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Galileo Galilei entging nur durch Widerruf einem Todesurteil und wurde lebenslang unter Hausarrest gestellt. Die Neurobiologin Amy Bishop erschoss 2010 an der Universität von Alabama drei Kollegen, als sie erfuhr, dass sie keine Dauerstelle bekommen sollte. Im Nürnberger Ärzteprozess wurden viele Mediziner wegen wissenschaftlicher Versuche an KZ-Insassen zum Tode oder zu langen Freiheitsstrafen verurteilt - und auch in anderen Ländern gab es Menschenversuche.

Energy is vital for a good standard of living, and much of the world's population does not have enough. Affordable and adequate sources of power that do not cause climate change or pollution are crucial; and renewables provide the answer. Wind and solar farms can now provide the cheapest electricity in many parts of the world. Moreover, they could provide all of the world's energy needs.

In this lively and entertaining work, Witold Rybczynski-hailed as "one of the best writers on design working today" by Publishers Weekly-tells the story of the most distinctive cars in history and the artists, engineers, dreamers, and gearheads who created them.

What can we really do about the climate emergency? The inconvenient truth is that we are causing the climate crisis with our carbon intensive lifestyles and that fixing – or even just slowing – it will affect all of us. But it can be done. In Net Zero the economist Professor Dieter Helm...

Gifted storyteller Winston Groom, the best-selling author of Forrest Gump, has written the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond, including daring military raids and survival at sea, and will appeal to fans of Unbroken, The Greatest Generation, and Flyboys.

Organizations face rising costs and increasing competition every day. With Lean Six Sigma, you can combat these problems and grow your business. This audiobook addresses the different ways your company wastes money and resources and how Lean Six Sigma aims to tackle them, and then it’ll give you all the tools you need to start making an effective change in your organization.

Make better decisions with this easy deconstructed guide to data analytics. Want to add data analytics to your skill stack? Having trouble finding where to start? Cell-by-cell, bit-by-bit, this audiobook teaches you the vocabulary, tools, and basic algorithms to think like a data scientist. Like putting together a complex Lego set, each section connects and adds individual blocks of knowledge to build your data literacy. This linear structure to unpacking data analytics takes you from zero to confidently analyzing and discussing data problems.

Verspätungen, Zugausfälle, geänderte Wagenreihung, fehlende Sitzplatzreservierungen und ewige Baustellen - kein Unternehmen erregt den Unmut seiner Kunden so sehr wie die Deutsche Bahn. Survival Training inklusive. Fast jeder Zugreisende kann solche Geschichten erzählen. FAZ-Redakteurin Maria Wiesner hat die irrsten Erlebnisse Bahnreisender gesammelt: von achtstündigen Verspätungen, saunaähnlichen Großraumwaggons, schnarchend-schmatzenden Sitznachbarn bis hin zu Pendlern am Rande des Nervenzusammenbruchs.

This is the story of a man caught in the middle of a huge American destabilising operation, illustrating the secret economic war that the United States is waging against developed nations across the world. In 2014, France lost part of the control of its nuclear power plants to the United States. Frédéric Pierucci, former senior executive of one of Alstom's subsidiaries, found himself at the heart of this state scandal. His story goes to the very heart of a $12 billion thriller that illustrates the secret economic war that the United States is waging in Europe.

Brought to you by Penguin. The daring life story and astonishing adventures of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown - Britain's greatest-ever pilot. Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye. The pilot who set the standard for Britain's...

When Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in 80 train journeys, she was met with wide-eyed disbelief. But it wasn’t long before she was carefully plotting a route that would cover 45,000 miles - almost twice the circumference of the earth - coasting along the world’s most remarkable railways; from the cloud-skimming heights of Tibet’s Qinghai railway to silk-sheeted splendour on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. Packing up her rucksack - and her fiancé, Jem, Monisha embarks on an unforgettable adventure.

Air travel is one of the safest modes of transportation, but when an aircraft crashes, the consequence is devastating. Why did they happen? Were they caused by bad weather, mechanical failure, or human errors? In this book, the author introduces the 10 deadliest plane crashes in aviation history. He goes through the key events that brought down the doomed commercial jets, and he discusses how we used the painful lessons to improve aviation safety.

Future Skills 2030 is your guide to navigating the Fourth Industrial Revolution with confidence. As new technologies disrupt industries and redefine jobs, this audiobook helps you understand what’s happening, why it matters, and how to prepare. It explores the key forces shaping our future—AI, robotics, climate change, geopolitical shifts—and outlines the essential hard and soft skills you’ll need to stay relevant.

Mike Busch on Engines expands the iconoclastic philosophy of his groundbreaking first book Manifesto to the design, operation, condition monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting of piston aircraft engines.

Joshua Slocum was believed to be the first man to sail single-handed around the world. After a distinguished career, where he worked his way up from cabin boy to captain, Joshua Slocum wrecked his ship off the coast of Brazil. Turning this catastrophe to his advantage, he built a sailing canoe from the wreckage and sailed back to New York. Moreover, he wrote Voyage of the Liberdad, a chronicle of his trip, and earned some literary success.

This work was published in 1724, under the pseudonym Captain Charles Johnson, by an unknown British author, usually assumed to be Daniel Defoe. This work is the prime source for the biographies of many well-known pirates of that era and shaped the popular notions about pirates of the day. Included are Blackbeard, Black Bart, Jolly Roger, Anne Bonny (aka Anne Bonn), Edward Teach, Henry Avery, Mary Read, and many more.

Brehms Blick auf die Tierwelt ist der eines Enthusiasten. Er weiß unendlich viel, hat in Afrika wie in der Arktis Tiere in Freiheit beobachtet, viele davon zum ersten Mal nicht eingesperrt, nicht ausgestopft, nicht als Präparat, sondern in ihrem eigenen Lebensraum beobachtet, er hat die Forschung bereichert, und bei alledem ist ihm die Qualität des Staunens nie abhanden gekommen...

Sie lesen, hören, sehen eine Information - und müssen sich entscheiden: Halten Sie sie für richtig? Oder für falsch? Bei überprüfbaren Fakten sollte die Antwort klar sein, möchte man meinen. Doch im Abwägungsprozess spielen viele Faktoren mit, vom Vertrauen in den Absender der Information bis hin zu unserem eigenen Bauchgefühl - und ja, gegebenenfalls auch unseren Kenntnissen in Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung.

The transition to clean energy is moving far too slowly. Trapped by a century of fossil fuel investments and politicians that struggle to plan beyond the next election, the “Big Grid” that powers our modern world is outdated and in dire need of an upgrade. Freeing Energy offers a new and faster path towards a clean energy future — one that is more reliable, more equitable, and cheaper.

Brehms Blick auf die Tierwelt ist der eines Enthusiasten. Er weiß unendlich viel, hat in Afrika wie in der Arktis Tiere in Freiheit beobachtet, viele davon zum ersten Mal nicht eingesperrt, nicht ausgestopft, nicht als Präparat, sondern in ihrem eigenen Lebensraum beobachtet, er hat die Forschung bereichert, und bei alledem ist ihm die Qualität des Staunens nie abhanden gekommen...