Böcker av Nandini Saraf

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James Watt, (30 January 1736 - 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the Newcomen steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.Watt was much honoured in his own time. In 1784 he was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and was elected as a member of the Batavian Society for Experimental Philosophy, of Rotterdam in 1787. In 1789 he was elected to the elite group, the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers. In 1806 he was conferred the honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Glasgow. The French Academy elected him a Corresponding Member and he was made a Foreign Associate in 1814.

Charlie Chaplin, the universal comic icon, who with his lovable portrayal of a 'tramp'made and still makes the world laugh, continues to live in popular memory. The Hitler's toothbrush moustache, the bowler or derby hat, the coat a size or two too small, the baggy trousers, the floppy shoes and the cane made him the most unforgettable character. The mere mention of his name conjures a picture of him as the tramp.One of the most pivotal stars of the early silent era of Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin's films made everyone laugh and cry at the same time. The world cinema is indebted to him for films like 'The Kid', 'The Gold Rush', 'The Circus,' 'City Light', 'Modern Times' and 'The Great Dictator'.An enigma to the world, people have vast curiosity about his life and his body of work. This book is an attempt to unravel the various aspects of his life and his struggles. The happiness and the despair, the controversies and the acclaim are all revealed in this authentic biography of this great legend.

It is impossible to imagine the world without science and the scientists. It is the scientists and their contributions that have transformed man and his life from a primitive one to a civilized one. They had to go through many tribulations before what they professed was accepted by the people of that time. Their inventions may seem simple to our eyes today, but to the people of that time they were preposterous.Among the most remarkable similarities that emerge when one considers together these writings from the likes of Albert Einstein, James Watt, Marie Curie, and others, is the sense of wonder and outright awe at what the study of the natural world can reveal. From this book it is clear that science and all parallel attempts to understand our human existence-including fields like philosophy to theology-are viewed as nothing less than grand adventures to those that are probing the limits of what we know.