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"Leidy was the first in America to use the microscope as a tool in forensic medicine. He established the concept of parasitism and became the father of American protozoology and parasitology, describing for the first time Trichina in the pig, the source of the human disease trichinosis. As the founder of American vertebrate paleontology, he was the first to describe a dinosaur and many other extinct animals in America". -- Jacket.

Jimi Hendrix: By Those Who Knew Him Best (Unauthorized) includes exclusive and previously unseen film footage and in-depth interviews with those that worked closely with Hendrix during his career, including family members who have never spoken before, childhood friends, producers, and other musicians. This fascinating and comprehensive program tells the complete and unauthorized story of the man widely considered one of the most influential rock and...

A biography of one of the most innovative mathematicians of all time traces the rise of Srinivasa Ramanujan from his days as a clerk to his collaboration with one of England's greatest mathematicians.

During his career at the New York Times, Harrison Salisbury served as the bureau chief in post-World War II Moscow and reported from Hanoi during the VIetnam War, and in retirement he witnessed the Tienanmen Square massacre firsthand. Donald E. Davis and Eugene P. Trani's engaging biography of the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist makes use of Salisbury's personal archive of interviews, articles and correspondence to shed light on the personal...

Describes the activities of Bob Leuci, a narcotics detective with the New York Police Department, who acted as an undercover agent for the federal government during an investigation of corruption in the criminal justice system in New York.