Selvbiografier: videnskab, teknologi og medicin

FACTFULNESS handler om verden, og hvordan vi kan blive bedre til at forstå den, som den virkelig er. Når man stiller folk simple spørgsmål om globale tendenser, giver de altid de forkerte svar. Hvor mange piger går for eksempel i skole? Hvor stor vil Jordens befolkning være i 2050? Og lever størstedelen i rige eller fattige lande? I FACTFULNESS viser Hans Rosling sammen med Ola Rosling og Anna Rosling Rönnlund, hvorfor misforståelserne sker. De beskriver 10 fundamentale menneskelige instinkter, som konsekvent forhindrer os i at have et faktabaseret verdenssyn. Læs denne bog, og dit syn på verden vil blive forandret for altid. "En af de vigtigste bøger jeg nogensinde har læst - en uundværlig vejledning i at tænke klart om verden." Bill Gates

Peter Lund Madsen tager os med på en rejse gennem hjernens evolutionshistorie og forklarer, hvorfor alle moderne mennesker bærer kimen til mental ubalance i sig. Peter Lund Madsen fortæller også om dengang, han selv var bange for at blive sindssyg. Men hvad sker der egentlig i hjernen, når virkelighedsopfattelsen forsvinder, og man ikke kan kende sig selv i spejlet? Når man bliver så angst, at hjertet hamrer, gulvet forsvinder, og man ikke kan trække vejret? Læs om den betydning hjernens funktionsevne har for stress, demens, angst, skizofreni og meget mere.

Lydbog indlæst af Lone Frank selv.I sin nye bog sammenstykker Lone Frank brikker fra naturvidenskab, psykologi og kulturforskning til at kortlægge kærlighedens natur.Hvad er kærlighed? Ja, hvad er kærlighed egentlig?Spørgsmålet rammer Lone Frank hårdt, da hun pludselig mister den, kærligheden. Hendes kæreste er død, familien er for længst borte, og vennerne er ikke så tæt på, som hun troede. Midt i livet går det op for hende, at hun har taget kærligheden for givet og forstået meget lidt af dens væsen og store betydning. Sædvanligvis retter vi de store spørgs- mål om kærligheden til digtere, kunstnere og filosoffer, men i sin åbne søgen efter svar vælger Lone Frank at gå nye veje. Sammen med en psykolog gransker hun sit ophav, og deres samtaler sender hende ud på en anderledes rejse – en videnskabelig undersøgelse af kærlighedens natur.Kærlighedens videnskab er en ny disciplin. Den afdækker en historie, som strækker sig fra de evolutionære kræfter, der har sat rammerne for arten, til den spidsfindige hjerneaktivitet, der i sidste ende former det enkelte menneskes kærlighedsliv.Størst af alt – Om kærlighedens natur er en mosaik, hvor Lone Frank sammenstykker brikker fra naturvidenskab, psykologi og kulturforskning til at kortlægge kærlighedens natur, og samtidig en personlig opdagelsesrejse, der fører hende til et nyt sted i livet.

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter. When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist. His father’s impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child, prone to abrupt Jekyll-and-Hyde mood swings, with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive. At the beginning of 2022—after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one satellites, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth—Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. “I need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which it has been for about fourteen years now, or arguably most of my life,” he said. It was a wistful comment, not a New Year’s resolution. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of Twitter, the world’s ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground.For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?

JAGTEN PÅ VERDENS ÆLDSTE DNA følger Eske Willerslev, fra han som ung studerende sammen med sin specialemakker finder DNA direkte i jorden og grundlægger feltet environmental DNA – og til det næsten tyve år senere lykkes ham og hans kolleger at trække de mest overraskende hemmeligheder ud af en ufatteligt gammel jordprøve, som han mener vil ændre vores liv.Eske Willerslevs store opdagelse er, at DNA ikke er bundet til kroppen, men findes overalt omkring os. Vi vader bogstavelig talt rundt på DNA, som vi afsætter, hver gang vi rører ved noget – og graver vi i jorden, kommer vi ned til fortidens DNA, der er bundet til jordens mineraler.Da Eske Willerslev som ung rejser til Grønland, tager han en jordprøve fra nogle ældgamle aflejringer, som det ikke tyder på, han kan få noget ud af. Men efter utallige mislykkede forsøg sker det ufattelige: små ødelagte DNA-fragmenter kommer til syne som en hilsen fra en fjern forhistorisk verden.Da fragmenterne til sidst kan samles som et gigantisk puslespil, vækkes et fuldstændig ukendt forhistorisk økosystem til live for øjnene af de måbende forskere. Elefantlignende mastodonter, rensdyr og harer græssede engang side om side i en grøn og frodig nordgrønlandsk skov, mens taskekrabber vandrede sidelæns i havbugtens tempererede vand.I dag er mastodonternes skov forvandlet til en gold og øde isørken. Men verden bliver varmere – og Eske Willerslev har en vision om, at hans forskning kan være med til at redde os fra klimaforandringerne. Hans plan er at bruge fortidens DNA som nøgle til fremtiden.

