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Forgotten Genius - The Life and Games of Grandmaster Albin Planinc

Author : Georg Mohr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789464201291
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Genius - The Life and Games of Grandmaster Albin Planinc written by Georg Mohr and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albin Planinc was born in the middle of the Second World War, on 18th April 1944, in the little village of Brise, near the small town of Zagorje ob Savi, approximately 30 kilometers from Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. He spent his childhood with his mother Ljudmila (unofficially Milka), a simple, uneducated woman who earned money from various unskilled jobs'. This fascinating biography of over eighty-five annotated games and stories are being presented by grandmasters Georg Mohr and Adrian Mikhalchishin. It covers Planinc' entire life and chess career, including his most fascinating games. This fitting tribute of a forgotten chess genius should be found in anyone's chess library. Thanks to this colorful book Albin Planinc will continue to inspire us all and will keep his spirit alive.

The Forgotten Genius

Author : Stephen Inwood
Publisher : MacAdam/Cage Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781596921153
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book The Forgotten Genius written by Stephen Inwood and published by MacAdam/Cage Publishing. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Inwood's biography of this forgotten scientist, Robert Hooke and his world are vividly recreated with all their contradictions, successes, and failures. The Forgotten Genius is an absorbing and compelling study of this unduly overlooked man.

Lost Genius

Author : Kevin Bazzana
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 1551991845
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Lost Genius written by Kevin Bazzana and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning author of Wondrous Strange, the critically acclaimed biography of Glenn Gould, explores the bizarre, untold life of another brilliant and eccentric musician. The composer Arnold Schoenberg called him an “utterly extraordinary” pianist of “incredible originality and conviction,” yet today he is all but forgotten. Born in Budapest in 1903, Ervin Nyiregyházi (nyeer-edge-hah-zee) was a remarkable prodigy: at eight he performed at Buckingham Palace, and when he was thirteen a psychologist published a book about him. In his teens, his idiosyncratic, intensely Romantic playing electrified audiences and astounded critics in Europe and America. But his adult career quickly foundered, and he was reduced to penury. In 1928, he settled in Los Angeles, and eventually he withdrew from public life, preferring to spend his time quietly composing. Psychologically, he remained a child, and found the ordinary demands of daily life onerous — he struggled even to dress himself. He drank heavily, was insatiable sexually (he married ten times), and described himself as “a fortissimo bastard,” yet such was his talent and charisma that he numbered among his friends and champions celebrities such as Jack Dempsey, Theodore Dreiser, Bela Lugosi, and Gloria Swanson. Rediscovered in the 1970s, he enjoyed a brief, sensational, and controversial renaissance before slipping back into obscurity. He died in 1987. Lost Genius, the product of ten years’ research, is the first biography of Nyiregyházi, whose story is among the most fascinating — and bizarre — in twentieth-century music.

Lost Science

Author : Kitty Ferguson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781454918073
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Lost Science written by Kitty Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular science writer Kitty Ferguson investigates little-explored byroads in the history of science, from Kepler's nearly disastrous venture into science fiction to a twentieth-century experiment involving cats and rocket fuel. She introduces long-forgotten discoverers and takes us on astounding adventures with the likes of Jesuit astronomer Ferdinand Verbiest, who invented the first automobile and won a bizarre astronomy competition in seventeenth-century China against his former torturer.

The Forgotten Genius of Oliver Heaviside

Author : Basil Mahon
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1633883310
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book The Forgotten Genius of Oliver Heaviside written by Basil Mahon and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This biography of Oliver Heaviside profiles the life of an underappreciated genius and describes his many contributions to electrical science, which proved to be essential to the future of mass communications"--

Percy Lavon Julian

Author : Darlene R. Stille
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 0756540895
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book Percy Lavon Julian written by Darlene R. Stille and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2009 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the life of Percy Lavon Julian and his accomplishments which made him one of the greatest chemists of the 20th century.

The Strange Genius of Mr. O

Author : Carolyn Eastman
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469660520
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The Strange Genius of Mr. O written by Carolyn Eastman and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When James Ogilvie arrived in America in 1793, he was a deeply ambitious but impoverished teacher. By the time he returned to Britain in 1817, he had become a bona fide celebrity known simply as Mr. O, counting the nation's leading politicians and intellectuals among his admirers. And then, like so many meteoric American luminaries afterward, he fell from grace. The Strange Genius of Mr. O is at once the biography of a remarkable performer--a gaunt Scottish orator who appeared in a toga--and a story of the United States during the founding era. Ogilvie's career featured many of the hallmarks of celebrity we recognize from later eras: glamorous friends, eccentric clothing, scandalous religious views, narcissism, and even an alarming drug habit. Yet he captivated audiences with his eloquence and inaugurated a golden age of American oratory. Examining his roller-coaster career and the Americans who admired (or hated) him, this fascinating book renders a vivid portrait of the United States in the midst of invention.

The Man who Invented the Twentieth Century

Author : Robert Lomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780747262657
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book The Man who Invented the Twentieth Century written by Robert Lomas and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the twentieth century's greatest unsung scientific hero, Nikola Tesla, the uncredited inventor of electric light, radio and hydro-electric power. His life was perhaps as intriguing for its extraordinary commercial disasters and painful obscurity as for the remarkable discoveries he made.

