Forgotten Genius - The Life and Games of Grandmaster Albin Planinc

Forgotten Genius - The Life and Games of Grandmaster Albin Planinc

Author: Georg Mohr

Publisher:

Published: 2021-09-28

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 9789464201291

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Albin Planinc was born in the middle of the Second World War, on 18th April 1944, in the little village of Brise, near the small town of Zagorje ob Savi, approximately 30 kilometers from Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. He spent his childhood with his mother Ljudmila (unofficially Milka), a simple, uneducated woman who earned money from various unskilled jobs'. This fascinating biography of over eighty-five annotated games and stories are being presented by grandmasters Georg Mohr and Adrian Mikhalchishin. It covers Planinc' entire life and chess career, including his most fascinating games. This fitting tribute of a forgotten chess genius should be found in anyone's chess library. Thanks to this colorful book Albin Planinc will continue to inspire us all and will keep his spirit alive.


The Forgotten Genius of Oliver Heaviside

The Forgotten Genius of Oliver Heaviside

Author: Basil Mahon

Publisher: Prometheus Books

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1633883310

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"This biography of Oliver Heaviside profiles the life of an underappreciated genius and describes his many contributions to electrical science, which proved to be essential to the future of mass communications"--


The Forgotten Genius

The Forgotten Genius

Author: Stephen Inwood

Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing

Published: 2005-05-03

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 9781596921153

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In Inwood's biography of this forgotten scientist, Robert Hooke and his world are vividly recreated with all their contradictions, successes, and failures. The Forgotten Genius is an absorbing and compelling study of this unduly overlooked man.


Lost Science

Lost Science

Author: Kitty Ferguson

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454918073

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Popular science writer Kitty Ferguson investigates little-explored byroads in the history of science, from Kepler's nearly disastrous venture into science fiction to a twentieth-century experiment involving cats and rocket fuel. She introduces long-forgotten discoverers and takes us on astounding adventures with the likes of Jesuit astronomer Ferdinand Verbiest, who invented the first automobile and won a bizarre astronomy competition in seventeenth-century China against his former torturer.


The Man who Invented the Twentieth Century

The Man who Invented the Twentieth Century

Author: Robert Lomas

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780747262657

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The story of the twentieth century's greatest unsung scientific hero, Nikola Tesla, the uncredited inventor of electric light, radio and hydro-electric power. His life was perhaps as intriguing for its extraordinary commercial disasters and painful obscurity as for the remarkable discoveries he made.


Grant Green

Grant Green

Author: Sharony Andrews Green

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9780879306984

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An intimate portrait of the brilliant jazz guitarist responsible for bringing jazz guitar playing to a new level but whose extraordinary talent was eclipsed by such greats as George Benson details his battle with racial and religious barriers, drug addiction, and fame. IP.


The Strange Genius of Mr. O

The Strange Genius of Mr. O

Author: Carolyn Eastman

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2020-12-11

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1469660520

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When James Ogilvie arrived in America in 1793, he was a deeply ambitious but impoverished teacher. By the time he returned to Britain in 1817, he had become a bona fide celebrity known simply as Mr. O, counting the nation's leading politicians and intellectuals among his admirers. And then, like so many meteoric American luminaries afterward, he fell from grace. The Strange Genius of Mr. O is at once the biography of a remarkable performer--a gaunt Scottish orator who appeared in a toga--and a story of the United States during the founding era. Ogilvie's career featured many of the hallmarks of celebrity we recognize from later eras: glamorous friends, eccentric clothing, scandalous religious views, narcissism, and even an alarming drug habit. Yet he captivated audiences with his eloquence and inaugurated a golden age of American oratory. Examining his roller-coaster career and the Americans who admired (or hated) him, this fascinating book renders a vivid portrait of the United States in the midst of invention.


Percy Lavon Julian

Percy Lavon Julian

Author: Darlene R. Stille

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 0756540895

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Details the life of Percy Lavon Julian and his accomplishments which made him one of the greatest chemists of the 20th century.


The Owner-Built Home

The Owner-Built Home

Author: Ken Kern

Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media

Published: 2016-02

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9781626545465

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Many Americans dream about building their own home. With this book you can make those dreams a reality. As innovative and original as it was when first published in 1972, Ken Kern's The Owner-Built Home is an aspiring DIY homebuilder's bible. Finally, after years of demand, it is back in print for the next generation of owner-builders. The product of years of research and experimentation with innumerable design and construction techniques around the world, The Owner-Built Home is full of practical tips. It describes in refreshing, straight-forward language, everything involved in making a home. Fully illustrated with drawings, photographs, and plans, The Owner-Built Home is an indispensable tool for anyone planning to build a house. Readers interested in related titles from Ken Kern will also want to see: The Owner Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry (ISBN: 9781626545403), Owner Built Homestead (Emblem Editions) (ISBN: 9781626545441), The Owner Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry (ISBN: 9781626545403), Owner Built Homestead (Emblem Editions) (ISBN: 9781626545441).


The Forgotten Ways

The Forgotten Ways

Author: Alan Hirsch

Publisher: Brazos Press

Published: 2016-09-20

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 1493404725

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Alan Hirsch's paradigm-shifting classic remains the definitive statement of the church as dynamic missional movement. The bestselling first edition ignited a conversation about how to harness the power of movements for the future growth of the church. In this major update, Hirsch shares significant insights gained along the way, provides fresh new examples of growing churches, and reflects on the last ten years of the missional movement. The new edition has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout and includes charts, diagrams, an expanded glossary of terms, new appendices, an index, a new foreword by Ed Stetzer, and a new afterword by Jeff Vanderstelt. Known for his innovative approach to mission, Hirsch is widely acknowledged as a thought leader and mission strategist for churches across the Western world. He considers The Forgotten Ways the guiding work to all of his other writings. The book explores the factors that come together to generate high-impact, exponentially explosive, spiritually vibrant Jesus movements in any time and context. This extensive update to Hirsch's influential work offers a system of six vital keys to movements that will continue shape the future of the missional movement for years to come.