Hvordan forholder man sig til det moderne menneskes afhængighed over for computeren og andre medier?For at få ro til at finde svaret, opsøger forfatteren kirkegården. Her taler han problemerne igennem med et gammelt egetræ, som begejstret lever sig ind i beretningen om hans dag med alle dens impulser, tilbud og krav. Samtaler med et træ er et forsøg på at vise forskellen på verdens viden og træets visdom, på information og klogskab, og et opgør med myten om at information er god og nyttig til alle tider i alle sammenhæng. Bogen er en odyssé gennem alle de problemer, som det moderne samfunds opmærksomhedskrige starter, og ved forfatterens beretning forundres træet over computernes og informationshungerens magt over menneskers fantasi, deres vaner, deres liv. Bogen er fuld af humor, alvor, satire, ironi og ærlighed. Den er således en vigtig modgift mod den ureflekterede betagelse af teknologiens muligheder. Bogen er udgivet internationalt og har solgt mere end 12000 eksemplarer i Danmark. I Danmark har den modtaget en pris fra forfatterforeningen for at være årets mest interessante bud på en anderledes fagbog. Et uddrag af bogen kan læses på: www.stemningshotellet.dk

'If you did not think that gallium and iridium could move you, this superb book will change your mind' The Times In Uncle Tungsten, Oliver Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped family who fostered his early fascination with chemistry. There follow his years at boarding school where, though unhappy, he developed the intellectual curiosity that would shape his later life. And we hear of his return to London, an emotionally bereft ten-year-old who found solace in his passion for learning. Uncle Tungsten radiates all the delight and wonder of a boy's adventures, and is an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young mind.

`Locked-in syndrome: paralysed from head to toe, the patient, his mind intact, is imprisoned inside his own body, unable to speak or move. In my case, blinking my left eyelid is my only means of communication.'

Gareth Steel wants you to understand vets in a way you never could have before.How it feels to watch a healed dog bound into their owner's arms. The joy of breathing life into the fluid-filled lungs of a newborn calf after a difficult labour. The satisfaction of rescuing a distressed sheep from the high-tide line.What it's like to work 100-hour weeks for less than the minimum wage. How it can scar your soul to euthanize a beloved puppy with its grieving family beside you. The pressure of having to know such a diverse range of medicine, that one hour you can be protecting yourself from a dangerously distressed horse and the next you can be performing delicate surgery on a tiny mouse. How all these pressures have built up to the extent that vets have four times the national suicide rate, and why.Gareth Steel has been a vet for nearly twenty years and has worked all over the UK, across both rural and city practices, dealing with all manner of household pets and farm animals. This is his fascinating raw account of just how involved the job is and the toll the extreme emotions that come with it can take, but it also a heart-warming and often humorous story of the desperate lengths we go to for the love of animals.

When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: 'Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far'. It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move is infused with his restless energy. As he recounts his experiences as a young neurologist in the early 1960s, first in California and then in New York, where he discovered a long-forgotten illness in the back wards of a chronic hospital, as well as with a group of patients who would define his life, it becomes clear that Sacks's earnest desire for engagement has occasioned unexpected encounters and travels - sending him through bars and alleys, over oceans, and across continents.With unbridled honesty and humour, Sacks shows us that the same energy that drives his physical passions - bodybuilding, weightlifting, and swimming - also drives his cerebral passions. He writes about his love affairs, both romantic and intellectual, his guilt over leaving his family to come to America, his bond with his schizophrenic brother, and the writers and scientists - Thom Gunn, A. R. Luria, W. H. Auden, Gerald M. Edelman, Francis Crick - who influenced him.On the Move is the story of a brilliantly unconventional physician and writer - and of the man who has illuminated the many ways that the brain makes us human.

