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Making Sense of Science: Separating Substance from Spin
Cornelia Dean · The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pages: 296
Format: Print book
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"I'm not a scientist" is a familiar refrain among people asked to evaluate scientific claims they feel are beyond their ken. Most citizens learn about science from media coverage, and even the most conscientious reporters sometimes struggle to offer a clear, unbiased explanation... |
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Wild Connection: What Animal Courtship and Mating Tell Us about Human Relationships
Jennifer L. Verdolin · Prometheus Books
Format: Print book
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Wild Kingdom meets Sex and the City in this scientific perspective on dating and relationships.A specialist in animal behavior compares the courtship rituals and mating behaviors of animals to their human equivalents, revealing the many and often surprising ways we are both similar to and different... |
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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 448
Format: Print book
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A new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care, law enforcement, and our understanding of the human mindEmotions feel automatic to us; that's why scientists have long assumed that emotions are hardwired in the body or the brain. Today,... |
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13.8: The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything
John Gribbin · Yale University Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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The twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics. The general theory of relativity describes the behavior of very large things, and quantum theory the behavior of very small things. In this landmark book, John Gribbin - one of the best-known science writers of the past thirty... |
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Alone in the Universe: Why Our Planet Is Unique
John Gribbin · Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The acclaimed author of In Search of Schrödingers Cat searches for life on other planetsAre we alone in the universe? Surely amidst the immensity of the cosmos there must be other intelligent life out there. Dont be so sure, says John Gribbin, one of todays best popular science writers.... |
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If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body
James Hamblin · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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"If you want to understand the strange workings of the human body, and the future of medicine, you must read this illuminating, engaging book." - Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Gene In 2014, James Hamblin launched a series of videos for The Atlantic called "If Our Bodies... |
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Bright Rivers: Celebrations of Rivers and Fly-fishing
Nick Lyons · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Bright Rivers chronicles the angling passions and frustrations of one of fly-fishing's greatest men of letters.A city dweller trapped in the complexities of modern life, Nick Lyons has always found solace in his pilgrimages to great rivers. It is there that he fishes for trout, and in Bright... |
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The Truth About Tesla: The Myth of the Lone Genius in the History of Innovation
Christopher Cooper · Race Point Publishing
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
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Everything you think you know about Nikola Tesla is wrong.Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest electrical inventors who ever lived. For years, the engineering genius was relegated to relative obscurity, his contributions to humanity (we are told) obscured by a number of nineteenth-century... |
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Beyond the War on Invasive Species: A Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration
Tao Orion · Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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Invasive species are everywhere, from forests and prairies to mountaintops and river mouths. Their rampant nature and sheer numbers appear to overtake fragile native species and forever change the ecosystems that they depend on. Concerns that invasive species represent significant threats... |
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