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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.

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...

Getting a good night’s sleep on a regular basis is essential to living a happy and healthy life, but why is it harder for some of us than others? How do our sleeping patterns change throughout our lives, and what are the long-term effects for bad sleepers? These are the types of questions that jump into every person’s head while they toss and turn, unable to ‘drop off’.

“Unless you make it yourself, you have no idea what you are eating and Kristin Lawless explains why. You better read this book before you put another bite of food in your or your kids mouths!” — Laurie David, Academy Award winning producer of An Inconvenient Truth and Fed Up From the voice...

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.

En los sótanos del museo de Ciencia e Industria de Manchester hay una caja de cristal con unas pequeñas virutas que parecen fragmentos de piel seca. Estos restos son lo que queda de los globos oculares de John Dalton, el padre de la teoría atómica y el primer científico en describir la...

Por qué algunas personas de 40 años se ven de 60, mientras que otras de 60 años se ven de 40? La doctora Elizabeth Blackburn descubrió un indicador biológico llamado telomerasa, la enzima que reabastece los telómeros -los extremos de los cromosomas encargados de proteger nuestro patrimonio genético.

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.

Eine unterhaltsame Reise durch den menschlichen Körper mit Bill Bryson (»Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem«) 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...

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...

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".

What are we not seeing? 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...

'Gets right to the heart of what makes us what we are. Read it!' Angela Saini, author of Inferior and Superior: The Return of Race Science Popular science master Brian Clegg’s new book is an entertaining tour through the science of what makes you you. From the atomic level, through life and...