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  • - An Introduction
    af Michael Gross, University Of California, Santa Barbara) Plaxco & mfl.
    338,95 - 698,95 kr.

    From neutron star mergers to the survival skills of tardigrades, this fascinating book is an ideal primer for students or anyone curious about life and the Universe.

  • - An Engrossing Exploration of Biological Clocks, Ancient Sun-Gods, and Creatures That Glow in the Dark
    af Michael Gross
    307,95 kr.

    Light, more than any other physical phenomenon, lies at the heart of almost every aspect of life. To give just one example: photosynthesis, which converts sunlight into usable energy, creates the calories that sustain you, the oxygen you breathe, even the ozone layer that protects you from dangerous radiation. Biochemist Michael Gross takes us on a fascinating, far reaching exploration of light and life, ranging from the big bang to the impact of a single photon on the human retina. Light and Life ranges from the formation of the solar system and the conditions that allowed life to arise on earth, to the ever-deepening interaction between light and life in all its myriad forms. In a breezy and informative style, Gross explains the "oxygen revolution," when photosynthesis changed not only life but the planet itself (by pumping oxygen into the atmosphere and creating the ozone layer, among other things). He describes the workings of chloroplasts, and the most bizarre aspect of light's relationship to life: bioluminescence, the generation of light by plants and animals (from the flashlight fish, which hunts with its own high-beams, to a photoplankton that lights up to attract predators of its predators). Gross is at his most illuminating as he explores the relationship of the human body to light, from the structure of the eye, to vitamin D synthesis, to circadian rhythms. He concludes with a thoughtful rumination on the historically central place of the sun and light in human cultures. Packed with eye-catching illustrations and boxed features on important scientific topics, Light and Life is science writing at its brightest.

  • af Michael Gross
    186,95 kr.

    "You should know that You're P.A.I.D., even if your bank account doesn't agree. This is a mindset more than anything material. It is an approach to living your life every day. Once you get the mindset, then the money can come. See how Farrah Gray used that belief to become a self made millionaire by 14 - Chapter 2. You're P.A.I.D. once you realize that you already know and have what it takes to be successful and get to work doing it. You don't have to wait for an invitation or instructions to build your dreams. See how 25-year-old Jordi Muñoz developed a business now worth over $5 million in his small apartment while waiting to get his green card - Chapter 5. You have a chance to play a big part in the process of making miracles happen. Imagine a bright, successful future for yourself and your family, and then go get it. See how the dream of 9-year-old Amiya Alexander turned an old school bus into a rolling dance studio - Chapter 6. This book is for those looking to create businesses, build wealth, live their dreams, and leave a legacy. There's a world full of people younger than you proving it's possible right now. You can too."

  • af Michael Gross
    196,95 kr.

    “Michael Gross’s new book…packs [in] almost as many stories as there are apartments in the building. The Jackie Collins of real estate likes to map expressions of power, money and ego… Even more crammed with billionaires and their exploits than 740 Park” (Penelope Green, The New York Times).With two concierge-staffed lobbies, a walnut-lined library, a lavish screening room, a private sixty-seat restaurant offering residents room service, a health club complete with a seventy-foot swimming pool, penthouses that cost almost $100 million, and a tenant roster that’s a roll call of business page heroes and villains, Fifteen Central Park West is the most outrageously successful, insanely expensive, titanically tycoon-stuffed real estate development of the twenty-first century. In this “stunning” (CNN) and “deliciously detailed” (Booklist, starred review) New York Times bestseller, journalist Michael Gross turns his gimlet eye on the new-money wonderland that’s sprung up on the southwest rim of Central Park. Mixing an absorbing business epic with hilarious social comedy, Gross “takes another gossip-laden bite out of the upper crust” (Sam Roberts, The New York Times), which includes Denzel Washington, Sting, Norman Lear, top executives, and Russian and Chinese oligarchs, to name a few. And he recounts the legendary building’s inspired genesis, costly construction, and the flashy international lifestyle it has brought to a once benighted and socially déclassé Manhattan neighborhood. More than just an apartment building, 15CPW represents a massive paradigm shift in the lifestyle of New York’s rich and famous—and is a bellwether of the city’s changing social and financial landscape.

  • af Michael Gross
    216,95 kr.

