Michael Gross: 41 books
My Generation
Fifty Years of Sex, Drugs, Rock, Revolution, Glamour, Greed, Valor, Faith, and Silicon Chips
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2000
The Baby Boom generation is not what you think. It's Donald Trump as well as druggies, Born-again Christians as well rock'n'rollers, right-wingers and nerds as well as hippies and freaks. This “thought-provoking” (Kirkus), “mesmerizing” (Tama Janowitz), “wide-ranging” (Red Herring), “unsettling”...
House of Outrageous Fortune
Fifteen Central Park West, the World's Most Powerful Address
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
“Michael Gross’s new book…packs [in] almost as many stories as there are apartments in the building. The Jackie Collins of real estate likes to map expressions of power, money and ego… Even more crammed with billionaires and their exploits than 740 Park” (Penelope Green, The New York Times).
With...
Rogues' Gallery
The Secret Story of the Lust, Lies, Greed, and Betrayals That Made the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
“Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime.”
With these words as a starting point, Michael Gross, leading chronicler of the American rich, begins the first independent, unauthorized look at the saga of the nation’s greatest museum, the Metropolitan Museum of...
Focus
The Secret, Sexy, Sometimes Sordid World of Fashion Photographers
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
“This thoroughly absorbing narrative dazzles with the most profound investigation and research. Focus is an enthralling and riveting read.” —Tim Gunn
“Smart, well-researched…engaging…canny” (New York Times Book Review), Focus is a “fast-paced—and clearly insider—look at...
Astrobiology
A Brief Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Informed by new planetary discoveries and the findings from recent robotic missions to Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, scientists are rapidly replacing centuries of speculation about potential extraterrestrial habitats with real knowledge about the possibility of life outside our own biosphere—if it...
by Michael Gross
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2008
Our lives are about to be changed by new technologies that operate on a scale too small to be seen by even the most powerful optical microscopes. Devices measured in nanometers-billionths of a meter-have set off a nanotechnology revolution. In Travels to the Nanoworld, Michael Gross takes us deep...
Model
The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
The definitive story of the international modeling business—and its evil twin, legalized flesh peddling—Model is a tale of beautiful women empowered and subjugated; of vast sums of money; of sex and drugs, obsession and tragic death; and of the most unholy combination in commerce: stunning young...
Genuine Authentic
The Real Life of Ralph Lauren
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
A fascinating and comprehensive look into the life of American fashion designer Ralph Lauren, now with an afterword.
“Deep-dish...sharp-clawed...honestly admiring.”—New York Times
There are at least two Ralph Laurens.
To the public he's a gentle, modest, yet secure and purposeful...
The Birds, the Bees and the Platypuses
Crazy, Sexy and Cool Stories from Science
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Michael Gross has been writing about science full time for the last eight years and as a night time hobby for the previous seven. From his treasure troves, he now presents his favourite science stories from these 15 years.
What are the attractions that make him revisit a topic or reread an article...
by Michael Gross
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2008
Can life exist in the Antarctic ice, in the deep subsurface, in dilute sulfuric acid, in hot springs-even on Mars? What degree of high or low temperature, pressure, or salt concentration can living cells tolerate? In recent years, scientists have discovered many single-cell creatures that exist in-in...
by Michael Gross
Language: German
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: German
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Ausgeforscht - so heißt eine Rubrik in den »Nachrichten aus der Chemie«, in der der Chemiker und Wissenschaftsjournalist Michael Groß alle zwei Monate einen seiner »unsachlichen« Beiträge veröffentlicht - als »Hofnarr«, wie er selbst sagt. Groß schafft in seinen ironischheiteren Kommentaren...
9 Millionen Fahrräder am Rande des Universums
Obskures aus Forschung und Wissenschaft
Language: German
Release Date: December 21, 2012
»Hofnarr« der Chemie Ausgeforscht - so heißt eine Rubrik in den »Nachrichten aus der Chemie«, in der der Chemiker und Wissenschaftsjournalist Michael Groß alle zwei Monate einen seiner »unsachlichen« Beiträge veröffentlicht - als »Hofnarr«, wie er selbst sagt. Groß schafft in seinen ironischheiteren...
Von Geckos, Garn und Goldwasser
Die Nanowelt lässt grüßen
Language: German
Release Date: April 12, 2013
The lotus effect, which keeps leafs free from dirt, or the gecko, which climbs up glass fronts, are examples of nature being the true expert on nanotechnology. Michael Groß gives an impression of this fascinating world and its applications in medicine, technology and daily life.
by James Cordier, Michael Gross
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2009
The growing popularity of selling options is undeniable, yet it remains one of the least understood concepts in the trading world. This clear and engaging guide helps you enter the market with the confidence you need and generate profits with a consistency that may surprise you.
Now in its...