Wednesday's Child, the autobiography of a retired Cardiologist, spans seven decades and is written in three parts: Youth, Manhood, and Old Age. It is an intimate vignette of incidents, personal and medical anecdotes, facts, and opinions.

Glæden ved at kæmpe er en selvbiografi skrevet af den kvinde, der blev den første kvindelige professor i medicin på Rigshospitalet i 1990, som havde en international forskerkarriere, og som siden bestred en række bestyrelsesposter i både offentligt og privat regi i en relativ nær fortid, hvor mænd stadig satte dagsordenen. Glæden ved at kæmpe er en stimulerende fortælling om at ville gøre en forskel på trods af modstand fra nedgroede fagtraditioner.Hvad Gunhild Lange Skovgaard har opnået baserer sig på engagement og stædighed og at insistere på at blive ved på trods af modstand. At hun er kvinde, har igennem hendes karriere fra især 1970’erne til og med 1990’erne været ensbetydende med megen nedladenhed, obstruktion og had fra modkønnets side, men det kvalte ikke hendes lyst til at kæmpe videre. Tværtimod. Gunhild Lange Skovgaard (f. 1945) er speciallæge i dermato-venerologi og blandt pionererne i AIDS-forskningen og fra 1990-2007 professor ved Københavns Universitet på Rigshospitalet. Hun har beklædt en række poster på Bispebjerg Hospital, Finseninstituttet og Rigshospitalet og er tildelt en række priser heriblandt International Award of AIDS Research, USA 1988. Hun har siddet i en række bestyrelser, bl.a. som formand i Mødrehjælpen fra 1992-1995, formand i Care Danmark 1998-2006, i DSB’s bestyrelse 1995-2010 og DSB S-tog A/S 2008-2013. Derudover er hun stadig engageret som formand i den private velgørende forening Hellebro, der hjælper unge hjemløse og udsatte mennesker mellem 18-29 år.

An insightful memoir with careful reflection on the theory and practice of psychiatry, case studies and selected articles published over a diverse career.

In her 20 years in practice, people ask frequently, how did Dr. Victoria Johnson become so well-known? How has her company grown so considerably? From humble beginnings in a two-room shop at a shopping mall to running a two-story mega-medical spa with over 40,000 patients and a staff of twenty, the autobiography From Trophy Wife to Cosmetic Surgeon tells the fast-paced story of her rise out of emotional ashes to become a nationally acclaimed aesthetic medical doctor.

Die autobiographische Reihe "Lebenswerke in der Chemie" gibt Einblicke in das Leben und Denken herausragender Forscher im Spiegel der Zeit. Welche Rolle spielt in der chemischen Spitzenforschung die ununterbrochene Folge von Hypothese, Experiment und Interpretation, welche Rolle spielen die Impulse von Mentoren, Mitarbeitern und Studenten oder auch die von Konkurrenten? Erfolgreiche Wissenschaftler beschreiben authentisch und persönlich, wie Neues in den Naturwissenschaften entsteht.Herausgegeben vom Beirat der Fachgruppe Geschichte der Chemie in der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh). l-i-c.org

This book explores the interdisciplinary pathways that environmental psychologists have taken to become educators, researchers, and consultants in this highly applied and growing field. Individuals with backgrounds in architecture, urban planning, and geography, as well as in the health sciences, describe how they discovered environmental psychology-and hope that others will follow.

The story of one woman's remarkable work with a trio of charismatic, endangered bird species--and her discoveries about the devastating threats that imperil them. In Feather Trails, wildlife biologist and birder Sophie A. H. Osborn reveals how the harmful environmental choices we've made--including pesticide use, the introduction of invasive species, lead poisoning, and habitat destruction--have decimated Peregrine Falcons, Hawaiian Crows, and California Condors. In the Rocky Mountains, the cloud forests of Hawai'i, and the Grand Canyon, Sophie and her colleagues work day-to-day to try to reintroduce these birds to the wild, even when it seems that the odds are steeply stacked against their survival. With humor and suspense, Feather Trails introduces us to the fascinating behaviors and unique personalities of Sophie's avian charges and shows that what endangers them ultimately threatens all life on our planet. More than a deeply researched environmental investigation, Feather Trails is also a personal journey and human story, in which Sophie overcomes her own obstacles--among them heat exhaustion, poachers, rattlesnakes, and chauvinism. Ultimately, Feather Trails is an inspiring, poignant narrative about endangered birds and how our choices can help to ensure a future not only for the rarest species, but for us too. "An intimate look at the wonder and effort needed for working with endangered species in the wild. [Osborn's] matter-of-fact writing style and wry humor make the reader part of the action."--Booklist (starred review)

This book chronicles the triumphs and failures of his surgical life, the lives saved and extended, the innovations (such as artificial hearts) he developed, and his research discoveries.