Genius & Anxiety

Author : Norman Lebrecht
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982134232
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Genius & Anxiety written by Norman Lebrecht and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively chronicle of the years 1847–1947—the century when the Jewish people changed how we see the world—is “[a] thrilling and tragic history…especially good on the ironies and chain-reaction intimacies that make a people and a past” (The Wall Street Journal). In a hundred-year period, a handful of men and women changed the world. Many of them are well known—Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Kafka. Others have vanished from collective memory despite their enduring importance in our daily lives. Without Karl Landsteiner, for instance, there would be no blood transfusions or major surgery. Without Paul Ehrlich, no chemotherapy. Without Siegfried Marcus, no motor car. Without Rosalind Franklin, genetic science would look very different. Without Fritz Haber, there would not be enough food to sustain life on earth. What do these visionaries have in common? They all had Jewish origins. They all had a gift for thinking in wholly original, even earth-shattering ways. In 1847, the Jewish people made up less than 0.25% of the world’s population, and yet they saw what others could not. How? Why? Norman Lebrecht has devoted half of his life to pondering and researching the mindset of the Jewish intellectuals, writers, scientists, and thinkers who turned the tides of history and shaped the world today as we know it. In Genius & Anxiety, Lebrecht begins with the Communist Manifesto in 1847 and ends in 1947, when Israel was founded. This robust, magnificent, beautifully designed volume is “an urgent and moving history” (The Spectator, UK) and a celebration of Jewish genius and contribution.

Grant Green

Author : Sharony Andrews Green
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879306984
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Grant Green written by Sharony Andrews Green and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2002 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate portrait of the brilliant jazz guitarist responsible for bringing jazz guitar playing to a new level but whose extraordinary talent was eclipsed by such greats as George Benson details his battle with racial and religious barriers, drug addiction, and fame. IP.

When Genius Failed

Author : Roger Lowenstein
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0375758259
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book When Genius Failed written by Roger Lowenstein and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2001-10-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A riveting account that reaches beyond the market landscape to say something universal about risk and triumph, about hubris and failure.”—The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUSINESSWEEK In this business classic—now with a new Afterword in which the author draws parallels to the recent financial crisis—Roger Lowenstein captures the gripping roller-coaster ride of Long-Term Capital Management. Drawing on confidential internal memos and interviews with dozens of key players, Lowenstein explains not just how the fund made and lost its money but also how the personalities of Long-Term’s partners, the arrogance of their mathematical certainties, and the culture of Wall Street itself contributed to both their rise and their fall. When it was founded in 1993, Long-Term was hailed as the most impressive hedge fund in history. But after four years in which the firm dazzled Wall Street as a $100 billion moneymaking juggernaut, it suddenly suffered catastrophic losses that jeopardized not only the biggest banks on Wall Street but the stability of the financial system itself. The dramatic story of Long-Term’s fall is now a chilling harbinger of the crisis that would strike all of Wall Street, from Lehman Brothers to AIG, a decade later. In his new Afterword, Lowenstein shows that LTCM’s implosion should be seen not as a one-off drama but as a template for market meltdowns in an age of instability—and as a wake-up call that Wall Street and government alike tragically ignored. Praise for When Genius Failed “[Roger] Lowenstein has written a squalid and fascinating tale of world-class greed and, above all, hubris.”—BusinessWeek “Compelling . . . The fund was long cloaked in secrecy, making the story of its rise . . . and its ultimate destruction that much more fascinating.”—The Washington Post “Story-telling journalism at its best.”—The Economist

Finding Fibonacci

Author : Keith Devlin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400885531
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Finding Fibonacci written by Keith Devlin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling firsthand account of Keith Devlin's ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci's story In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci has quite literally affected the lives of everyone alive today. Although he is most famous for the Fibonacci numbers—which, it so happens, he didn't invent—Fibonacci's greatest contribution was as an expositor of mathematical ideas at a level ordinary people could understand. In 1202, Liber abbaci—the "Book of Calculation"—introduced modern arithmetic to the Western world. Yet Fibonacci was long forgotten after his death, and it was not until the 1960s that his true achievements were finally recognized. Finding Fibonacci is Devlin's compelling firsthand account of his ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci's story. Devlin, a math expositor himself, kept a diary of the undertaking, which he draws on here to describe the project's highs and lows, its false starts and disappointments, the tragedies and unexpected turns, some hilarious episodes, and the occasional lucky breaks. You will also meet the unique individuals Devlin encountered along the way, people who, each for their own reasons, became fascinated by Fibonacci, from the Yale professor who traced modern finance back to Fibonacci to the Italian historian who made the crucial archival discovery that brought together all the threads of Fibonacci's astonishing story. Fibonacci helped to revive the West as the cradle of science, technology, and commerce, yet he vanished from the pages of history. This is Devlin's search to find him.

