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A masterful synthesis of neuroscience, philosophy and evolutionary biology, this book transforms how we understand what it means to be conscious, alive and human, and how that differs from artifical intelligence. The age-old mystery of consciousness - our capacity to experience our own existence...

Biologist Rob Dunn reveals the crucial influence that other species have upon our health, our well-being, and our world in The Wild Life of Our Bodies - a tour through the hidden truths of nature and codependence. Dunn illuminates the nuanced relationships that exist between homo sapiens and other species, relationships that underpin humanity's ability to thrive and prosper in every circumstance. Fans of Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma will be enthralled by Dunn's powerful, lucid exploration of the role that humankind plays within the greater web of life on Earth.

Every day your body must solve hundreds of hard engineering problems simultaneously, or else you’ll die. Your body enables you to see and hear. It heals you from injuries and diseases. It maintains your temperature. It makes it possible for you to wield a sledgehammer during the day and play...

難解な専門書に挫折した人でも心地よく理解できる、人体の情報伝達ネットワークを解き明かすやさしい科学入門体験。静かな夜のリラックスタイムや毎日の通勤電車の中で、あなた自身の体内で絶え間なく続くミクロの...

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.

Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today’s most common diseases, we have to turn to...

In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing...

How does the brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before. In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the pioneering work his lab and the labs of other cognitive neuroscientists worldwide have accomplished in defining, testing, and explaining the brain events behind a conscious state.

At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes' still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only 3,000 years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion - and indeed our future.

An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FORTNUM & MASON'S DEBUT FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 AN ECONOMIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONE'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 Chosen by the...

Metabolism, behavior, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing, puberty, and sex: these are just a few of the things our bodies control with hormones. Armed with a healthy dose of wit and curiosity, Randi Hutter Epstein takes us on a journey through the unusual history of these potent chemicals and their discovery, from the London laboratory where the concept of hormones was identified to a basement filled with jarred brains to a canine sex lab.

Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It’s an entire world, a colony full of life. In other words, you contain multitudes. These microscopic companions sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes. They also hold the key...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD "Glorious. . .You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design." —The Washington Post Bill Bryson, bestselling author...

難解な人体科学の専門用語を捨て去り、何気ない呼吸や歩行の裏側で休むことなく連携する、細胞や器官という精巧な生命システムの驚くべき物語を鮮やかに描き出します。慌ただしい通勤電車の中や一日の疲れを癒す静...

未知の病原体に対する不安を、免疫系を賢く鍛える確かな知識へと変える、初心者にもやさしい予防医学の入門書です。毎日のように飛び交う医療ニュースに戸惑うことなく、自分自身の健康を守るための揺るぎない判断...

日々のストレスや漠然とした疲労感を抱えるあなたへ、難解な脳科学をあたたかい日常の風景に落とし込み、心とからだのつながりを解き明かす癒やしのポピュラーサイエンス体験をお届けします。通勤電車の中や夜のリ...

日常のすり傷の奥深くで密かに稼働する驚異の自己修復システムをミクロの視点で紐解き、人体の仕組みに対する深い驚きと愛おしさを呼び覚まします。夜のリラックスタイムや一日を終えて静かに過ごすひとときに耳を...

私たちの体でひっそりと暮らす目に見えない同居人、マイクロバイオームの不思議な世界を旅して、あなた自身の体を愛おしく感じるやさしい科学入門体験を。通勤中の慌ただしい時間や就寝前の静かなリラックスタイム...

難解な医学用語の壁を打ち破り、あなたの体内で24時間休まず働く「免疫システム」という最強の防衛チームの驚くべきメカニズムを鮮やかに解き明かします。満員電車に揺られる通勤時間や、一日の疲れを癒す就寝前の...