Birth of Time
Space
Hothouse earth
Astronomy for the amateur
The monkey puzzle
The monkey puzzle
The strangest star
The Jupiter effect
On physics
Children of the ice
Quantum Physics
Ben Bova Presents Father to the Man
Companion to the Cosmos
Forecasts, famines and freezes
Inventing the Future
El Pequeño Libro De La Ciencia (Paidos Asterisco)
Weather force
Hothouse Earth
Future weather and the greenhouse effect
Timewarps
The universe
Stardust
Future weather
XTL
Birth of Time, The
Spacewarps
Deep simplicity
Father to the Man
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
The Hole In The Sky
Watching the weather
Eyewitness Science
Empire of the sun
The Future of Cosmology
The hole in the sky
Stardust
Our changing planet
The fellowship Gilbert, Bacon, Harvey, Wren, Newton, and the story of a scientific revolution
Watching the Universe
Get a Grip on Physics
Science
The digital revolution
Halley (1656-1742) in 90 minutes
Double planet
In search of the double helix
Winds of change
In Search of the Big Bang
In search of Schrödinger's cat
Op Zoek naar Schrödingers Kat
Schrödinger's kittens and the search for reality
HOW FAR IS UP?: MEASURING THE SIZE OF THE UNIVERSE
Deep simplicity
Double Planet
The omega point
Der Weltraum. Von Urknall, Schwarzen Löchern und fremden Welten. Bildband aus der BBC Edition
This shaking earth
Galaxy formation
Asi de Simple
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Genesis
Darwin
Space
Weather force
Ice Age
Future worlds
Quantum Physics: A Beginner's Guide to the Subatomic World
The hole in the sky
Time and space
Climatic threat
OUR CHANGING PLANET
Future weather and the greenhouse effect
Time Travel
Diccionario del Cosmos
The Britannica Guide to the 100 Most Influential Scientists
Get a Grip on New Physics
The Redundant Male
Our Changing Universe
Blinded by the Light
Climate and mankind
Get a grip on physics
Just look at... weather
Schrödingers Kätzchen und die Suche nach der Wirklichkeit
Historia de La Ciencia 1543-2001
La terre-serre
Carbon Dioxide, Climate and Man
Deep Simplicity
In Search of the Edge of Time
In Search of Superstrings
The Hole In The Sky; Man's Threat to the Ozone Layer (New Sciences)
Father to the man
In search of the big bang
Empire of the Sun
You Are Made of Stardust
White holes
Cosmos An Illustrated Guide to Our Solar System and the Universe
The Jupiter effect
Nuestro Universo
Science
Wissenschaft für die Westentasche
The first chimpanzee
The Jupiter effect reconsidered
The one per cent advantage
Quantum Physics
Innervisions
Le Chat de Schrödinger
Ice age
The Omega Point
Jupiter Effect
Stardust
Weather force
Richard Feynman
Schrödinger's kittens
Our changing climate
FITZROY: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF DARWIN'S CAPTAIN AND THE INVENTION OF THE WEATHER FORECAST
El Nacimiento Del Tiempo
Reunion
In search of the multiverse
Spacewarps
Being human
Fisica Cuantica
Forcast Famine Frz
In the Beginning
Big numbers
In the beginning
DEEP SIMPLICITY: CHAOS, COMPLEXITY AND THE EMERGENCE OF LIFE
Genesis
Time and the Universe
Beyond the Jupiter effect
The strangest star
A Brief History of Science
Our changing planet
The Jupiter effect
Dazzling discoveries
Genesis
Father to the Man Uk
IN SEARCH OF SUPERSTRINGS: SYMMETRY, MEMBRANES AND THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Faraday (1791-1867) in 90 minutes
Newton (1642-1727) in 90 minutes
In search of the multiverse
Evolution
Em Busca de Susy
Big Numbers
The strangest star
Time Warps
Innervisions (Roc)
Science for Everyone
En Busca de Susy
Big Bang
The matter myth
The expanding universe
The stuff of the universe
Watching the Weather
In search of Schro dinger's cat
Almost Everyone's Guide to Science
XTL
Unveiling the edge of time
Too Hot to Handle?
Fire on Earth
Ben Bova presents
Ragnarok
Men Who Measured the Universe
Stardust
Planeta duplo
Being Human
Auf dem Weg zur Weltformel.
Ice Age
En busca de la frontera del tiempo
Cosmology
Reunion
Weather j Gribbin/m Kelly
Double Planet
Children's History of Science
Being Human
Fire on Earth
Newton (1642-1727) in 90 minutes
Auf der Suche nach Schrödingers Katze
Fire on earth
How the brain works
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin (born 1947)