Quantum Mechanics

Author : Edward G. Steward
Publisher : Imperial College Press
ISBN 13 : 1860949770
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Quantum Mechanics written by Edward G. Steward and published by Imperial College Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides the reader with an explanation of the origin and establishment of quantum mechanics, with the mathematics in a digestible form, together with a descriptive survey of later developments up to the present day. The mathematical treatment closely follows the original treatment, but in modern terms, using uniform symbolism as much as possible and with simplifications (e.g. the use of one dimension instead of three) to avoid unnecessarily complicated-looking mathematics." "Containing an extensive bibliography and useful appendices as well as references to original works, reviews, and biographies, the reader is well-equipped to delve further into the subject. In addition to its importance for those studying physics, it is also valuable for those studying the history of science."--Jacket.

Golf Architecture, Vol IV

Author : Daley, Paul
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455605040
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Golf Architecture, Vol IV written by Daley, Paul and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading golf architects from 15 countries present their ideas, providing a much-needed international assessment of the principles and practices of golf architecture. Ingenuity, imagination, and freedom of expression merge together as man crafts nature into a work of art. Discussions of course design, restoration, terrain, climate, and hand labor are included in this illustrated coffee-table book.

History of the Glidden Co. and of the Work of Adrian D. Joyce and Percy L. Julian with Soybeans and Soyfoods (1917-2020)

Author : William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi
Publisher : Soyinfo Center
ISBN 13 : 1948436256
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book History of the Glidden Co. and of the Work of Adrian D. Joyce and Percy L. Julian with Soybeans and Soyfoods (1917-2020) written by William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi and published by Soyinfo Center. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's most comprehensive, well documented and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographical index. 71 photographs and illustrations - many color. Free of charge in digital PDF format on Google Books.

"Gravity's Forgotten Pioneer: The Untold Story of Brahmagupta"

Author : ASHISH KUMAR
Publisher : ASHISH KUMAR
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Gravity's Forgotten Pioneer: The Untold Story of Brahmagupta" written by ASHISH KUMAR and published by ASHISH KUMAR. This book was released on 2023-09-06 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the annals of scientific history, certain names loom large—Galileo, Kepler, and Newton—pioneers whose contributions to our understanding of the universe are celebrated and revered. But there is a forgotten genius, an ancient Indian astronomer whose name has been consigned to the shadows of time—Brahmagupta. "Brahmagupta: The Ancient Indian Astronomer Who Discovered Gravity" is a journey through time, a rediscovery of a thinker whose insights into the mysteries of the cosmos remain woefully underappreciated. In this meticulously researched book, we unveil the untold story of Brahmagupta and his profound contributions to our understanding of gravity. Brahmagupta lived in a world where the heavens held profound significance, where mathematics and astronomy were deeply intertwined with philosophy and spirituality. It was in this context that he dared to grapple with one of the universe's greatest enigmas—gravity. His work predated that of Isaac Newton by over a millennium, yet his insights into this fundamental force were nothing short of revolutionary. "Unveiling Ancient Wisdom, Redefining Modern Science" is not just a historical account but an exploration of the enduring relevance of Brahmagupta's work. We delve into the heart of his mathematical genius, his meticulous astronomical observations, and the profound philosophical underpinnings that guided his inquiries. But this book is more than a biography; it is a celebration of the timeless human quest for knowledge. It's an invitation to journey through the corridors of scientific history, to embrace the interconnectedness of human thought across cultures and eras, and to recognize the significance of each piece in the grand mosaic of knowledge. As we traverse the landscapes of ancient India and modern science, we rediscover the forgotten genius who discovered gravity, bridging the gap between Eastern and Western perspectives. We honor Brahmagupta's legacy and acknowledge the universal nature of human curiosity. Through this book, we illuminate the pathways of discovery, seeking clarity and understanding in a world filled with cosmic mysteries. Join us on this intellectual odyssey, where we celebrate Brahmagupta, an ancient luminary whose brilliance continues to shine through the ages, and where we rekindle our own innate curiosity, seeking truth and wisdom in the timeless pursuit of knowledge.

Real Native Genius

Author : Angela Pulley Hudson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469624443
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Real Native Genius written by Angela Pulley Hudson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1840s, Warner McCary, an ex-slave from Mississippi, claimed a new identity for himself, traveling around the nation as Choctaw performer "Okah Tubbee." He soon married Lucy Stanton, a divorced white Mormon woman from New York, who likewise claimed to be an Indian and used the name "Laah Ceil." Together, they embarked on an astounding, sometimes scandalous journey across the United States and Canada, performing as American Indians for sectarian worshippers, theater audiences, and patent medicine seekers. Along the way, they used widespread notions of "Indianness" to disguise their backgrounds, justify their marriage, and make a living. In doing so, they reflected and shaped popular ideas about what it meant to be an American Indian in the mid-nineteenth century. Weaving together histories of slavery, Mormonism, popular culture, and American medicine, Angela Pulley Hudson offers a fascinating tale of ingenuity, imposture, and identity. While illuminating the complex relationship between race, religion, and gender in nineteenth-century North America, Hudson reveals how the idea of the "Indian" influenced many of the era's social movements. Through the remarkable lives of Tubbee and Ceil, Hudson uncovers both the complex and fluid nature of antebellum identities and the place of "Indianness" at the very heart of American culture.