Títulos en Líderes de ciencia y tecnología

Discover the the life and accomplishments of Max Planck, theoretical physicist whose revolutionary discovery of energy quanta and formulation of fundamental quantum theory allowed for countless others to expand on the knowledge of atomic processes.

In 1963, Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with motor neuron disease and given two years to live. More than half a century later, Hawking had made some of the most significant contributions to our understanding of the universe since Albert Einstein. The world’s most famous physics professor, a best-selling author, and a father of three, Stephen lived his life to its fullest. Bridging the world of theoretical physics with the reach of pop culture, Stephen Hawking became an emblem of human determination and intellectual curiosity.

Long before the world began seeking STEM - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics - education for girls, American Maria Mitchell proved that women were capable of achieving worldwide acclaim for brilliant reasoning and discoveries. Born to a Quaker family in 1818 Nantucket, Mitchell had opportunities unavailable to other girls of the time. The Quakers believed boys and girls should be educated, so Maria attended public schools. She also had the benefit of her father's tutelage. At an early age, she loved to perform the complex navigational computations requested by sailors.

It may seem paradoxical that the man behind the world’s most famous peace prizes was the same one who invented dynamite, yet this is exactly the case. Alfred Nobel: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Scientist and the Nobel Prizes examines the life and work that made Nobel one of history’s most important scientists. You will learn about Nobel like never before.

Idee? Moltissime. Start-up? Anche di più. Che spesso tuttavia non riescono a trasformare il progetto iniziale in business, perdendosi per strada tra problemi finanziari, indifferenza del mercato, incapacità di creare la squadra giusta. In "Innovation", Luca Orlando racconta le storie di giovani imprenditrici e imprenditori italiani che invece sono riusciti a "decollare". Alcuni in senso fisico, costruendo satelliti per la Nasa o tecnologie per i lanciatori di tutto il mondo.

Idee? Moltissime. Start-up? Anche di più. Che spesso tuttavia non riescono a trasformare il progetto iniziale in business, perdendosi per strada tra problemi finanziari, indifferenza del mercato, incapacità di creare la squadra giusta. In "Innovation", Luca Orlando racconta le storie di giovani imprenditrici e imprenditori italiani che invece sono riusciti a "decollare". Alcuni in senso fisico, costruendo satelliti per la Nasa o tecnologie per i lanciatori di tutto il mondo.

Idee? Moltissime. Start-up? Anche di più. Che spesso tuttavia non riescono a trasformare il progetto iniziale in business, perdendosi per strada tra problemi finanziari, indifferenza del mercato, incapacità di creare la squadra giusta. In "Innovation", Luca Orlando racconta le storie di giovani imprenditrici e imprenditori italiani che invece sono riusciti a "decollare". Alcuni in senso fisico, costruendo satelliti per la Nasa o tecnologie per i lanciatori di tutto il mondo.

Idee? Moltissime. Start-up? Anche di più. Che spesso tuttavia non riescono a trasformare il progetto iniziale in business, perdendosi per strada tra problemi finanziari, indifferenza del mercato, incapacità di creare la squadra giusta. In "Innovation", Luca Orlando racconta le storie di giovani imprenditrici e imprenditori italiani che invece sono riusciti a "decollare". Alcuni in senso fisico, costruendo satelliti per la Nasa o tecnologie per i lanciatori di tutto il mondo.

Idee? Moltissime. Start-up? Anche di più. Che spesso tuttavia non riescono a trasformare il progetto iniziale in business, perdendosi per strada tra problemi finanziari, indifferenza del mercato, incapacità di creare la squadra giusta. In "Innovation", Luca Orlando racconta le storie di giovani imprenditrici e imprenditori italiani che invece sono riusciti a "decollare". Alcuni in senso fisico, costruendo satelliti per la Nasa o tecnologie per i lanciatori di tutto il mondo.

In the last 50 years, life has been simplified by the awe-inspiring advancements that have been achieved in the world of computer science and technology. In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak unveiled the Apple I, the first-ever computer that operated on a single-circuit board, just five years after a team of IBM engineers introduced the “floppy disk,” which revolutionized data-sharing.

From Leonardo Da Vinci to John Dee and Comenius, from George Eliot to Oliver Sacks and Susan Sontag, polymaths have moved the frontiers of knowledge in countless ways. But history can be unkind to scholars with such encyclopaedic interests. All too often these individuals are remembered for just one part of their valuable achievements. In this engaging, erudite account, renowned cultural historian Peter Burke argues for a more rounded view. 

This audiobook takes a closer look at who Charles Darwin was, how he lived his everyday life and how influential he became; not just in his own day but into the modern world as well. Find out what interested his incredible mind and how Darwin presented his theories to a yet unsuspecting world. From beetles to butterflies, coral reefs and tropical islands, from apes to humans, learn how Charles Darwin's evidence speaks even to the world today.

Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. Not, that is, until the spring of 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the new gene-editing tool CRISPR - a revolutionary new technology that she helped create - to make heritable changes in human embryos.

Founding Father Benjamin Franklin came from humble beginnings to take his place in the annals of history as one of the most celebrated Americans ever to stand on the world stage. The Boston apprentice who ran away because of his brother's ill-treatment found his destiny in Philadelphia, where he became a printer, a scientist, an author, an inventor, a politician, and a citizen of the world. His inventions and his philosophies had the same ultimate goal - to make the world a better place - and Franklin achieved that goal.

Nikola Tesla was a major figure in the world in which he lived. As the 19th century gave way to the 20th, it was Tesla who would contribute to some of the world's most amazing inventions. It was Tesla's theories, patents, and experiments that would pave the way for the digital, wireless world we are so familiar with today. Tesla didn't enjoy the high honors bestowed on so many of his contemporaries, yet he enjoyed the power of knowing that it was his inventions that were powering the world, literally.

A “delightfully macabre” (The New York Times) Cold War medical history about a brilliant and eccentric surgeon and his quest to transplant the human soul. In the early days of the Cold War, a spirit of desperate scientific rivalry birthed a different kind of space race: not the race to outer...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Scientific Revolution, then pay attention...Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: The Scientific Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Emergence of Modern Science During the Early Modern Period, Including Stories of Thinkers Such as Isaac Newton and René Descartes and Galileo Galilei: A Captivating Guide to an Italian Astronomer, Physicist, and Engineer and His Impact on the History of Science. So if you want to learn more about the Scientific Revolution and Galileo Galilei listen to this audiobook now!

The MacArthur Foundation awards the "Genius Grant" every year to the most compelling scientists, educators and artists in the country. But who are these "geniuses," really? Host Bob Garfield sits down with fellows, including writer and producer David Simon, radio producer Jad Abumrad, and inventor Amy Smith, to learn what events shaped their life, how they became leaders in their fields, and what they imagine our shared future looks like.

Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler: The Lives of the Early Modern Astronomers Whose Partnership Revolutionized the Field of Astronomy examines the work that made the two of them some of history’s most important scientists. You will learn about Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler like never before.

In 1994 the American Film Institute gave a Lifetime Achievement Award to Jack Nicholson, who became one of the youngest actors ever to receive the award. Such tributes typically come as a capstone to a star's career, not when the actor is still in his 50s. In fact Nicholson would go on to win the Oscar for Best Actor just a few years after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award as a result of As Good As It Gets (1997), and he would earn another Academy Award nomination for About Schmidt (2002).