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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can avoid the most dire effects of the climate crisis. Gates says, 'We can work on a local,...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over. But even as governments around the world try to get it under control, they're also starting to talk about what happens next. How can we prevent another pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global economy? Can we even hope to accomplish this? Bill Gates believes the answer is yes, and he has written a largely upbeat book that lays out clearly and convincingly what the world should learn from...
5) Cómo evitar un desastre climático: las soluciones que ya tenemos y los avances que aún necesitamos
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"In this urgent and necessary book, Bill Gates proposes a comprehensive, practical, and understandable plan to get the world to zero greenhouse gas emissions and avoid a climate catastrophe." --
"En este libro urgente y necesario Bill Gates propone un plan amplio, práctico --y comprensible-- para conseguir que el mundo llegue a cero emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero para así evitar una catástrofe climática. Bill Gates ha pasado una década...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Signature
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Edison presents, in intimate detail, the man who helped engineer the modern world. One of history's most prolific inventors and perhaps America's first celebrity, Thomas Alva Edison did more than bring incandescent light into every household and industry; he created a world-renowned brand, raised capital to support research and business and pursued patents for his 1,000+ inventions. Leonard DeGraaf, archivist for the Thomas Edison National Historical...
Author
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
From one of America's foremost business historians, a penetrating and engaging look at the qualities that create great entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs, even more than inventors, are essential to American business. While inventors produce ideas, entrepreneurs get things done, build the markets, make ideas reality. But, what creative talents do the legendary American entrepreneurs share, and what can you learn from them about business success?
Using lively...
11) Bill Gates
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Bill Gates. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. Through the success of his now-world-famous software company, Microsoft, Bill Gates became one of the wealthiest philanthropists in history.This fascinating story of a child...
13) The real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, big pharma, and the global war on democracy and public health
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Real Anthony Fauci details how Fauci, Gates, and their cohorts use their control of media outlets, scientific journals, key government and quasi-governmental agencies, global intelligence agencies, and influential scientists and physicians to flood the public with fearful propaganda about COVID-19 virulence and pathogenesis, and to muzzle debate and ruthlessly censor dissent"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An Academy Award-nominated screenwriter presents this fascinating account of the extraordinary friendship between Warren Buffet and Bill Gates that impacted each man and led to change on a grander scale as they jointly addressed some of the world's most critical problems by giving their wealth away."--
15) Bill Gates
Author
Language
English
Description
A biography of the man who created Microsoft, from his childhood to his battle in court after being accused of having a monopoly in the computer industry.
16) Microserfs
Author
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Young people working for Microsoft decide to make a bid for freedom by founding their own software company. The novel--narrated as an online journal by danielu@microsoft.com--describes the ups and downs of raising money for a new business. By the author of Generation X.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Discover how entrepreneur Bill Gates created Microsoft and amassed a fortune as a leader in the computer industry and then partnered with his wife Melinda Gates to found the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Readers will learn about their lives and their mission is to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty around the world.
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