Describes how thalidomide, a sedative that killed thousands and caused untold birth defects during the 1950s, has made a dramatic comeback to provide successful treatment for millions of people with arthritis, lupus, brain tumors, cancer, tuberculosis, and AIDS.
A high-velocity chronicle of the open source movement-and its impact on computing, business, and culture.
This book describes in vivid detail the dreamers and businessmen who have turned a private passion into a global phenomenon. It looks at LINUX, the first operating system to be developed outside corporate and state control.
The open source movement troubles big industry giants like Microsoft because good programming in GNU / Linux software code is made even better by sharing and distributing its source freely for improvement, mostly without financial profit to the industry and without waiting on "u…
Deleterious to health and beneficial to wealth, coal contains a tension that makes its story a compelling one. Freese is a former attorney general of Minnesota, who became interested in the flammable rock's history during her tenure. After a routine description of coal's geologi…
Publisher's description: The fascinating history of a simple black rock that has shaped our world--and now threatens it. In this remarkable book, Barbara Freese takes us on a rich historical journey that begins hundreds of millions of years ago and spans the globe. Prized as "th…