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The brilliant and sometimes scandalous lives of twenty-one women who made French history. From Eleanor of Aquitaine to Edith Piaf, Colette to Coco Chanel, discover the lives of 21 women who made French history. French women have always had so much more to say than ‘let them eat cake’! Whether kicking the English out of Orléans, marching on Versailles or running messages for the French resistance, their stories of courage, creativity and genius have long defined French history.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 25 scientific pioneers who have shaped the development of science over 500 years 'Exemplifies what Radio 4 is all about, and what makes it world class' The Guardian One of the bedrocks of Radio 4, In Our Time has entertained and fascinated millions of listeners...

Fabrizio Recchia, pescarese dal carattere mite, riservato e dalla grande sensibilità sociale, crede profondamente nell'amicizia e nella collaborazione. Amante dello sport, ha ideato e costruito con pochi amici macchinari innovativi per potenziare gli allenamenti e coadiuvare la riabilitazione degli arti. Tratta da una storia vera, la vicenda si snoda a Pescara in un'epoca in cui i giovani sognavano il riscatto.

From Ada Lovelace to Florence Nightingale, Rosalind Franklin to Tu Youyou—discover the women who changed science forever Imagine a scientist. White lab coat and goggles . . . check! A passing resemblance to Albert Einstein . . . yes, that too. So, most likely it's a man. However, from...

Dr. Robert Goddard was the first scientist who not only realized the potential for rockets for space flight but also contributed directly in making them a reality. His rare talent in both creative science and practical engineering placed Goddard well above the European rocket pioneers. The dedicated research and experimentation into the development of rockets by the modest man went largely unrecognized in the Untied States until the dawn of the space age.

In Simply Chomsky, Professor Raphael Salkie provides a compact, user-friendly introduction to Noam Chomsky’s political activism and his groundbreaking work in linguistics. Unlike most Chomsky studies, Prof. Salkie not only covers the essentials of Chomsky’s thought and accomplishments, but also explores his most recent concerns - including the climate crisis, the threat of nuclear holocaust, and current geopolitical hotspots - which are often very different from the topics that preoccupied him decades ago.

Wer Albert Einstein nur als zerzausten Kopf auf einem Poster kennt, hat erst die Oberfläche gesehen. Dieses Hörbuch zeigt, warum Einstein als Begründer der Relativitätstheorie zum Inbegriff des Wissenschaftlers, des Genies und des Pazifisten wurde und weshalb seine Ideen bis heute nachwirken. Sie folgen einer faktenreichen Kulturreise durch Klassenzimmer, Patentamt, Hörsaal und Weltpolitik, verständlich und klar strukturiert.

Das 19. Jahrhundert war eine Epoche des Umbruchs. Industrialisierung, wissenschaftliche Entdeckungen, politische Revolutionen und kulturelle Meisterwerke veränderten die Welt grundlegend. Dieses Hörbuch stellt 20 außergewöhnliche Persönlichkeiten vor, die diesen Wandel geprägt haben. Begegnen Sie visionären Forschern wie Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Charles Darwin und Louis Pasteur, erleben Sie die Kreativität von Tolstoi, Dickens, Wagner und van Gogh und entdecken Sie die Lebenswege von Erfindern, Unternehmern und Staatsmännern, die den Grundstein für die moderne Welt legten.

Macht, Glanz und Genialität – Die großen Persönlichkeiten des Barock! Prunkvolle Schlösser, bahnbrechende Entdeckungen, große Kunst und mächtige Herrscher – das Barock war eine Epoche der Gegensätze. In diesem Hörbuch begegnen Sie 20 außergewöhnlichen Persönlichkeiten aus Politik, Musik, Kunst, Wissenschaft, Philosophie und Literatur, die ihre Zeit geprägt und die Welt verändert haben.

These short, vivid biographies offer quick insights, big ideas, and timeless inspiration. Enter the minds that changed the way we see the universe. From Oppenheimer to Steve Jobs, Darwin to Edison – their discoveries, struggles, and legacies, brought to life in five powerful minutes each.

I sei brevi romanzi in cui perdersi in questo libro sono quelli di Marie Curie (1867-1934), Lise Meitner (1878-1968), Emmy Noether (1882-1935), Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) e Mileva Marić (1875-1948). Per molti saranno nomi sconosciuti, eppure queste sei donne sono...

The author conceived of this project while a visiting research scholar at Wellesley Centers for Women in the 1990s. The stories were so compelling that she decided they must be made available to the general public rather than merely to an academic audience. The book is based on extensive interviews with highly successful women scientists and artists who were ages 65 to 95 when the author met them.

Einstein es empleado de la Oficina de Patentes y Marcas en Berna. Es un científico desconocido que no ha podido conseguir un puesto docente en ninguna universidad. Con apenas 25 años y mediante una serie de experimentos mentales descubre la Teoría Especial de la Relatividad, el primer hito de la física teórica del siglo XX. Albert Einstein y Niels Bohr discuten la vigencia de la mecánica cuántica. Einstein acepta su validez pero se niega a aceptar la incertidumbre que dicha teoría propone...