George Johnson: 58 books
by George Johnson
Language: German
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Exzellente Paleo-Diätrezepte in einem Kochbuch In den letzten Jahren hat die Paleo-Diät immer mehr Menschen begeisterst. Die Vorteile der Paleo-Ernährung liegen in der Hochwertigkeit der verwendeten Nahrungsmittel wie Qualitätsfleisch, Eier und Biogemüse, während kein verarbeitetes Gemüse...
The Cancer Chronicles
Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is a revolution under way—an explosion...
A Shortcut Through Time
The Path to the Quantum Computer
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In this remarkably illustrative and thoroughly accessible look at one of the most intriguing frontiers in science and computers, award-winning New York Times writer George Johnson reveals the fascinating world of quantum computing—the holy grail of super computers where the computing power of single...
by George Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2008
A dazzling, irresistible collection of the ten most groundbreaking and beautiful experiments in scientific history.
With the attention to detail of a historian and the storytelling ability of a novelist, New York Times science writer George Johnson celebrates these groundbreaking experiments...
Strange Beauty
Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
With a New Afterword
"Our knowledge of fundamental physics contains not one fruitful idea that does not carry the name of Murray Gell-Mann."--Richard Feynman
Acclaimed science writer George Johnson brings his formidable reporting skills to the first biography of Nobel Prize-winner Murray...
by George Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2006
"A short, excellent account of [Leavitt’s] extraordinary life and achievements." —Simon Singh, New York Times Book Review
George Johnson brings to life Henrietta Swan Leavitt, who found the key to the vastness of the universe—in the form of a “yardstick” suitable for measuring it....
Fire in the Mind
Science, Faith, and the Search for Order
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
Are there really laws governing the universe? Or is the order we see a mere artifact of the way evolution wired the brain? And is what we call science only a set of myths in which quarks, DNA, and information fill the role once occupied by gods? These questions lie at the heart of George Johnson's...
by George Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Machinery of Mind is a full-scale, indispensable examination of the history, content, politics, and philosophy of Artificial Intelligence. In detail, consecutively but with a keen awareness of the interdisciplinary nature of the field, Johnson traces the history of the burgeoning science from its...
by George Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Most Calgary Flames fans have attended a game at the Scotiabank Saddledome, seen highlights of a young Theo Fleury, and remember where they were when the team won the Stanley Cup in 1989. But only real fans know what the team traded to acquire Miikka Kiprusoff, the best place to grab a bite before...
by Charmian Clift, George Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
A POWERFUL NOVEL OF ELEMENTAL LOVE AND FURY ON A DOOMED, ENCHANTED ISLAND WORLD….
In the cradle of civilization, rocked by the waters of the blue Aegean, lies the tiny, barren island of Kalymnos. It is cloaked in antiquity and rich with the vibrant life of a proud and passionate people who...
by George Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
In several years, the Paleo diet has gotten to be intriguingly famous. It has its advantages in light of the fact that a Paleo eating regimen is high in sustenance’s like quality meats, eggs and vegetables while disposing of handled nourishments, vegetables, and grains.Include some of these...
In the Palaces of Memory
How We Build the Worlds Inside Our Heads
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
Even as you read these words, a tiny portion of your brain is physically changing. New connections are being sprouted--a circuit that will create a stab of recognition if you encounter the words again. That is one of the theories of memory presented in this intriguing and splendidly readable book,...
If These Walls Could Talk: Calgary Flames
Stories from the Calgary Flames Ice, Locker Room, and Press Box
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
As the radio voice of the Calgary Flames from 1980 until his retirement in 2014, Peter Maher has witnessed more than his fair share of Flames action up close and personal--from the 1989 Stanley Cup championship to the individual brilliance of stars like Lanny McDonald, Al MacInnis, Theo Fleury, and...
African Diaspora Literacy
The Heart of Transformation in K–12 Schools and Teacher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This book demonstrates the application of African Diaspora Literacy in K–12 schools and teacher education programs. The book emerged from a four-week Fulbright-Hays Group Abroad project to Cameroon, West Africa, which was focused on African Diaspora Literacy. The project was guided by the African...