Alligevel vil jeg slutte af med et billede af mit elskede Edmonton! Jeg savner virkelig Edmonton. Det var langt mere interessant for mig at være på University of Alberta i Edmonton end at være på Syddansk Universitet i Odense, så jeg ville ønske, at jeg med mellemrum kunne tage et halvt års orlov fra Syddansk Universitet i Odense og så tage til University of Alberta i Edmonton, men det kan jeg selvfølgelig ikke i min nuværende situation. At jeg er så glad for provinsen Alberta i Canada, hvor både Edmonton og Calgary ligger og adskillige nationalparker, hvor jeg alle har været i, betød, at jeg i sommeren 2022 fik lavet en tatovering oven på højre håndled af provinsen Albertas vilde rose, som jeg også har på min gamle nummerplade, dog uden farver. Tatoveringen er jeg meget glad for og stolt over. Jeg savner dog ikke særligt mit liv dengang, selvom jeg var rask og rørig. Mange synes, at ALS er verdens værste sygdom, men jeg mener ikke, at det er så slemt. Se på mig, jeg går på arbejde hver eneste dag, og jeg har ekstra meget energi på grund af respiratoren, og jeg rejser stadig verden rundt hvert eneste år, hvis ellers hjælpere vil med? Indenfor de sidste 9 år har jeg fløjet i helikopter over Grand Canyon, over Californiens største sø, Lake Tahoo, over Niagara-vandfaldet og rundt om verdens daværende højeste bygning, Burj Khalifa, i Dubai. Hvem i hele verden kan slå den?

Using real-life medical case studies from his work as an intensive care doctor, Dr Matt Morgan (author of Critical) shows us how much we can learn from animals, and why they matter.

Som retsmediciner har Hans Petter Hougen set lidt af hvert, både når det gælder naturlige og mindre naturlige måder at komme af dage på. I denne bog gennemgår han drabsmetoder og kommer med eksempler fra blandt andet sit arbejde på Retsmedicinsk Institut i København og fra sin oplæring i Miami, USA. Hans Petter Hougen tager os også med ud til findesteds- og gerningsstedsundersøgelser og svarer på spørgsmål som: Hvordan finder retsmedicineren frem til en dødsårsag? Hvordan kan retsmedicinerens konklusioner hjælpe politiets efterforskning? Kan et drab kamufleres som ulykke eller naturlige årsager, og hvordan afslører retsmedicineren det? Udgivelsen er en storskrift-udgave til svagsynede i serien MAGNUMBØGER Lindhardt og Ringhof.

When she was twenty-four years old, Ellen Anderson Penno lost her partner in a climbing accident while they were ascending Mount Baker in Washington's Cascade Range. The avalanche hid his body in a crevasse just weeks before Anderson Penno was slated to begin medical school, and she soon found herself torn between deferring her studies for a year, or starting right away with a full course load.Rather than succumbing to grief and risk never beginning her medical education at all, she plunged deep into her studies, surrounded by death on all sides, struggling to maintain her way through her turbulent emotions and a rigorous med school schedule.In this stirring and often mordantly funny new memoir, Ellen Anderson Penno structures a story of mourning, loss, despair and love through the lens of the classic medical text Gray's Anatomy, showing readers what becomes of those who must rebuild their lives after tragedy strikes.

In 2006, Daniel Gibbs, author of A Tattoo on my Brain: A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease (soon to be a documentary produced by MTV.Paramount+), first noticed symptoms which he now knows to have been early signs of his Alzheimer's Disease. Daniel still writes every day, something he credits with keeping his mind sharper and his demons at bay. This book is a personal collection of essays written over the past two years that describe his own personal experiences, first treating patients with Alzheimer's, and now living with the disease himself. The book presents an up-to-date discussion of recent advances and setbacks in Alzheimer's research. Humane and hopeful, this book offers evidence-based information on how it may be possible even now to slow progression of the disease.

