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You might have thought you knew your own genitals? Think again! The Wonder Down Under explains everything you ever wanted to know about the vagina but didn't dare ask. Learn the truth about the clitoris' inner life, the menstrual hormone dance and whether the vaginal orgasm really exists. The...

From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, language, and music, as told by our own DNA. In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unlocked the mysteries of the periodic table. In The Violinist's Thumb, he explores the wonders of the...

World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits - self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics - are rooted in the deep past, and illuminated by our kinship with other animals.

When an unexpected medical crisis sends Naomi Wolf on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers, much to her own astonishment, an increasing body of scientific evidence that suggests that the vagina is not merely flesh, but an intrinsic component of the female brain - and thus has a fundamental connection to female consciousness itself.

From acclaimed journalist Bill Gifford comes a roaring journey into the world of anti-aging science in search of answers to a universal obsession: what can be done about getting old? Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying) Spring Chicken is a full-throttle, high-energy ride through...

In Formerly Known as Food, Kristin Lawless argues that, because of the degradation of our diet, our bodies are literally changing from the inside out. The billion-dollar food industry is reshaping our food preferences, altering our brains, changing the composition of our microbiota, and even affecting the expression of our genes. Lawless chronicles how this is happening and what it means for our bodies, health, and survival. An independent journalist and nutrition expert, Lawless is emerging as the voice of a new generation of food thinkers. 

Combining leading theories of psychology and behavior with case studies and practical advice, National Geographic's Mind explores the question we all enjoy asking: Who am I? A companion to National Geographic's Body and Brain, this reference explores today's theories of personality, mixing scientific theory with an underlying message: by knowing more about your own psychology, you can have a better life. An entertaining book about science, Mind connects with the listener in a very personal and ultimately helpful way.

De hersenwetenschap bevindt zich in een stroomversnelling. Wekelijks verschijnen er artikelen en boeken met baanbrekende inzichten over de werking van ons brein. Tot nu toe is er echter weinig aandacht voor het grotere plaatje: waartoe leidt al deze nieuwe kennis? "De vijfde revolutie" is een verslag van een reis langs de voornaamste denkers en wetenschappers op het gebied van neurobiologie. Het riep in Denemarken en later in de Verenigde Staten veel discussie op.

L'Audiocorso di Anatomia per operatori della salute, proposto dalle edizioni ENEA, è un viaggio nel corpo attraverso le parti che lo costituiscono...

L'autore di "Breve storia di (quasi) tutto" ci accompagna nel viaggio più affascinante: quello dentro di noi. Bill Bryson è un insostituibile compagno di viaggio, qualunque siano la meta e il percorso. Questa volta ci guida in una interessante passeggiata all'interno del corpo umano, dalla testa ai piedi. Molti di noi, infatti, non hanno un'idea precisa di come il corpo funzioni in tutte le sue parti e di cosa succeda al suo interno, della sua capacità di difendersi dalle malattie e di guarire, ma anche dei numerosi modi in cui qualcosa può andare storto.

Eine Einladung auf eine informative Reise ins Innere unseres Körpers: Die Bestsellerautorin und Ökotrophologin Marion Grillparzer erläutert auf anschauliche Weise, was in uns vor sich geht und wie aus einem Einzeller ein siebzig Billionen Zellen umfassendes Gebilde geworden ist - unser Körper. Die Funktionen und Eigenheiten unserer Organe werden beleuchtet und wie uns diese gesund und vital halten.

El ojo desnudo reconstruye una historia de nuestro conocimiento de la visión y de la luz y nos ofrece la explicación de por qué vemos como vemos y cómo hemos alcanzado a comprender fenómenos que van mucho más allá de lo que nuestros sentidos nos permiten detectar.

Bevor Lebewesen sehen und hören konnten, waren sie in der Lage zu riechen. In 500 Millionen Jahren der Evolution war es der Geruchssinn, der dem Gehirn ein wichtiges Fenster zur Welt geöffnet hat, der informierte, was essbar ist oder giftig, welches der richtige Sexualpartner ist, und der zu Orientierung, Warnung und Sozialverhalten beitrug. Bei den primitiven Wirbeltieren machte das Riechhirn den größten Teil des gesamten Gehirns aus und die neuronalen Mechanismen der Signalverarbeitung, die sich dabei entwickelten, standen Modell für alle anderen Sinne wie Sehen oder Hören.

Von der Haarwurzel bis zu den Zehen beschreibt Bill Bryson hier die grandiose Geschichte des menschlichen Körpers. Das ganze Leben verbringen wir in unserem Körper, doch die wenigsten haben eine Ahnung davon, wie er funktioniert, welche erstaunlichen Selbstheilungskräfte darin wirken und was tief im Inneren abläuft - manchmal auch schiefläuft. Spannende Fakten und erstaunliche Geschichten über die prächtigen Wunder unserer körperlichen und neurologischen Grundausstattung.

Der Alltag dient Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim als roter Faden, der durch die Welt von organischer, anorganischer und physikalischer Chemie führt: Der Tag beginnt mit der Chemie des Aufwachens, wir erfahren, wann der richtige Zeitpunkt für den ersten Kaffee und was das Geheimnis perfekter Bratkartoffeln ist, wie Stoffwechsel- und Jo-Jo-Effekt chemisch funktionieren, warum nur Aluminiumsalze die Schweißbildung verhindern, andere Stoffe aber den Schweiß nicht stinken lassen... Und natürlich geht es am Abend um die "Chemistry of Love.

“A provocative and entertaining magical mineral tour through the life and afterlife of bone.” —Wall Street Journal Our bones have many stories to tell, if you know how to listen. Bone is a marvel, an adaptable and resilient building material developed over more than four hundred million...

In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, Doughty blends her mortician’s knowledge of the body and the intriguing history behind common misconceptions about corpses to offer factual, hilarious, and candid answers to 35 distinctive questions posed by her youngest fans. In her inimitable voice, Doughty details lore and science of what happens to, and inside, our bodies after we die. Why do corpses groan? What causes bodies to turn colors during decomposition? And why do hair and nails appear longer after death?

Stepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, Mutants gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic code and the captivating people whose bodies have revealed it - a French convent girl who found herself changing sex at puberty; children who, echoing Homer's Cyclops, are born with a single eye in the middle of their foreheads; a village of long-lived Croatian dwarves; one family, whose bodies were entirely covered with hair, was kept at the Burmese royal court for four generations and gave Darwin one of his keenest insights into heredity.

In Best of the Brain, top neuroscientist Floyd E. Bloom has selected the most fascinating brain-related articles from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind since 1999. Bloom garnishes the impressive lineup with his own introduction. The articles are grouped in three sections: "Mind", "Matter", and "Tomorrow's Brain".

Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind in comparison to the X-rays that peer through skin, the mass spectrometers that detect the dead inside the living or the high-tech surveillance systems that see with artificial intelligence. And we are blind compared to the animals that can see in infrared, or ultraviolet, or in 360-degree vision. These animals live in the same world we do, but they see something quite different when they look around.