Creative couples in the sciences /

Table of Contents: “…Pierre Curie and "His eminent collaborator Mme Curie": complementary partners -- Star scientists in a nobelist family: Ir⥮e and Fr⥤⥲ic Joliot-Curie -- Carl and Gerty Cori: a personal recollection -- John and Elizabeth Gould: ornithologists and scientific illustrators, 1829-1841 -- Dispelling the myth of the able assistant: Margaret and William Huggins at work in the Tulse Hill Observatory -- The Comstocks of Cornell: a marriage of interests -- Grace Chisholm Young and William Henry Young: a partnership of itinerant British mathematicians -- Marriage and scientific work in twentieth-century Canada: the Berkeleys in marine biology and the Hoggs in astronomy -- Unusually close companions: Frieda Cobb Blanchard and Frank Nelson Blanchard -- Kathleen and Thomas Lonsdale: forty-three years of spiritual and scientific life together -- Clanging eagles: the marriage and collaboration between two nineteenth-century physicians, Mary Putnam Jacobi and Abraham Jacobi -- "My life is a thing of the past": the Whitmans in zoology and marriage -- Albert Einstein and Mileva Mar⩣: a collaboration that failed to develop -- Sociologists in the vineyard: the careers of Helen MacGill Hughes and Everett Cherrington Hughes -- Botanical and ecological couples: a continuum of relationships -- Patterns of collaboration in turn-of-the-century astronomy: the Campbells and the Maunders -- Collaborative couples who wanted to the change the world: the social policies and personal tensions of the Russells, the Myrdals, and the Mead-Batesons.…”
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No walls of stone : an anthology of literature by deaf and hard of hearing writers /

Table of Contents: “…Panara -- For Stanley teaching sign language and us ; The deadening of October ; Wing biddlebaum ; Speaking about the deaf child / Anne McDonald -- One frame per second ; The seawall ; The hearing test / Willy Conley -- Albert Einstein ; My Yankee friend ; Subway conductor / Lisa Fay -- Learning to speak I ; Mrs. …”
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Modes of creativity : philosophical perspectives / by Singer, Irving

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Before Einstein : the fourth dimension in fin-de-siècle in literature and culture / by Throesch, Elizabeth

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Einstein : his space and times / by Gimbel, Steven, 1968-

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In the steps of Rosa Luxemburg : selected writings of Paul Levi /

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Gravitation, following the Prague inspiration : a volume in celebration of the 60th birthday of Jiří Bičák /

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Einsteins univers : en fysikers tanker om natur og erkendelse / by Kragh, Helge, 1944-

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Rare birds : an American family / by Bessie, Dan

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CERN : how we found the Higgs boson / by Krause, Michael, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Virdee -- The four fundamental forces (interactions) -- Quotes by and about Newton -- Isaac Newton -- Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr -- The man who built the LHC: Lyn Evans -- The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) -- Physics, music, and art: Tara Shears -- The theorist: John Ellis -- The standard model -- Oersted-Ampère-Faraday-Maxwell -- Hans Christian Oersted (1777-1851) -- André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836) -- Michael Faraday (1791-1867) -- Electromagnetic induction-classical field theory -- Electromagnetism: James Clerk Maxwell -- The communicator: Rolf Landua -- Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953) -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) -- Einstein quotes -- The Japanese way: Masaki Hori -- Antimater I -- The Michelson-Morley experiment -- Antimatter II -- Einstein's cosmological constant -- The nobel prize laureate: Carlo Rubbia -- The Rubbiatron -- The American friend: Sebastian White -- The Flammarion engraving -- The Crab Nebula-Type II supernovae -- Type 1A Supernovae -- Friendly competitors: Sebastian White and Albert De Roeck -- ATLAS and CMS -- a healthy competition -- Rock 'n' roll, beer, billiards, and music: Jonathan Butterworth -- Beauty is where you find it -- The Higgs boson: and then?…”
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Creative couples in the sciences /

Table of Contents: “…Pierre Curie and "His eminent collaborator Mme Curie": complementary partners -- Star scientists in a nobelist family: Iréne and Frédéric Joliot-Curie -- Carl and Gerty Cori: a personal recollection -- John and Elizabeth Gould: ornithologists and scientific illustrators, 1829-1841 -- Dispelling the myth of the able assistant: Margaret and William Huggins at work in the Tulse Hill Observatory -- The Comstocks of Cornell: a marriage of interests -- Grace Chisholm Young and William Henry Young: a partnership of itinerant British mathematicians -- Marriage and scientific work in twentieth-century Canada: the Berkeleys in marine biology and the Hoggs in astronomy -- Unusually close companions: Frieda Cobb Blanchard and Frank Nelson Blanchard -- Kathleen and Thomas Lonsdale: forty-three years of spiritual and scientific life together -- Clanging eagles: the marriage and collaboration between two nineteenth-century physicians, Mary Putnam Jacobi and Abraham Jacobi -- "My life is a thing of the past": the Whitmans in zoology and marriage -- Albert Einstein and Mileva Maríc: a collaboration that failed to develop -- Sociologists in the vineyard: the careers of Helen MacGill Hughes and Everett Cherrington Hughes -- Botanical and ecological couples: a continuum of relationships -- Patterns of collaboration in turn-of-the-century astronomy: the Campbells and the Maunders -- Collaborative couples who wanted to the change the world: the social policies and personal tensions of the Russells, the Myrdals, and the Mead-Batesons.…”
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Comedian sees the world / by Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977

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The legacy of Sacco and Vanzetti / by Joughin, Louis

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Destined for evil? : the twentieth-century responses /

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Einstein's fridge : how the difference between hot and cold explains the universe / by Sen, Paul

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Creativity in large-scale contexts : guiding creative engagement and exploration / by Feinstein, Jonathan S., 1960-

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Einstein's letter / When America was rocked / Freedom summer

Not in the heavens : the tradition of Jewish secular thought / by Biale, David, 1949-

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Hubert Reeves : star teller /

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A Comedian Sees the World. by Chaplin, Charlie

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