I 1885 blev Danmarks første kvindelige læge uddannet. Hun hed Nielsine Nielsen (1850-1916) og hendes kamp for at få adgang til medicinstudiet banede vejen for, at flere kvinder siden fik lov at uddanne sig på universitetet. Ved Nielsine Nielsens død fandt man hendes ungdomserindringer, der både fortæller om dem, der hjalp hende frem mod målet, og om høje herrer, der skabte forhindringer. Erindringerne er før blevet udgivet i censureret form, men her er originalmanuskriptet. Nielsine Nielsens erindringer tegner et billede af en enestående og visionær kvinde. Som kvindesagsforkæmper er hun blevet kaldt for en af de vigtigste danske pionerer og normbrydere i det moderne gennembruds Danmark. Udgivelsen er en storskrift-udgave til svagsynede i serien MAGNUMBØGER Lindhardt og Ringhof.

"An inspiring anthology of writings by trailblazing women astronomers from around the globe ... [this work] is an internationally diverse collection of autobiographical essays by women who broke down barriers and changed the face of modern astronomy. Virginia Trimble and David Weintraub vividly describe how, before 1900, a woman who wanted to study the stars had to have a father, brother, or husband to provide entry, and how the considerable intellectual skills of women astronomers were still not enough to enable them to pry open doors of opportunity for much of the twentieth century. After decades of difficult struggles, women are closer to equality in astronomy than ever before. Trimble and Weintraub bring together the stories of the tough and determined women who flung the doors wide open. Taking readers from 1960 to today, this triumphant anthology serves as an inspiration to current and future generations of women scientists while giving voice to the history of a transformative era in astronomy"--

Prof. Dr. Gisela Schoch, geboren am 12. Januar 1936, verstarb 2021 in Norddeutschland. Im Dezember 1962 legte sie in Kiel das erste Staatsexamen ab. Mit einer Assistentenstelle an der Universität Kiel finanzierte sie ihre Zeit der Promotion. 1966 absolvierte sie ihre Promotionsprüfung. Ab 1969 war sie hauptamtliche Dozentin an der Fachhochschule Hamburg im Fachbereich Bibliothekswesen. 1972 wurde sie in das Beamtenverhältnis auf Lebenszeit berufen. Ihre Seminare befassten sich schwerpunktmäßig mit der "Benutzerforschung". Im Juni 1980 wurde sie an der Fachhochschule zur Professorin ernannt. Sie war damit eine der ersten Professorinnen am Fachbereich Bibliothekswesen der Fachhochschule Hamburg. Ihr schriftlicher beruflicher und teils privater Nachlass wurde im Juni 2022 an die Einrichtung Zentrale Bibliothek und Archiv Frauenforschung, Gender & Queer Studies in Hamburg übergeben. Das inventarisierte Archivgut zeichnet sich durch eine Dokumentation des beruflichen Werdeganges und der Lehrtätigkeit von Gisela Schoch aus. So ist zum Beispiel das Original ihrer Dissertation im Schreibmaschinenausdruck erhalten, ein Kartenspiel für die Orientierungseinheit (1977) und zwei beispielhafte bibliographische Karteikästen aus dieser Zeit. Enthalten ist zudem - aufgrund von entfernten verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen - das Testament von Hermine Emilie Schoch-Leimbach, bekannt als Emmy Schoch (1881-1968), eine Modeschöpferin im Bereich der Reformkleidung und Mitglied im Verein zur Verbesserung der Frauenkleidung.

'Compelling and essential . . . will appeal to everyone who enjoyed Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt' Philippa PerryAward-winning GP Dr Laura Marshall-Andrews has spent almost 30 years working in the NHS. In this urgent, powerful, and deeply personal memoir she fearlessly reveals the struggles of working in a profession that has been broken by over-regulation.When Dr Laura Marshall-Andrews left the frontline buzz of hospital medicine for an NHS GP surgery, she was overwhelmed by the number of patients that were being let down by our healthcare system. Having witnessed the extent that box-ticking exercises were robbing her patients of their happiness, and sometimes their lives, she started to envisage a new way to care that put individuals and community at its centre.In What Seems To Be The Problem?, Laura tells the incredible stories of the patients, doctors, artists and complementary health practitioners that have shaped her years as a GP, and the new, holistic way to care they helped her to create. From heartfelt stories of hope and healing, to the heart-breaking consequences of caring for a community in need, this is a powerful story about medicine at a time when we need it the most, and an urgent call for change.