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George Gamow
George Gamow (1904-1968)

physicist, inventor, nuclear physicist, cosmologist, biochemist, astronomer, astrophysicist

  • Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University, Odesa University

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One, two, three ... infinity
The New World of Mr Tompkins
Mr. Tompkins inside himself
Cong yi dao wu qiong da
Thirty years that shook physics
Laughing Space
Physics
Gravity
Mr. Tompkins in paperback
A star called the sun
Puzzle-math
The Expert Dreamers
Matter, earth, and sky
Biography of physics
Mr. Tompkins Gets Serious
The birth and death of the sun
Biography of the earth
Biografia De La Fisica/ Biography of Physics
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland
The creation of the universe
One, two, three ... infinity
The great physicists from Galileo to Einstein
Mr Tompkins in paperback
My world line; an informal autobiography
The moon
Cosmology, fusion & other matters
A Star called the sun
Theory of atomic nucleus and nuclear energy-sources
One, two, three ... infinity
Biography of physics
Mr. Tompkins explores the atom
The creation of the universe
A plan et called earth
Atomic energy in cosmic and human life
The atom and its nucleus
A planet called earth
Matter, earth, and sky
Thirty years that shook physics
Dunyamizin hayat hikayesi
Matter, Earth, and sky
Structure of atomic nuclei and nuclear transformations
Thirty years that shook physics
Biography of the earth
Physics: foundations and frontiers
Physics: foundations and frontiers
The atom and its nucleus
TRENTE ANNEES QUI EBRANLERENT LA PHYSIQUE. HISTOIRE DE LA THEORIE QUANTIQUE
Theory of atomic nucleus and nuclear energy-sources
the moon
Theory of atomic nucleus and nuclear energy-sources
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland; or, Stories of C, G, and H. Illustrated by John Hookham
Atomic energy in cosmic and human life
Jeux mathématiques
Matière, terre et ciel
Mr Tompkins learns the facts of life
Una estrella llamada Sol
Monsieur Tompkins au pays des merveilles
Gravity
La gravitation
Matter Earth and Sky
Biography
Thiry years that shook physics
Biographie de la terre
A star called the Sun
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland or Stories of c, G, and h
Mr Tompkins in Wonderland, or, Stories of c, G, and h
Monsieur Tompkins s'explore lui-même
Der Bau des Atomkerns und die Radioaktivität
Thirty years that shook physics. The story of quantum theory. Illustrations by the author.
Constitution of atomic nuclei and radioactivity
One, two, three ... infinity
Biography of the earth, its past, present, and future
A star called the sun / George Gamow
Geburt und Tod der Sonne
Un, deux, trois...l'infini
One Two Three..
Mr. Tompkins Inside Himself
La creación del universo
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland
Matematiska tankelekar
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland
Mr. Tompkins explores the atom
Physics
Hoshi
The atom and its nucleus
Mr. Tompkins i Droemmeland eller Historien om lille c, store G og lille h
Structure of atomic nuclei and nuclear transfomations
Matter, earth, and sky
My world line
The birth and death of the sun
Di Qiu gu jin tan
Nacimiento y muerte del sol
Mr Tomkins in wonderland
Wu li shi jie qi yu ji
Mr. Tompkins i Droemmeland eller historien om c, G og h
One, two, three ... infinity
Prikl͡iucheni͡ia mistera Tompkinsa
Mr. Tompkins in paperback
Mr. Tompkins in paperback
Expanding universe and the origin of galaxies
Theory of atomic nucleus and nuclear energy-sources
Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley (born 1958)

banker, journalist, zoologist, politician, economist, land owner

  • University of Oxford, Eton College

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Genome
The Best American Science Writing 2002
Genome
The origins of virtue
Warts and all
Francis Crick
Nature Via Nurture
The Red Queen
The Rational Optimist
Nature Via Nurture CD
The Future of Disease
Genoma
The Red Queen
The Agile Gene
The Origins of Virtue
Génome
Alphabet des Lebens. Die Geschichte des menschlichen Genoms
Genoma - La Autobiografia de Una Especie En 23 Capitulos
Die Biologie der Tugend. Warum es sich lohnt, gut zu sein
The Origin of Virtue
Down to earth II
Down to earth
Francis Crick Eminent Lives
Disease
Francis Crick
Que nos hace humanos
Genome..the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
Qué nos hace humanos
Genomu ga kataru 23 no monogatari
Nick Lane
Nick Lane (born 1966)

biochemist

  • Imperial College London, UCL Medical School

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Oxygen
Oxygen
Life Ascending
POWER, SEX, SUICIDE: MITOCHONDRIA AND THE MEANING OF LIFE
Power, Sex, Suicide
Power, Sex, Suicide
Life in the frozen state
Life ascending
The Vital Question
Raymond Ellsworth Janssen
Raymond Ellsworth Janssen (1902-1986)

geologist, paleobotanist

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Stanislav Drobyshevsky
Stanislav Drobyshevsky (born 1978)

biologist, anthropologist, science communicator, scientific editor

  • MSU Faculty of Biology

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Julian Huxley
Julian Huxley (1887-1975)

evolutionary biologist, ethologist, professor, philosopher, physiologist, biologist, film director