    "Fifteen families. Four hundred years. The complex saga of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite in America's history. For decades, writers from Cleveland Amory to Joseph Alsop to the editors of Politico have proclaimed the diminishment of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, who for generations were the dominant socio-cultural-political force in America. While the WASP elite has, in the last half century, indeed drifted from American centrality to the periphery, its relevance and impact remain, as Michael Gross reveals in his compelling chronicle of the WASPs in our history. From Colonial America's founding settlements through the Gilded Age to the present day, Gross traces the complicated legacy of American WASPs-their profound accomplishments and egregious failures-through the lives of fifteen influential individuals and their very privileged, sometimes intermarried families. As the Bradford, Randolph, Morris, Biddle, Sanford, Peabody, and Whitney clans, among others, progress, prosper, and stumble, defining aspects in the four-century sweep of American history emerge: our wide, oft-contentious religious diversity; the deep scars of slavery, genocide, and intolerance; the creation and sometime misuse of astonishing economic, political, and social power; an enduring belief in the future; an instinct to offset inequity with philanthropy; an equal capacity for irresponsible, sometimes wanton, behavior. "American society was supposed to be different," writes Gross, "but for most of our history we have had a patriciate, an aristocracy, a hereditary oligarchic upper class, who initiated the American national experiment." In previous acclaimed books such as 740 Park and Rogues' Gallery, Gross has explored elite culture in microcosm; expanding the canvas, Flight of the WASP chronicles it across four centuries and fifteen generations in an ambitious and consequential contribution to American history"--

  • af Michael Gross
    1.373,95 kr.

  • af Michael Gross
    268,95 kr.

    A fascinating and comprehensive look into the life of American fashion legend Ralph Lauren, now with a new afterwordThere are at least two Ralph Laurens.To the public he's a gentle and modest, yet secure and purposeful man. Inside the walls of Polo Ralph Lauren, though, he was long seen by some as a narcissist, an insecure ditherer, and, at times, a rampaging tyrant.Michael Gross, author of the bestsellers Model, 740 Park, and House of Outrageous Fortune, lays bare the truths of this fashion emperor's rise, and reveals not only the secrets of his meteoric success in marketing our shared fantasies, but also the unknown personality behind the designer's chic façade.

  • af Michael Gross
    183,95 kr.

    The definitive story of the international modeling business?and its evil twin, legalized flesh peddling?Model is a tale of beautiful women empowered and subjugated; of vast sums of money; of sex and drugs, obsession and tragic death; and of the most unholy combination in commerce: stunning young women and rich, lascivious men.Investigative journalist Michael Gross takes us into the private studios and hidden villas where models play and are preyed upon, and tears down modeling's carefully constructed façade of glamour to reveal the untold truths of an ugly trade.

  • af Michael Gross
    198,95 kr.

    There are at least two Ralph Laurens. To the public he's a gentle, modest, yet secure and purposeful man. Inside the walls of Polo Ralph Lauren, though, he's seen by some as a narcissist, an insecure ditherer, and, at times, a rampaging tyrant.Michael Gross, author of the bestseller Model, lays bare the truths of this fashion emperor's rise, and reveals not only the secrets of his stunning success in marketing our shared fantasies but also a darker side that's hidden behind the chic patrician façade.

  • af Michael Gross
    268,95 kr.

    A new and revealing examination of life on Earth-from the perspective of its hardiest inhabitants.

  • - Women-Centered Perspectives
    af Michael Gross, Helen B. Holmes & Betty B. Hoskins
    879,95 - 1.172,95 kr.

  • - Women-Centered Perspectives
    af Michael Gross, Helen B. Holmes & Betty B. Hoskins
    879,95 - 1.172,95 kr.

    Women have been the objects of scientific and ethical discussions about reproductive freedom and its control for over a century. In this book, women themselves raise critical questions about the ethics, the scientific nature, and the social context of these developments.

  • - A Brief Introduction
    af Michael Gross & Kevin W. Plaxco
    264,95 - 496,95 kr.

    Emphasizing the biochemical nature of astrobiology, this book examines the origin of the chemical elements, the events behind the developments that made our Universe habitable, and the ongoing sustenance of life. It also explores life in extreme habitats, potential extraterrestrial habitats, and the search for extraterrestrial life.

  • - Proceedings of the First International Conference, Paris, April 27-29, 1970
    af Michael Gross
    1.648,95 kr.

  • - Die Top 10 Zur Selbstfuhrung Fur Jeden
    af Michael Gross
    154,95 kr.

  • af Michael Gross & James Cordier
    415,95 kr.

    Investing today is more complicated and unpredictable than ever before. Updated to help you draw steady, high profits in an age of skittish markets, this text covers the ins and outs of: the fundamentals of option selling; option-selling strategy and risk management; and, market analysis and writing options.

  • af Michael Gross
    193,95 kr.

    The new science and technology of the incredibly small-and what it means for our future.

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