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The mold in Dr. Florey's coat: the story of the penicillin miracle
Par Eric Lax. 2004
Describes how in 1940 Oxford scientists Howard Florey, Ernst Chain, and Norman Heatley developed an antibiotic wonder drug from the…
mold discovered by Alexander Fleming twelve years earlier. Explains penicillin's lifesaving impact on treating infections, especially of World War II soldiers. Covers the controversy surrounding the 1945 Nobel Prize. 2004.Four strong winds: understanding the growing challenges to health care
Par Michael B Decter. 2000
According to Michael Decter, the forces behind the changes in our health care systems are fourfold: paradigm shifts, new public…
expectations, technology and finances. Supplemented with case studies from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia, he analyzes how fiscal constraints, market competition, evolving technology and changing consumer demands are reshaping health care systems around the world at a dizzying rate. 2000.The mind's eye
Par Oliver W Sacks. 2010
Neurologist uses case studies to illustrate the brain's ability to adapt to lost senses. Discusses a concert pianist who can…
no longer read music, a writer who is unable to read print after suffering a stroke, and Sacks's own macular melanoma and its effects on his visual perception. 2010.Astrophysics for people in a hurry
Par Neil DeGrasse Tyson. 2017
What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit…
within us? Few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos, so Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in digestible chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day. While waiting for your morning coffee to brew, or while waiting for the bus, the train, or the plane to arrive, "Astrophysics for people in a hurry" will reveal just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe. Bestseller. 2017.Being mortal: medicine and what matters in the end
Par Atul Gawande. 2014
In his previous books, Dr. Gawande, a practicing surgeon, has fearlessly revealed the struggles of his profession. Now he examines…
its ultimate limitations and failures - in his own practices as well as others’ - as human lives draw to a close. And he discovers how we can do better. He follows a hospice nurse on her rounds, a geriatrician in his clinic, and reformers turning nursing homes upside down. He finds people who show us how to have the hard conversations and how to ensure we never sacrifice what people really care about. The subject of a PBS documentary. Bestseller. 2014.A new earth: awakening to your life’s purpose
Par Eckhart Tolle. 2006
The silent thief: bone-building exercises and essential strategies to prevent and treat osteoporosis
Par Karine Bohme, Frances Budden. 2001
Known as the "Silent Thief" for its quiet, symptom-free onset, osteoporosis can slowly erode bone mass. However, it can not…
only be treated, but also prevented with good advance planning, simple lifestyle strategies, and essential bone-building exercises. This book outlines a comprehensive, three-pronged approach to combating and preventing osteoporosis - one combining dietary, medical and exercise-based strategies. 2001.The lonely patient: how we experience illness
Par Michael Stein. 2007
Despite years of medical training and practice, only when his brother-in-law Richard was diagnosed with a rare cancer did internist…
Stein contemplate the psychological effects of illness. During the next eight years, as Richard fought a losing battle, Stein witnessed how he and other patients dealt with chronic and terminal illnesses and how caretakers and loved ones were affected. He compares it to living in a strange, new place in which one experiences four emotional stages: betrayal, terror, loss, and loneliness. Some strong language. 2007.Yoga vrksa: the tree of yoga
Par B K S Iyengar, Daniel Rivers-Moore. 1988
Iyengar offers his thoughts on many practical and philosophical subjects, ranging from the place of yoga in our daily lives…
to Patonjolis Yoga Sutras. He includes chapters on yoga and health, childhood, love, death, faith, teachers and teaching. The author argues that yoga is a spiritual path involving a great deal more than physical exercise. Yet this spirituality is deeply rooted in practicality, and all the philosophical concepts covered in the book are related directly and specifically to the practice of yoga postures and breathing. 1988.World medicine: the East West guide to healing your body
Par Tom Monte. 1993
Compares principles and practices of the major traditional systems of healing: Chinese, Indian Ayurvedic, Greek, homeopathic, and naturopathic with conventional…
western, or allopathic, medicine. Summarizes important aspects of bodily organs, systems, and senses from different perspectives, and presents a worldview of health and human potential in an epilogue. c1993. Uniform title: EastWest Natural health.Wise women: over two thousand years of spiritual writing by women
Par Susan Neunzig Cahill. 1996
This anthology presents spiritual, but not necessarily religious, writings of women from ancient to modern times. Each entry includes a…
biographical sketch of the author and the time in which she lived. Among the selections are works by Joan of Arc, Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickenson, and Eleanor Roosevelt. 1996.Winston Churchill's afternoon nap: a wide-awake inquiry into the human nature of time
Par Jeremy Campbell. 1986
Why does E=mc²?: (and why should we care?)
