Dava Sobel
1) Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
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In 1714, England's Parliament offered a huge reward to anyone whose method of measuring longitude could be proven successful. The scientific establishment--from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton--had mapped the heavens in its certainty of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution--a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land. And the race was on.......
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"The son of a musician, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) tried at first to enter a monastery before engaging the skills that made him the foremost scientist of his day. Though he never left Italy, his inventions and discoveries were heralded around the world. Most sensationally, his telescopes allowed him to reveal a new reality in the heavens and to reinforce the astounding argument that the Earth moves around the Sun. For this belief, he was brought...
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Nicolaus Copernicus was the first to place the sun--not the earth--at the center of the universe and did so in an outline in 1514. Over the following two decades he expanded on that theory, compiling in secret a book-length manuscript which he did not publish until 1543. Sobel chronicles the personalities and the discoveries that shaped the Copernican Revolution.
4) The planets
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2005
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The author presents a collection of essays each inspired by the planets in the solar system which she uses as a way of discussing larger issues.
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Dava Sobel, autora del best-seller de culto Longitud, recrea la vida de Copérnico, el hombre que se atrevió a decir, hace casi quinientos años, que la Tierra no era el centro del universo. Cómo lo supo, cómo lo intentó demostrar, cómo lo escribió... es una historia que Sobel convierte en una narración llena de encanto, la crónica de un hombre enfrentado a la ciencia, la religión y la sociedad de su época.
Pero entonces aparece un segundo...
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What is the most powerful backache treatment ever developed to help prevent recurring back pain and restore you to a healthy, pain-free life?
The answer is exercise.
Exercise has:
Helped more bachache sufferes than drugs, surgery, or any other treatment-without dangerous side effects
Been widely prescribed by medical doctors and other health practitioners.
Been rated the best source of relief by backache sufferers themselves
Been uniformly supported...