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Covering issues within the scientific community, In Sight is a deeply personal memoir of a woman's experience transitioning a major scientific treatment from grassroots development to commercial breakthrough.
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Contains short biographies of almost 1,000 scientists from around the world who made great contributions to science throughout history.
This new book sheds light on the existence of Extraterrestrial Beings. Author H. Torrevillas, M.D., invites readers to embark on a fascinating journey to unlock some of lifes greatest mysteries. The author shares his many encounters that made him lean towards the study of intuitive feelings as well as psychic phenomena that relate to the mystifying world of the unknown. From the cradle to the grave, our parents, peers, institutions and society form our values and behavior, but this process has been hijacked. This book opens our minds to the fact that, unknown to us, for generations, we have allowed dictators, power brokers and corporate puppeteers to profit from our ignorance and enslavement. From the anvil of compulsory schooling to media and entertainment, we are being kept in bondage to ideas that shape our actions. But the author is optimistic that we can overcome negative forces that control our minds and those of our leaders. He had been in a quandary in his early years regarding paranormal happenings in his life. Rather than ignore them as skeptics are inclined to do, Dr/ Torrevillas regarded them as significant in his life.
In Sight is a memoir about how a love of science and discovery drove Julia Levy, a celebrated scholar and biotech CEO, to work her way through gender bias in order to achieve academic and professional recognition. Her story traces the unconventional invention of a breakthrough drug treatment from its development from laboratory research to its application as a medical treatment for vision loss. Told from a female perspective, In Sight is a unique and personal story covering Levy’s early years as a refugee, her university training in the UK, and her appointment as professor at the University of British Columbia. Years spent as an academic led the author to unexpected exposure to the biotechnology industry and a chance meeting with colleagues that led to the formation of a lucrative biotechnology company, known today as QLT Inc. The bulk of the book covers the years spent building the company, and Levy’s surprising transition from chief scientific officer to CEO. In Sight is an honest description of the trials of drug development, the tensions inherent in the commercialization of health innovations, and the truly remarkable hurdles faced by women in the scientific community.
On August 8, 1970, the Southern Resident orcas of Puget Sound were herded into Penn Cove on Whidbey Island by explosives, spotter planes and speedboats in a coordinated effort to capture seven young whales. Between 1964 and 1976, dozens of these now-endangered orcas were torn from their home and sent to marine parks around the globe. Just over a decade later, all but one had died. This lone survivor is Tokitae, also known as Lolita, and she's spent most of her life performing at the Miami Seaquarium. For twenty years, the Orca Network has called for her release, and now the indigenous Lummi Nation, People of the Sea, have joined the fight. Author Sandra Pollard chronicles the extraordinary effort to bring Tokitae home.
From ancient times to the present day, scientifically inclined women in many cultures have had to battle against the traditional belief that men are more cognitively adept than women. At times throughout history, women were persecuted for their attempts to break down traditional gender barriers. Today, women scientists and mathematicians must continue to defend the quality of their work and demand the respect they deserve in the mathematical and scientific communities.A to Z of Women in Science and Math, Revised Edition profiles 195 women who fought against these stereotypes throughout history and all over the world to forge new discoveries and theories that would eventually change the way w...
The twenty-four stories collected here illustrate the dilemmas and small terrors of everyday existence. In a variety of moods they deal with different stages of life and relationships. In "Numbers,"an elderly man waiting for the start of prayer service recollects events of the past, causing him to change his attitude towards God. "A Man and His Dog" is a moving account of a man's sacrifice to keep his family intact. In "Pictures", a man has quit one life, only to discover that it still holds him in its grip. "The Kimono" is about a man who is powerless against his adultery, even though the immorality of it is all too apparent and distasteful to him. In the title story a man looks back upon the days of his youth and realizes it was the time of his life.