Par Brian Cox, J. R Forshaw. 2010
Who goes first?: the story of self-experimentation in medicine
Par Lawrence K Altman. 1987
When the heart waits: spiritual direction for life's sacred questions
Par Sue Monk Kidd. 2018
Blending her own experience with an intimate grasp of spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of…
her spiritual crisis, when life seemed to have lost meaning and her longing for a hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipleship of "active waiting." 2018.What is real?: the unfinished quest for the meaning of quantum physics
Par Adam Becker. 2018
Well of lies: the Walkerton water tragedy
Par Colin N Perkel. 2002
Over a period of a week in May 2000, hundreds of people in Walkerton, Ontario, were afflicted by a deadly…
strain of E. coli bacteria. Combining interviews and original research with testimony given to the Walkerton Inquiry, Perkel reconstructs the events leading up to the tragedy. He shows how a system has failed utterly, at almost every level, and how the virtues of a small town have contributed to the disaster. 2002.Water my soul: cultivating the interior life
Par Luci Shaw. 1998
Poet Lucy Shaw guides you into a deeper understanding of how to cultivate the life of the soul in relationship…
to God and help you enjoy a lifelong partnership with Him. 1998.Voix d'espérances ((Les racines du ciel).)
Par Frédéric Lenoir, Laylī Anvar, Karima Berger. 2016
Par ces temps troublés, où trouver matière à espérer ? Répondant aux questions de Frédéric Lenoir et de Leili Anvar,…
artistes, penseurs et écrivains tracent des chemins où inscrire nos pas. Ce sont autant d'invitations : cultiver l'indignation face à l'injustice avec Stéphane Hessel ; incarner le vivre-ensemble dans une unité féconde avec Jean Vanier ; être à l'écoute d'une voix de fin silence avec Sylvie Germain ; célébrer, au-delà des ténèbres, la joie avec Magda Hollander-Lafon ; ou suivant les paroles du poète Salah Stétié, ajouter chacun un peu d'humanité à l'humanité... Ces témoignages, ainsi que le parcours exemplaire d'Etty Hillesum évoqué par Karima Berger, sont porteurs d'une espérance insoupçonnée. Ces entretiens sont issus de l'émission Les Racines du Ciel, diffusée sur France Culture chaque dimanche de 7h05 à 8h00. Frédéric Lenoir et Leili Anvar y évoquent toutes les formes de spiritualité, d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, d'Orient et d'Occident, ancrées ou pas dans une tradition religieuse. 2016.Une brève histoire du futur: comment la science va changer le monde
Par Michio Kaku, Olivier Courcelle. 2014
" Faire surgir de la matière à partir du néant, créer des formes de vie inédites, exploiter l'énergie des étoiles,…
terraformer Mars : quelles percées scientifiques nous attendent d'ici à 2100 ? En quoi vont-elles révolutionner notre quotidien ? Pour le savoir, suivez Michio Kaku, spécialiste mondial de la théorie des cordes, et entreprenez un magistral voyage dans le temps ! Découvrez une vision stupéfiante de notre futur, fondée non sur des spéculations, mais bien sur des technologies qui existent déjà à titre expérimental dans une poignée de laboratoires. Loin d'une compilation hasardeuse, ce livre est le fruit d'une colossale enquête auprès de 300 chercheurs de haut vol, afin de délimiter les frontières de la connaissance dans les domaines du calcul formel, de l'intelligence artificielle, de la physique quantique, de la médecine, des nanotechnologies, du spatial, etc. Fantastique conteur, Michio Kaku met en scène les dernières avancées de la science pour mieux nous surprendre, nous émerveiller - voire nous faire peur - par ses intuitions géniales, toutes compatibles avec les lois de la physique... actuellement connues ! " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Physics of the future.