The thoughts and deeds of great thinkers always make great stories, and here we have one hundred all together. Each story relates a ponderable, a weighty problem that became a discovery that changed the world. Knowledge does not arrive fully formed, it required many minds to puzzle over the evidence, and, step by step, edge ever closer to an answer. This book tracks the history of biology, w…
Here is the essential guide to the human brain, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines the three pounds of matter inside our heads that does all our thinking for us. With 100 billion nerve cells joined by thousands more to every corner of the body, the brain is wired together with 100 trillion connections. That makes each and every human brain a contender for the most comple…
In this charming fairy tale originally written by Charles Perrault, a clever, fast-talking cat changes the life of its penniless master, helping him win both a princess bride and a kingdom.
The Press in New Order Indonesia is the most comprehensive book available in English on the print media during the Suharto presidency. Based on detailed and investigative research, it provides a succinct introduction to the political and economic forces shaping this dominant sector of the Indonesian media at a pivotal time in its development. The study documents the history of the press prior t…