zoologist, academic, activist, biologist

  • Franklin Pierce University, Arizona State University

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Thinking in Pictures
Emergence
Emergence, labeled autistic
The Autistic Brain
Animals make us human
Animals in translation
Way I See It
Developing talents
The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships
Making Animals Happy How To Create The Best Life For Pets And Other Animals
Livestock Handling and Transport
Improving animal welfare
Survey of stunning and handling in federally inspected beef, veal, pork, and sheep slaughter plants
Interpretar a Los Animales
Humane Livestock Handling
Good management practices for animal handling and stunning
Pensar Con Imagenes
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Recommended animal handling guidelines for meat packers
Beef cattle handling and facilities design
Ma vie d'autiste
Atravesando Las Puertas Del Autismo
Ware jiheishō ni umarete
The ADHD-Autism Connection
Jiheishō no sainō kaihatsu
William Graham Sumner
William Graham Sumner (1840-1910)

anthropologist, political scientist, historian, sociologist, philosopher, political theorist, economist

  • Yale College

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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson as a public man
Alexander Hamilton And Robert Fulton
Folkways
What social classes owe to each other
The financier and the finances of the American Revolution
A history of American currency
Protectionism
andrew jackson
Lectures on the history of protection in the United States
Andrew Jackson as a Public Man: What He Was, what Chances He Had, and what He Did with Them
A History of American Currency: With Chapters on the English Bank Restriction and Austrian Paper ..
Lectures on the History of Protection in the United States: Delivered Before ..
The Conquest of the United States by Spain: A Lecture Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Yale ..
The challenge of facts
Protectionism: The -ism which Teaches that Waste Makes Wealth
Earth-hunger and other essays
The conquest of the United States by Spain
Essays
Problems in political economy
Lectures on the History of Protection in the United States: Delivered Before the International ..
On liberty, society, and politics
The forgotten man
What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
Protection and revenue in 1877
War and other essays
Andrew Jackson as a Public Man: What He Was, what Chances He Had, and what ..
Folkways - A Study Of The Sociological Importance Of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores And Morals
Forgotten Man and Other Essays
A History of American Currency (Business Classics)
The science of society
The Forgotten Man and Other Essays
The forgotten man's almanac
A History of American Currency
Social Darwinism
Address of William G. Sumner ... at dinner of the Committee on tariff reform of the Reform club in the city of New York. June 2nd, 1906
Sumner today
A history of American currency
Essays of William Graham Sumner
Folkways
The Predominant Issue
Soziale Pflichten, oder was die Klassen der Gesellschaft einander schuldig sind
Essays and Lectures-The Forgotten Man
The Financier And The Finances Of The American Revolution V1
What social classes owe to each other
Andrew Hamilton
FOLKWAYS
The challenge of facts, and other essays
Robert Morris
Andrew Jackson as a public man
A history of American currency
American Finance
What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
The Financier And The Finances Of The American Revolution V2
Robert Morris
The Forgotten Man and Other Essays
Alexander Hamilton
History of American Currency : With Chapters on the English Bank Restriction and Austrian Paper Money
Folkways
Advancing social and political organization in the United States
Folk
Collected essays in political and social science
Specimans of investment securities
War and other essays. by William Graham Sumner. Edited with int
The science of society
Andrew Jackson as a Public Man, What He Was, What Chances He Had and What He Did with Them
War, and other essays ..
Lectures on the history of protection in the United States
Lectures on the History of Protection in the United States [microform]
The English bank restriction and The bullion report of June 8, 1810
A History of Banking in Germany & Austria-Hungary, in the Netherlands, in the Scandinavian Nations, in Japan & China
Folkways and mores
History of Banking in the Latin Nations
Folkways
Folkways; a study of the sociological importance of usages. mann
Selected essays of William Graham Sumner
The challenge of facts and other essays
A history of American currency with chapters on the English bank restriction and Austrian paper money
Discipline
On Plutocracy
Discipline and other essays from the collected works of William Graham Sumner
What social classes owe to each other
American finance
Andrew Jackson as a public man
War
Discipline
Protectionism
The coin shilling of Massachusetts Bay
Andrew Jackson
The conquest of the United States by Spain
What social classes owe to each other
Problems in political economy
Bimetallism
The first century of the Republic
Fōkuweizu
The forgotten man, rediscovered after fifty years
Collected essays in political and social science
Political economy and political science
A History of banking in all the leading nations
Folkways
Protection and revenue, in 1877
A history of American currency
Address of William G. Sumner ... at dinner of the Committee on Tariff Reform of the Reform Club in the City of New York, June 2nd, 1906
Social Darwinism
Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch (1960-2008)

