Berkeley Optometry-A History offers a lively and revealing exploration into the origins and evolution of the School of Optometry at the University of California, Berkeley. The early years of struggle for the profession of optometry and the school are discussed in fascinating detail, including a remarkable sixteen-year campaign to establish a curriculum in optometry at Berkeley. Legislative battles and conflicts with ophthalmology are also presented. Later years include profiles of Berkeley Optometry's faculty and alumni who have enviable records of accomplishment in clinical training and professional service, and equally impressive achievements in research. Much of the history is told in the words of those who lived it, through correspondence and published materials, from the late nineteenth century to the modern period, as well as quotations from recorded interviews in recent years.

From humble beginnings as a small desert laboratory in Tucson, Arizona, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology has evolved into a thriving international center of plant molecular biology that sits today on the campus of Stanford University. This fourth in a series of five histories of the Carnegie Institution touches on the tangled beginnings of ecology, the baroque complexities of photosynthesis, the great mid-century evolutionary synthesis and the adventurous start of the plant molecular revolution.

In 1981 the suspended walkways--or "skywalks"--in Kansas City's Hyatt Regency hotel fell and killed 114 people. It was the deadliest building collapse in the United States until the fall of New York's Twin Towers on 9/11. In Skywalks R. Eli Paul follows the actions of attorney Robert Gordon, an insider to the bitter litigation that followed. Representing the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against those who designed, built, inspected, owned, and managed the hotel, Gordon was tenacious in uncovering damaging facts. He wanted his findings presented before a jury, where his legal team would assign blame from underlings to corporate higher-ups, while securing a massive judgment in his clients' favor. But when the case was settled out from under Gordon, he turned to another medium to get the truth out: a quixotic book project that consumed the rest of his life. For a decade the irascible attorney-turned-writer churned through a succession of high-powered literary agents, talented ghost writers, and New York trade publishers. Gordon's resistance to collaboration and compromise resulted in a controversial but unpublishable manuscript, "House of Cards," finished long after the public's interest had waned. His conclusions, still explosive but never receiving their proper attention, laid the blame for the disaster largely at the feet of the hotel's owner and Kansas City's most visible and powerful corporation, Hallmark Cards Inc. Gordon gave up his lucrative law practice and lived the rest of his life as a virtual recluse in his mansion in Mission Hills, Kansas. David had fought Goliath, and to his despair, Goliath had won. Gordon died in 2008 without ever seeing his book published or the full truth told. Skywalks is a long-overdue corrective, built on a foundation of untapped historical materials Gordon compiled, as well as his own unpublished writings.

Guiding the project to fruition, Oppenheimer's intellect and leadership led to the successful Trinity test, marking the birth of nuclear weaponry. This exploration navigates the dual nature of Oppenheimer's legacy—the innovative strides in theoretical physics juxtaposed against the ethical quandaries of unleashing unprecedented destructive power. From Los Alamos to the momentous Trinity test, Oppenheimer's journey unfolds against the backdrop of wartime urgency and scientific fervor. The narrative probes the enigma of a man both revered for his scientific prowess and haunted by the consequences of his creations. As the architect of the atomic bomb, Oppenheimer's transformation from a theoretical thinker to a catalyst for world-altering realities is an intricate tapestry of scientific achievement, moral complexity, and the inexorable march of progress. In this book, you will discover; · His early · Career · Manhattan project · Atomic energy commission · 7 Real Factors You Had Scarcely any understanding of 'Oppenheimer' inventor · J. Robert Oppenheimer regret on creating an atomic bomb · Allot more… Whether you're a history buff, a scientific fanatic, or just inquisitive about the life of a great visionary, this compelling account of Robert J. Oppenheimer's life is an engaging and thought-provoking. This book is a must read.