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This book vividly presents the gripping history of one of America's most notorious prisons. Based on extensive research with original sources, the author's narrative covers every period of the prison's checkered history, from the awful conditions of the 19th century to the relative improvements of the 20th century to today. For most of the 19th century Sing Sing was a bastion of inhumane treatment, where guards made every effort to break the s...

Esta es la detallada, exacta y muy légible narración de la vida de un hombre, Albert Einstein (1879-1955), y de su época, más que un informe sobre sus logros científicos, qué tampoco están ausentes. El Einstein que este libro nos hace conocer es un ser profundamente humano, dotado de un excelente sentido del humor y de una admirable sensibilidad por la justicia, un carácter infinitamente curioso y sinceramente humilde a la hora de evalua...

This book reveals how and why, almost without exception, American presidents sought to protect Jews at home and abroad from their often deadly enemies. It explains why American presidents have admired and befriended Jews, appointed them to powerful positions, and eventually helped them achieve their greatest dream: a return to the country of their forebears and the establishment of a Jewish state in which they were masters of their destiny. Ba...

Der anerkannte Einstein-Biograph Denis Brian geht den zahlreichen Mythen nach, die sich schon zu Lebzeiten um Einstein rankten, wie z.B., dass er erst im Alter von 4 oder 5 Jahren zu sprechen begann, dass er ein echter Schürzenjäger und ein miserabler Ehemann war. Mit bislang unveröffentlichten Fotos und Material aus Interviews enthüllt das Buch viele überraschende Aspekte seiner Persönlichkeit.

The Curies The Untold Story Behind Their Private and Professional Lives Here is the first full-scale biography of the world's most extraordinary family in science: the Curies, whose combined work changed the course of history. Focusing on the lives and relationships behind their magnificent careers, The Curies is the first to trace the entire Curie dynasty, from Pierre and Marie's fruitful union and achievements to the lives and accomplishme...

Focusing on the lives and relationships behind their magnificent careers, The Curies is the first biography to trace the entire Curie dynasty, from Pierre and Marie's fruitful union and achievements to the lives and accomplishments of their two daughters, Irène and Eve, and son-in-law Frederic Joliot-Curie. Biographer Denis Brian digs deep beneath the headlines and legends to reveal the Curies' multigenerational saga in its entirety, featuring...

Colonel John Henry Patterson was an Irish-born soldier, lion hunter, bridge builder, East African game warden, author, man-about-town, and Zionist. This biography traces Patterson's life from his days as a British socialite to his command of the Jewish Legion of volunteers who helped drive the Turks out of Palestine.

Nobel Prize winners and other scientific greats reveal the secrets of the universe, human nature, and the mind.