Bøger af Richard Maurer

A stunning middle grade nonfiction that sheds new light on the events and people that made the Apollo program so remarkable. Only now is it becoming clear just how exceptional and unrepeatable Apollo was. At its height, it employed almost half a million people, many working seven days a week and each determined that "it will not fail because of me."Beginning with fighter pilots in World War II, Maurer traces the origins of the Apollo program to a few exceptional soldiers, a Nazi engineer, and a young eager man who would become president.Packed with adventure, new stories about familiar people, and undeniable danger, Destination Moon takes an unflinching look at a tumultuous time in American history, told expertly by nonfiction author Richard Maurer.

Dr. Richard Maurer, author of The Blood Code-Unlock the Secrets of Your Metabolism, offers a dynamic new health and fitness program. The Blood Code provides you with everything you need to know to understand your metabolic code, by teaching you how to order, read and act on your own blood test results and skin-fold caliper measurements. Blood tests and body fat distribution offer a viewing window into how your genetic powers interact with your current diet, nutrition and fitness habits. The Blood Code: Unlock the Secrets of Your Metabolism walks a line between a reference book and self help book to provide an accurate map that allows you to guide your own nutrition, exercise and lifestyle; finally free from misleading or harmful one-size-fits-all advice. By following Dr. Maurer's six easy steps for ninety days, you will be well on your way toward cracking the unique metabolic blueprint you inherited from your ancestors.The Blood Code(TM) is for people with: -High blood sugar-Type 2 diabetes & prediabetes-Hypothyroid symptoms -Elevated heart disease risk-Weight problems-"Sugar" related conditions like migraines, psoriasis, yeast infections-Athletes-for personalized dietary and carb requirements While The Blood Code helps you resolve conditions like diabetes and heart disease, this valuable book ultimately guides you toward the individualized dietary and fitness habits that enhance a long, healthy and productive life.

A stunning and intimate biography of Margaret Hamilton, the computer engineer who helped Apollo 11 and mankind get from the Earth to the moon.First-hand accounts, exclusive interviews with the legendary Margaret Hamilton, and detailed science populate the pages of this remarkable biography. In 1969, mankind successfully left our atmosphere and landed on the moon. It took countless hours of calculations, training, wonder, and sacrifice from all of the men and women who worked hard to make that landing. One of those people was Margaret Hamilton. A young computer engineer, Hamilton was hired to develop the completely new software used in the groundbreaking Apollo Space Program. Soon she became the lead engineer, one of the few women in the almost entirely male-dominated profession. But it wasn't always easy. In The Woman in the Moon, science-writer and journalist Richard Maurer (Destination Moon, 2019) dives deep into the backstory of this extraordinary woman. With first-hand interviews and access to primary sources, this striking biography perfectly captures the exciting atmosphere of the Space Race and the inspiring figure of Margaret Hamilton.

Not many people know that the Wright brothers had a sister, Katharine Wright. She supported her high-flying, inventor brothers through their aviation triumphs and struggles. This is her story.On a chill December day in 1903, a young woman came home from her teaching job in Dayton, Ohio, to find a telegram waiting for her. The woman was Katharine Wright; the telegram, from her brother Orville, announced the first successful airplane flight in history. In this, the first authoritative biography of the Wright brothers' sister, Richard Maurer tells Katharine's story. Smart and well-educated, she was both confidant and caregiver to her bachelor brothers, managing many of their affairs, traveling with them on frequent trips to demonstrate and promote their invention, and caring for them when they were sick from disease and injury. In doing so, she gave up her ambitions as a teacher and her early hopes of marriage. Only in middle age, when the Wrights' fame and fortune were secure, did she find personal happiness, with a man she had met years before in college-something that was to cost her the affection of her surviving brother Orville, who had come to depend on her, and who disowned her after her marriage.Richard Maurer's account of this little-known but pivotal member of the Wright family is based on an in-depth study of her personal papers and of the Wright family archives. Katharine's portrayal of family life in the Wright household, her descriptions of the wondrous early days of flight, and her intimate recollection of her reclusive, publicity-shy brothers cast a unique and fascinating light on one of the twentieth century's great technical achievements and two of its most famous men.The Wright Sister: Katharine Wright and her Famous Brothers by Richard Maurer is the acclaimed, first complete biography of the Wright Brothers' sister. "Maurer ably handles all aspects of Katharine's life, from explanations of flight . . . to the love letters she exchanged with an old college friend." -The New York Times "She emerges as a vivacious, supremely competent woman. . . . A perpetually rewarding and illuminating read, illustrated with black-and-white period photographs." -Publishers Weekly