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私たちはなぜ眠り、起きるのか？長い間、生物は「脳を休めるために眠る」と考えられてきた。それは本当なのだろうか。新発見！脳をもたない生物ヒドラも眠る――。

★進化思考──それは、生物の進化のように二つのプロセス(変異と適応)を繰り返すことで、本来だれの中にもある創造性を発揮する思考法。

人はまちがえる。それは、どんなにがんばっても、脳がまちがいを生み出すような情報処理を行っているから。

『土　地球最後のナゾ』で河合隼雄賞受賞を受賞した著者による、書下ろし最新作！〔前書きより〕「土とは何なのか？」「なぜ生命や土を作ることができないのか？」という本質的な問いをあいまいなままにしておくことはできない。

In the best-selling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the science of our world both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe. Now he turns his attention inwards to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories, The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological makeup.

I hate every wave of the ocean', the seasick Charles Darwin wrote to his family during his five-year voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle. It was this world-wide journey, however, that launched the scientists career.

The Blind Watchmaker, knowledgably narrated by author Richard Dawkins, is as prescient and timely a book as ever. The watchmaker belongs to the 18th-century theologian William Paley, who argued that just as a watch is too complicated and functional to have sprung into existence by accident, so too must all living things, with their far greater complexity, be purposefully designed. Charles Darwin's brilliant discovery challenged the creationist arguments; but only Richard Dawkins could have written this elegant riposte.

A riveting exploration of how microbes are transforming the way we see nature and ourselves - and could revolutionize agriculture and medicine. Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health - for people and for plants - depends on Earth's smallest creatures. The Hidden Half of Nature tells the story of our tangled relationship with microbes and their potential to revolutionize agriculture and medicine, from garden to gut.

The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia - but those reports miss the big truth that such phenomena are part of a single pattern. The bugs that transmit these diseases share one thing: they originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. David Quammen tracks this subject around the world.

Cuando se encierra a un lobo, comienza a dar vueltas en su jaula, se activan sus mecanismos de defensa, su astucia natural se agudiza con el objetivo de escapar y, finalmente, aúlla. Si confinan a un zoólogo documentalista, se pondrá, de inmediato, a investigar acerca del motivo de su aislamiento; pero, cuando le digan que un pangolín y un murciélago son la causa de todo, se dará cuenta de que algo no encaja.

At once elegant and riveting, Sync tells the story of the dawn of a new science. Steven Strogatz, a leading mathematician in the fields of chaos and complexity theory, explains how enormous systems can synchronize themselves, from the electrons in a superconductor to the pacemaker cells in our hearts. He shows that although these phenomena might seem unrelated on the surface, at a deeper level there is a connection, forged by the unifying power of mathematics.

The key to living a happier, healthier life is inside us. Our gut is almost as important to us as our brain or our heart, yet we know very little about how it works. In Gut, Giulia Enders shows that rather than the utilitarian and - let's be honest - somewhat embarrassing body part we imagine it to be, it is one of the most complex, important, and even miraculous parts of our anatomy.

The Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies, and cities. Yet there's a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not know why complex life is the way it is, or, for that matter, how life first began. In The Vital Question, award-winning author and biochemist Nick Lane radically reframes evolutionary history, putting forward a solution to conundrums that have puzzled generations of scientists.

Este libro descubre la más sucia, sorprendente y festiva intimidad de los seres vivos. Ahí fuera se vive una orgía permanente en la que los chimpancés disfrutan de sus penes con espinas y los patos, de sus enormes sacacorchos; donde los pájaros se ponen los cuernos sin remordimiento alguno y las ranas se hacen las muertas para escapar de los pretendientes más insistentes; en el que los hongos tienen tres, cuatro o hasta miles de sexos, algunos peces cambian de sexo y otros llevan los genitales de sus examantes pegados a sus escamas; donde los zánganos eyaculan tan fuerte que revientan.

De plus en plus, des percées déroutantes redéfinissent la biologie. Le fondateur de la chaîne YouTube DirtyBiology s'en fait l'écho et propose des informations impertinentes et instructives sur les gènes, la vie ou l'évolution.

Sie sind überall, meist sind sie unsichtbar, und sie halten unsere Welt am Laufen - Bakterien, Viren, Algen und Pilze. Wie konnte ein unscheinbares Bakterium dem Christentum Fronleichnam bescheren? Warum ist ein Augentierchen der Hoffnungsträger der Raumfahrt? Und weshalb sollten Umweltschützer Fische mit Herpes-Viren infizieren? Florian Freistetter und Helmut Jungwirth zeigen uns die Welt, wie sie sich unter dem Mikroskop offenbart. In 100 informativen wie schrägen Kapiteln erklären sie den Kosmos der Mikrobiologie und erzählen eine Geschichte der Welt, wie es sie noch nicht gegeben hat.

Nous sommes constamment entourés de vie : abondante, diverse et extraordinaire, elle ne cesse de nous surprendre. Mais savons-nous réellement ce que signifie être en vie ? Sir Paul Nurse, lauréat du prix Nobel de médecine 2001, a passé sa carrière à répondre à cette interrogation. Dans cet ouvrage, il offre une plongée fascinante au cœur des grands concepts qui fondent la science du vivant.

Saviez-vous que le loup dominant d'une meute est aussi le meilleur des pères pour sa progéniture ? Et qu'un cheval connait votre état d'esprit rien qu'à vous regarder marcher vers lui ? Connaissez-vous le curieux rituel olfactif des rhinocéros et des lémuriens en cas de confrontation ? Profiter de la vie, cultiver sa chance, coopérer avec les autres, s'adapter aux circonstances, renoncer à l'ego.

Por meio de fotografias subaquáticas incríveis, de altíssima qualidade, e relatos exclusivos, Gabriel Ganme, instrutor de mergulho há mais de trinta anos, apresenta neste audiolivro as mais variadas espécies de tubarões, compartilhando suas divertidas e curiosas experiências mergulhando com esses animais. 'Assassino dos mares' ou 'terror dos oceanos' são apenas algumas das injustas alcunhas atribuídas a essas criaturas maravilhosas que possuem importância incontestável para o equilíbrio e a saúde dos ecossistemas marinhos.

Depuis l'apparition d'homo sapiens et la révolution cognitive il y a 50 000 ans, les capacités de notre espèce à comprendre et modifier son environnement paraissent sans limites. Un seul mystère reste inviolé : celui de la nature humaine et de sa civilisation. Ce que nous sommes vraiment, pourquoi notre espèce fait ce qu'elle fait, défie toute explication rationnelle.