Author: Emma Donoghue
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316499048
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
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In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, in "Donoghue's best novel since Room" (Kirkus Reviews). In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders—Doctor Kathleen Lynn, a rumoured Rebel on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over three days, these women change each other's lives in unexpected ways. They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world. With tireless tenderness and humanity, carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work. In The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue once again finds the light in the darkness in this new classic of hope and survival against all odds.
Author: Howard Burton
Publisher: Open Agenda Publishing
ISBN: 1771701439
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 37
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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Claudia de Rham, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London. After inspiring insights about Claudia de Rham’s upbringing in Madagascar and her academic journey, this wide-ranging conversation explores her research in cosmology, the public perception and communication of science to the general public, gender issues and stereotypes in physics, recommendations for physics teachers to inspire the next generation, and more. This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Aesthetic Appeal, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter: I. Stellar Origins - Madagascar and the Milky Way II. Mysteries Galore - Trying to make sense of the universe III. Public Understanding - Spiritual resonance or pragmatic self-interest? IV. Gender - Subheading VI. Passing It On - Inspiring the next generation About Ideas Roadshow Conversations: Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.
Author: James Hopwood Jeans
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Author: David Stevenson
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319142348
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 351
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As with the author’s recent books Extreme Explosions and Under a Crimson Sun, the complex topic of star clusters is broken down and made accessible with clear links to other areas of astronomy in a language which the non-specialist can easily read and enjoy. The full range of topics are addressed regarding how star clusters are formed. Why is it some are dense conglomerates of stars while others are looser associations? Are the young, brilliant clusters seen in neighboring galaxies such as the Large Magellanic Cloud, M33 or M82 analogous to the ancient globulars seen in the Milky Way? How will these clusters change as their stars wane and die? More interestingly, how does living in a dense star cluster affect the fates of the stars and any attendant planets that accompany them? Star clusters form many of the most dazzling objects in the astronomers’ catalogs. Many amateur astronomers are interested in exploring how these objects are created and what it would be like to live among these objects. From the historical views of how star clusters came about to the most recent assumptions about how stars within these clusters evolve, different strands of science, from observation to theory, are woven together into a compelling investigation specifically targeted at amateur astronomers.
Author: Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 838
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Author: Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Category : Technology
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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