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Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World
MITCH PRINSTEIN · Viking Pages: 273 Format: Hardcover
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A leading psychologist examines how our popularity affects our success, our relationships, and our happiness - and why we don't always want to be the most popularNo matter how old you are, there's a good chance that the word "popular" immediately transports you back to your teenage... |
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Darwin's First Theory: Exploring Darwin's Quest for a Theory of Earth
R L Wesson · Pegasus Books Pages: 384 Format: Print book
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An acclaimed geologist leads the reader on an adventure through the landscape that absorbed and inspired Charles Darwin.Everybody knows -- or thinks they know -- Charles Darwin, the father of evolution and the man who altered the way we view our place in the world. But what most people... |
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The Health of Nations: The Campaign to End Polio and Eradicate Epidemic Diseases
Karen Bartlett · Oneworld Publications Pages: 294 Format: Hardcover
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"Anyone interested in public health and its interface with politics will find both hope and frustration here. A fascinating look at epidemiology and the challenges that public health workers face." -- Library JournalWhat would a world without disease look like? With the victory... |
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Patient H69: The Story of My Second Sight
Vanessa Potter · Bloomsbury Sigma Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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In 2012, Vanessa Potter, a married advertising film producer with two young children, was stricken by Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) , a rare illness that resulted in sudden blindness and paralysis. She was hospitalized for two weeks. Over the next five months at home,... |
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Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution
Jonathan B Losos · Riverhead Books Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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A major new work overturning our assumptions about how evolution works Earth's natural history is full of fascinating instances of convergence: phenomena like eyes and wings and tree-climbing lizards that have evolved independently, multiple times. But evolutionary biologists also point... |
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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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The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything
MARCUS CHOWN · Pegasus Books Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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Why the force that keeps our feet on the ground holds the key to understanding the nature of time and the origin of the universe. Gravity is the weakest force in the everyday world yet it is the strongest force in the universe. It was the first force to be recognized and described yet it is the least... |
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Deviate: The Science of Seeing Differently
Beau Lotto · Hachette Books Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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Beau Lotto, the world-renowned neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and two-time TED speaker, takes us on a tour of how we perceive the world, and how disrupting it leads us to create and innovate. Perception is the foundation of human experience, but few of us understand why we see what... |
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Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses
John Dvorak · Pegasus Books Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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They have been thought of as harbingers of evil as well as a sign of the divine. Eclipses -- one of the rarest and most stunning celestial events we can witness here on Earth -- have shaped the course of human history and thought since humans first turned their eyes to the sky.What do Virginia... |
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The Astronomy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
INC DORLING KINDERSLEY · DK Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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An essential guide to milestone developments in astronomy, telling the story of our ideas about space, time, and the physics of the cosmos - from ancient times to the present day.From planets and stars to black holes and the Big Bang, take a journey through the wonders of the universe.... |
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Strange Science
Portable Press (San Diego · Portable Press Pages: 416 Format: Paperback
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This amazing volume from the Bathroom Readers' Institute contains the strangest short science articles from dozens of Bathroom Readers - along with 50 all-new pages. From the oddest theories to the most astounding discoveries to the biggest blunders, Strange Science has all the facts... |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far: Why Are We Here?
Lawrence M Krauss · Atria Books Pages: 336 Format: Print book
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Internationally renowned, award-winning theoretical physicist, New York Times bestselling author of A Universe from Nothing, and passionate advocate for reason, Lawrence Krauss tells the dramatic story of the discovery of the hidden world of reality - a grand poetic vision of nature - and how we find... |
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Solving Everyday Problems with the Scientific Method: Thinking Like a Scientist
Don K Mak · World Scientific Publishing Company Pages: 332 Format: Paperback
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This book describes how one can use The Scientific Method to solve everyday problems including medical ailments, health issues, money management, traveling, shopping, cooking, household chores, etc. It illustrates how to exploit the information collected from our five senses, how to solve... |
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The Power of Stars
BRYAN E PENPRASE · SPRINGER Pages: 225 Format: Print book
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Completely revised and updated, this new edition provides a readable, beautifully illustrated journey through world cultures and the vibrant array of sky mythology, creation stories, models of the universe, temples and skyscrapers that each culture has created to celebrate and respond to the power... |
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