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HowExpert Guide to Microbiology is a compilation of all the major aspects of microbiology for one to get to know microbiology in the best way possible. It includes all minor and major points regarding Microbiology, from a basic introduction to depth and complexity. A very simple yet scientific writing style is adopted for the better understanding of the listeners, because the main aim of this book is to acknowledge every individual irrespective of the scientific background, to grasp the beauty of microbiology.

100 Things to Research About the Human Body is an engaging and informative guide that takes listeners on a journey deep into the intricacies of the human body. From the basics of anatomy and physiology to the complexities of genetics, health, and wellness, this book offers a curated list of essential topics for exploration. Each subject serves as a portal to understanding the fascinating world within us, inviting listeners to dive into the wonders of their own biology.

For Irwin Shapiro, science starts with questions. This book provides a broad and entertaining survey of major scientific discoveries that have changed our views of nature and, in turn, spawned further questions. Shapiro, an award-winning scientist and beloved teacher, separates his inquiry into three parts: looking up at the universe; looking down at the earth and its fossils; and looking in at the story of life. His framework encourages listeners to view science as a detective story—to observe and question nature and natural phenomena, and to base all conclusions on scientific evidence.

A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes—from an award-winning science writer “Sing Like Fish is that rare book that makes you see the world differently.”—Mark...

The Abyss Inside: Mind-Blowing Facts and Discoveries About Your Extraordinary Human Body brings together the latest scientific breakthroughs, intriguing facts, and compelling narratives to illuminate the wonders of human biology. From the intricacies of the brain to the capabilities of the heart, each chapter will deepen your appreciation for the marvel that is the human body.

Wie konnte die Bluterkrankheit die russische Zarenfamilie zu Fall bringen? Und wie hat Skorbut die Mafia hervorgebracht? Wir sind ohne Zweifel ein Wunder der Evolution. Unsere außergewöhnlichen körperlichen Eigenschaften und unsere Innovationen haben unsere Zivilisationen geschaffen. Aber wir...

Plongez dans les secrets des cycles de vie extraordinaires d’espèces animales et végétales peuplant notre planète. Des requins aux méduses en passant par les spectaculaires cellules des séquoias, les superpouvoirs de la nature en matière de longévité sont une inspiration pour améliorer notre propre santé et notre qualité de vie.

In Methusaleh's Zoo, Steven Austad tells the stories of some extraordinary animals, considering why, for example, animal species that fly live longer than earthbound species and why animals found in the ocean live longest of all. Austad—the leading authority on longevity in animals—argues that the best way we will learn from these long-lived animals is by studying them in the wild.

In this fascinating, refreshingly clarifying book about food, food myths, and how sloppy science perpetuates misconceptions about food, a medical doctor on his way to a conference gets drawn into conversations that answer many questions.

2025 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER "Deep Water is a major achievement....Bradley's skills both as novelist and essayist converge here to create this wise, compassionate and urgent book, characterized throughout by a clarity of prose and a bracing moral gaze that searches water, self and...

Elixír mládí a pramen nesmrtelnosti hledají lidé odjakživa a současný trend biohackingu to jen potvrzuje. Měříme své životní funkce, řešíme spánek a stravu... ale můžeme se při své honbě za kvalitním dlouhým životem inspirovat i v říši zvířat? Jakou roli v dlouhověkosti hraje genetika a jak s tím vším souvisejí medúzy? Kniha mladého dánského vědce Nicklase Brendborga hledá odpovědi na otázku, zda se můžeme ve zdraví dožít vysokého věku, upozorňuje na zajímavé výzkumy z oblasti dlouhověkosti a srozumitelně a zábavně vysvětluje vědecké objevy.

El origen biológico de la masculinidad ha inspirado fascinación y controversia desde la antigüedad. Desde los eunucos de la antigua China, hasta el mercado de los «elixires» de juventud en la Europa del siglo XIX, el ser humano ha estado obsesionado con identificar y manipular lo que hoy conocemos como testosterona. Gracias al interés que sigue generando y a los métodos de la ciencia moderna, hoy disponemos de un rico corpus de investigación sobre sus efectos tanto en hombres como en mujeres.

Athena Aktipis of Arizona State University is a self-professed apocalypse enthusiast, and as the host of the podcast Zombified, she knows the undead inside and out. With Zombified: Real-World Lessons from Fictional Apocalypses, she’s compiled her research and insights into a fascinating Audible Original that will have you thinking deeper about all those shambling, brain-hungry corpses in pop culture—not to mention our everyday lives. Drawing on years of research on zombies and zombification, these six lessons offer a fun way to explore and understand the many forces that influence us.

El mundo de las emociones puede ser confuso si no contamos con herramientas útiles para comprenderlas y administrarlas. Más aún, si la ansiedad y los pensamientos negativos rondan nuestras mentes, mantenerse en equilibrio puede ser una tarea colosal. Escrito de manera sencilla por la psicóloga Gillian Galen y el psiquiatra Blaise Aguirre, expertos de la Escuelade Medicina Harvard, Emociones y TDC for dummies enseña el uso de la terapia dialéctica conductual (tdc) como uno de los tratamientos más populares y efectivos para las afecciones de salud mental.

An exploration of two geniuses with limitless minds and the conflict that has lasted beyond their lifetimes. Every Living Thing centres on the rivalry pledged between two scientists, Linnaeus and Buffon, who, from 1743 to 1778 raced each other to complete an inventory of all life on Earth. Their...

As biologist Jeremy Griffith explains in THE Interview (which psychiatrist Professor Harry Prosen described as “the most important interview of all time”), while we humans lacked the explanation for our two-million-year corrupted human condition, we had no choice but to deny that our distant ape ancestors lived in a state of cooperative and loving innocence. But with the good reason for our corrupted condition now finally found, our species’ original state of innocence can at last be admitted.

An artist turned naturalist known for her botanical illustrations, Merian was born just 16 years after Galileo proclaimed that the Earth orbited the sun. But at the age of 50, she sailed from Europe to the New World on a solo scientific expedition to study insect metamorphosis—an unheard-of journey for any naturalist at that time, much less a woman.

Could humans unknowingly be a part of a larger superorganism—one with its own motivations and goals, one that is alive, and conscious, and has the power to shape the future of our species? This is the fascinating theory from author and futurist Byron Reese, who calls this human superorganism “Agora.” In We Are Agora, Reese starts by asking the question, “What is life and how did it form?” From there, he looks at how multicellular life came about, how consciousness emerged, and how other superorganisms in nature have formed.

It is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history. Elemental reveals how microbes, plants, and people used the fundamental building blocks of life to alter the climate, and with it, the trajectory of life on Earth in the past, present, and future. Taking listeners from the deep geologic past to our current era of human dominance, Stephen Porder focuses on five of life’s essential elements—hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus.

Brought to you by Penguin. Imagine a ferocious marine hunter up to 20 metres long, weighing twice as much as a humpback whale and ten times more than Tyrannosaurus rex. With jaws that open three metres wide, crammed with 276 serrated fangs, it can bite down with the greatest force of any animal...