  • University of Oxford, Eton College

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The science of life
Essays in popular science
The Doubleday pictorial library of nature
The wonderful world of life
New Bottles for New Wine
Evolution in action
Essays of a biologist
Memories
The humanist frame
Evolution
Religion without revelation
Knowledge, morality, and destiny
The individual in the animal kingdom
Evolution as a process
Problems of relative growth
From an antique land
Democracy marches
Evolutionary humanism
The courtship habits of the great crested grebe
Africa view
Scientific research and social needs
Heredity East and West
On population
Charles Darwin and his world
From an antique land
The elements of experimental embryology
Aldous Huxley, 1894-1963
The human crisis
We Europeans
Man in the modern world
Problems of relative growth
Why I reject the idea of God
4215911 delfin naranga
African view
Man stands alone
Man in the modern world
Biological aspects of cancer
Scientific research and social needs
Problems in experimental embryology
Evolutionary ethics
Scientific progress
Democracy marches
Soviet genetics and world science
On living in a revolution
TVA
Education and the humanist revolution. --
Essays in popular science
The living thoughts of Darwin
TVA
If I were dictator
Argument of blood
Africa view
Science, religion, and human nature
Die Löwin Elsa und ihre Jungen
Biology and human life
L' Évolution en action
Evolution, the modern synthesis
The conservation of wild life and natural habitats in central and east Africa
West African survey
Memories II
Ants
Evolution
Scientific progress
The story of evolution
UNESCO
Charles Darwin and his world
Reconstruction and peace
The uniqueness of man
Science and social needs
Aldous Huxley, 1894-1963
Charles Darwin
A scientist among the soviets
The new systematics
The courtship habits of the great crested grebe
Humanism
Religion without revelation
Evolution as a preoces
The captive shrew
Captive shrew
We Europeans
Knowledge, morality, and destiny
Three Essays on Population
Essays in popular science
Life can be worth living
La vallée du miracle "TVA,"
The uniqueness of man
Man Stands Alone
TVA, adventure in planning
Mammals and birds
Bird-watching and bird behaviour
Essais d'un biologiste
The conservation of wild life and natural habitats in Central and East Africa
The human crisis
Aspects of Africa, I [-IV]
From an antique land
Evolution in action
Demokratie marschiert
Essays of a humanist
Evolution
This is our power [speeches delivered by Julian Huxley and Jaime Torres Bodet during the third sess. of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Beirut, Dec. 10, 1948
The captive shrew and other poems of a biologist
The wonderful world of evolution
Reshaping man's heritage
Antrycide & Africa [and correspondence]
The future of the colonies
World population
Religion without revelation
Julian Huxley on T.H. Huxley
At the Zoo
On Living in a Revolution
Der Mensch in der modernen Welt
Education and the humanist revolution
Growth of ideas
The living thoughts of Darwin
What dare I think?
UNESCO
Kingdom of the beasts
On living in a revolution
The elements of experimental embryology, by Julian S. Huxley and G. R. De Beer
Biological aspects of cancer
The new systematics
Reconstruction and peace
Science and Religion
A Book that shook the world
The future of the colonies
'Race' in Europe
'Race' in Europe
The stream of life
The Evolucion, La
Memories II
Au royaume des animaux
Kingdom of the beasts
What dare I think?
More aspects of Africa, I [-III]
Three Essays on Population - Malthus, Huxley & Osborn
New bottles for new wine
Essays of a humanist
Man in the modern world
The stream of life
Animal language
UNESCO; its purpose and its philosophy
Religion without revelation
Man in the modern world
Africa view
Man in the modern world
Charles Darwin and his world
Evolution
Essays of a biologist
The atlas of world wildlife
Religion without revelation
A scientist among the soviets
What dare I think?
Essays of a humanist
On population
Reshaping man's heritage; biology in the service of man
Memories II
The captive shrew and other poems of a biologist
New bottles for new wine
Essays in popular science
Religion without revelation
Ren lei de yan jin
The captive shrew and other poems of a biologist
Biological aspects of cancer
Soviet genetics and world science
Soviet genetics and world science
On living in a revolution
Africa view
Evolution in action
Holyrood, the Newdigate poem, 1908
Science and social needs
If I were dictator
Su E yi chuan xue pi pan
Essays in popular science
Art and architecture
Courtship Habits
What dare I think?
The Atlas of world wildlife
Soviet genetics and world science
Ants
Religion without revelation
The Rand McNally atlas of world wildlife
A Book that shook the world
Fishes, insects and reptiles
Evolution
Kindgom of the beasts
Africa view
Essays of a biologist
Essays in popular science
The stream of life
From an antique land
'Race' in Europe
Memories, Volume 2
Man in the modern world
What dare I think?
Man stands alone
Argumento de sangre
TVA, adventure in planning
Knowledge, morality, and destiny
Aldous Huxley, 1894-1963
Man in the modern world
Charles Darwin and his world
Knowledge, morality, and destiny
ARGUMENTO DE SANGRE
Essays of a humanist
Science at your service
Race in Europe
Religion as an objective problem
From an antique land
The Doubleday pictorial library of growth of ideas
Charles Darwin and his world
Growth of ideas
Holyrood
The human crisis
The stream of life
Essays of a humanist
New bottles for new wine
Jinshu no mondai
Aldous Huxley, 1894-1963
The Mitchell Beazley atlas of world wildlife
Essays of a humanist
Bird-watching and bird behaviour
Memories
From an antique land
Jaroslav Flegr
Jaroslav Flegr (born 1958)

evolutionary biologist, ethologist, biologist, teacher

  • Charles University

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Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu
Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu (born 1955)

biologist, documentary filmmaker

  • Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris Diderot University

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