motivational speaker, computer scientist, pedagogue

  • Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University

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The last lecture
The last lecture
The Last Lecture
Zui hou de yan jiang
Last Lecture -- Platt Edition
Posledn︠i︡a︠i︡a lek︠t︡si︠i︡a
Hē teleutaia dialexē
ההרצאה האחרונה
Zui hou de yan jiang
Learning to program with Alice
Last Lecture
Lifestyle and Career Advice
The Last Lecture CD
Le dernier discours (French Edition)
The Last Lecture Lib/E
última Lección / the Last Lecture
La Ultima Leccion - Randy Pausch
A Última Aula
La última lección
Last Lecture -- Indiana State University Edition
La Ultima Leccion
L'ultima lezione
Time Management
Ostatni wyklad
Benedict Anderson
Benedict Anderson (1936-2015)

political scientist, anthropologist, philosopher, historian

  • Eton College, Cornell University

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A life beyond the boundaries
Life Beyond Boundaries
Imagined communities
Under Three Flags
The spectre of comparisons
Mythology and the tolerance of the Javanese
The Fate of Rural Hell: Asceticism and Desire in Buddhist Thailand
In the mirror
Language and power
Violence and the State in Suharto's Indonesia
Coming To Terms With The Nation Ethnic Classification In Modern China
Exploration and irony in studies of Siam over forty years
DEBATING WORLD LITERATURE; ED. BY CHRISTOPHER PRENDERGAST
Indonesia Journal
Java in a time of revolution
Indonesia Journal
Pramoedya Ananta Toer and his work
City in Transgression
Culture and politics in Indonesia
Indonesia Journal
Bibliography of Indonesian publications
Mencari demokrasi
Buried Cities
A preliminary analysis of the October 1, 1965
Indonesia - April 1994
In the Mirror
Why counting counts
Mapping the Nation
Buried City
Indonesia Journal
A Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup in Indonesia
Long-distance nationalism
Java in a Time of Revolution
Spectre of Comparisons
Indonesia - April 2003
Java in a time of revolution
Indonesia Journal - April 2006
Indonesia Journal - October 2007
City in Geography
Imagined communities revisited
Indonesia Journal - April 2007
NAÇÕES (AS) UNIDAS, A INDONÉSIA E TIMOR-LESTE -(EURO 14.96)
Some Aspects of Indonesian Politics Under the Japanese Occupation
Xiang xiang de gong tong ti
City in Transgression
City in Geography
Sinirlari Asarak Yasamak - Bir Sosyal Bilimcinin Yasamindan Anilar
Indonesia Journal - April 2008
Buried City, Unearthing Teufelsberg
Indonesia Journal - October 2006
Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia
Indonesia Journal, October 1969, Volume 8
Indonesia - April 2004
Interpreting Indonesian politics
UNA VIDA MAS ALLA DE LAS FRONTERAS
Religion and social ethos in Indonesia
Some aspects of Indonesian politics under the Japanese occupation: 1944-1945
Indonesia - October 2003
Sukarno, Marxisme, dan Bahaya Pemfosilan
想像的共同體
John P. Clark
John P. Clark (born 1944)

social scientist, philosopher, ecologist

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William Godwin
Anarchy, Geography, Modernity
The Impossible Community
The philosophical anarchism of William Godwin
Between Earth and Empire
Autonomy Is in Our Hearts
Social control in the People's Republic of China
Max Stirner's egoism
The anarchist moment
Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement
Theft by employees in work organizations
Comment un anarchiste a découvert la Terre
Jim B. Tucker
Jim B. Tucker (born 1960)

psychiatrist, scientist

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Three gates to hell
Life Before Life
Night School
Brothers in Arms
Kiwi journalist
Faith unto Salvation
Simon Vratsian
Simon Vratsian (1882-1969)

politician, political scientist, jurist, journalist

  • Gevorkian Theological Seminary, Imperial St. Petersburg University

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Keankʻi ughunerov
Andzinkʻ nuirealkʻ
Keankʻi ughinerov
Tempest-born Dro
Mrrkatsin Dron
Ankakh yev miatʻial Hayastan
Kharkhapʻumner
Hayastaně bolshewikean murchi ew tʻrkʻakʻakan sali mijew
Ankakh ew miatsʻeal Hayastan
Hin tʻghtʻer nor patmutʻean hamar
Hayastani Hanrapetutʻiwn
Hayastani Hanrapetutʻyun
Armenii︠a︡ mezhdu bolʹshevistskim molotom i turet︠s︡koĭ nakovalʹneĭ
Hushapatum H. H. Dashnaktsʻutʻean, 1890-1950