Exploring Life And The Univderse

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.Born in an affluent family Jawaharlal grew up as a pampered child. A keen observer of news he was deeply interested in Indian nationalism even while he was studying at Cambridge. Slowly he got involved in the Indian freedom struggle. While Jawaharlals speeches reflected his anger Gandhi adopted non-violent means. Though there was a difference of opinion between the two on many issues Nehru did not break away from Gandhi at any point of time. After India got independence he became the first Prime Minister of the nation.A brilliantly woven biographical account of Gandhi – the book traces Gandhi’s life from his childhood days in Porbandar his education in England his awakening to social injustice through painful experiences in South Africa to his relentless struggle in leading India to freedom from the British through non-violent means. A saint a revolutionary a politician a social reformer an economist an educationist and a satyagrahi – Gandhi dedicated his life to the service of humanity.A renowned freedom fighter sarijini Naidu was born in Hyderabad in a hindu brahmin family. She has many firsts to her credit including-the first indian woman to become the president of the indian National congress and the first woman to become the governor of an indian state. One of the great orators of her time she was also a distinguished poet and was famously known as Bharatiya Kokils.Antonio a merchant in the city of Venice decides to be a guarantor to his friend Bassanio who borrows 3000 ducats from shylock a greedy moneylender to travel and meet his lady love Portia. Shylock seeks revenge for the comments Antonio has made about his greed in the past and lays a gruesome condition. Portias fathers will states she must marry the man who correctly chooses one of three caskets. Bassanio picks the correct one. Meanwhile Antonio loses his ships and must give Shylock his pound of flesh. Disguised as a young man of law Portia saves Antonio and the story ends on a happy note for him and the young lovers.A historical tragedy antony and cleopatra portrays actual and person from roman history. The play follows the relationship between cleopatra and mark antony from the time of the parthian war to cleopatras suicide.The Romeo-Juliet love story is a wonderful piece of literature that captured the hearts of millions because of the dramatic turn of events in its climax. It is the ill-will between the families of Romeo and Juliet that comes in the way of true love between the two.Meaningless encounters unnecessary quarrels and fierce fights take the family feud further killing members of both the Capulets and Montagues. Romeo gets involved in one such murder and runs for cover. Friar Laurence a priest of the Franciscan Order tries to help Romeo marry Juliet in the hope that it might put an end to the animosity between the two families. Though Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other ends on a tragic note it brings the Capulet and Montague families together ending their enmity.Twelfth Night or As You Will is a tale of love trickery and mistaken identities. A young noble woman Viola is shipwrecked in a violent storm off the coast of Illyria. Separated from her twin brother Sebastian Viola disguises herself as a boy and assumes the name of Cesario. She becomes a page boy in the service of Orsino the Duke who is madly in love with Lady Olivia. Viola falls in love with the Duke and Lady Olivia falls in love with Viola disguised as Cesario. Complications arise and everyone is drawn into a hilarious confusion…The Tempest is a comedy by William Shakespeare believed to be the last play written by him.The story begins with Prospero rightful Duke of Milan and his daughter Miranda being stranded for twelve years on an island. How Prospero uses magic to regain his lost dukedom and his lovely daughter a secure and happy future with the help of the spirit Ariel is the subject of this delightful story of right prevailing over might in the end.The story of Macbeth revolves around the prophecy of three witches that changes the destiny of this brave warrior by making him ambitious in his goals towards attaining power. After much dilemma and the constant persuasion of his wife he kills Duncan the King of Scotland in his sleep in a cowardly act. His hands are soaked in blood and he is constantly haunted by the murderous crime. Find out if the witches’ prophecy stands true till the end and how Duncan’s son Malcolm avenges the king’s death.A historical tragedy antony and cleopatra portrays actual and person from roman history. The play follows the relationship between cleopatra and mark antony from the time of the parthian war to cleopatras suicide.One of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies of love vanity and relationships told in simple prose.King Lear’s vanity blinds him and he banishes his beloved daughter Cordelia from his Kingdom. Goneril and Regan his other daughters between whom he has divided his country have ungratefully turned him out of their houses. Meanwhile Edmund the illegitimate son of Gloucester tries to usurp his brother Edgar and ends up reaching for the crown.Time magazine called him the Man of the 20th Century. His enormous contributions to physics made him one of the greatest scientists of all time. A German born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein is best known for his theory of relativity and his famous equation E=mc2. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his services to Theoretical Physics and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.Apart from his scientific genius Einstein spent his life trying to teach people the value of peace. His dream was to have a theory of everything. Todays scientists are definitely proceeding towards that goal. Here is the story of an outstanding scientist and wonderful human being.The South African struggle for freedom.Nelson Mandela winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 was among the great leaders of what is today an equal South Africa. Read about his life his struggles against the government years spent at prison and the final push for freedom in simple prose.“The Lady with the Lamp”. One of the most famous women of the 19th Century Florence Nightingale’s story is one of courage and charity. Born into a rich and influential family in Florence she trained 38 women to be nurses in the Crimean War and helped nurse wounded soldiers in the British Camp in Crimea. A short biography of ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ in simple proseThe life and inventions of one of the greatest inventors the world has ever known.Thomas Alva Edison was handicapped by Scarlet Fever. He was hard of hearing and was diagnosed with ADHD. Though his teachers claimed he was doomed with ignorance Edison went on to become one of the greatest inventors and entrepreneurs the world has ever seen. His biography in simple prose.The Iliad and the Odyssey are the great epics of ancient Greece written by Homer. While the Iliad like the Mahabharata sings of a great war in which almost all the kingdoms of that time took part the Odyssey compared by scholars to the Ramayana relates the story of Odysseus. After the war of Troy told in the Iliad Odysseus wants to return home to his family and kingdom as quickly as possible. Blessed by Athena the goddess of wisdom and cursed by Poseidon the god of the sea Odysseus finds himself forced by his destiny to travel to many islands before he is allowed to go home. The Odyssey is the story of his many adventures along the way.Three thousand years after it was written Homers iliad remains one of the most popular and widely read stories. The poem narrates the events during the final years of the war between the Trojans and the Greeks at Troy. its huge cast of characters includes human and heavenly beings who are judged by their bravery on the battlefield. At the same time the poet bemoans the futility of war. In the Iliad even the mightiest of warriors fear in the face of death.Life is fascinating but when did life on our earth begin? The story begins with a simple microbe. To understand how life exists on earth we have to delve into the world of atoms microbes DNA and genes. What differentiates plant life and animal life? How do we inherit traits from our parents and how do we pass on our traits to our offspring? How did multiple species develop from a few simple species? Most important how did life of any kind come about in the first place? In this book we try to understand all this through a scientific method.Our earth is getting hotter and hotter. As a result the polar ice caps are melting the water levels in the oceans are rising soon low-lying small islands will vanish there will be less and less rainfall so crops will die and we humans will face shortage of food and drinking water. Animals and birds will soon start disappearing.If you thought this was the script of some new sci-fi movie you are mistaken.All this is already happening as a result of Global Warming–the new threat Planet Earth is facing. This book is all about this scary natural phenomenon which is worrying scientists and countries around the world.Our earth is getting hotter and hotter. As a result the polar ice caps are melting the water levels in the oceans are rising soon low-lying small islands will vanish there will be less and less rainfall so crops will die and we humans will face shortage of food and drinking water. Animals and birds will soon start disappearing.If you thought this was the script of some new sci-fi movie you are mistaken.All this is already happening as a result of Global Warming