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The Pleasure Shock: The Rise of Deep Brain Stimulation and Its Forgotten Inventor
Lone Frank · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The electrifying, forgotten history of Robert Heath's brain pacemaker, investigating the origins and ethics of one of today's most promising medical breakthroughs: deep brain stimulationThe technology invented by psychiatrist Robert G. Heath at Tulane University in the 1950s and '60s has been... |
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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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The History of the Future
Edward McPherson · Coffee House Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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"In The History of the Future, McPherson explores America in all its beauty and strangeness. He is funny and searching - a joy to read." - Elizabeth KolbertPraise for Edward McPherson:"Mr. McPherson is an intrepid traveler. . . a charming and literate companion, and he approaches... |
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The Earth Gazers: On Seeing Ourselves
CHRISTOPHER POTTER · Pegasus Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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It will soon be the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned mission to the moon, when men first saw for themselves the Earth as a sphere falling through space -- they saw a world without borders and these images continue to give hope and inspire.Only twenty-four people have seen the whole... |
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Your Place in the Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence
Paul M. Sutter · Prometheus Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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An astrophysicist presents an in-depth yet accessible tour of the universe for lay readers, while conveying the excitement of astronomy.How is a galaxy billions of lightyears away connected to us? Is our home nothing more than a tiny speck of blue in an ocean of night? In this exciting... |
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Differential Equations for Engineers and Scientists
C G LAMBE · Dover Publications
Pages: 384
Format: eBook
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This concise applications-oriented text is intended for undergraduate students in engineering, mathematics, and other areas of science. The first chapters focus on solutions of first order equations, linear equations with constant coefficients, and simultaneous equations and reducible equations.... |
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Atom Land: A Guided Tour Through the Strange
Jon Butterworth · The Experiment
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry: a richly conjured world, in map and metaphor, of particle physicsAtom Land brings the impossibly small world of particle physics to life, taking readers on a guided journey through the subatomic world. Readers... |
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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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Playing the Ponies and Other Medical Mysteries Solved
Stuart B Mushlin · Rutgers University Press Medicine
Pages: 174
Format: Hardcover
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With over forty years of experience as a sought after diagnostician, Dr. Stuart Mushlin has cracked his share of medical mysteries, ones in which there are bigger gambles than playing the ponies at the track. Some of his patients show up with puzzling symptoms, calling for savvy medical... |
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Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine
William Rosen · Viking
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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The epic history of how antibiotics were born, saving millions of lives and creating a vast new industry known as Big Pharma.As late as the 1930s, virtually no drug intended for sickness did any good; doctors could set bones, deliver babies, and offer palliative care. That all changed in less... |
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The Truth about Language: What It Is and Where It Came From
Michael C Corballis · The University of Chicago Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Evolutionary science has long viewed language as, basically, a fortunate accident - a crossing of wires that happened to be extraordinarily useful, setting humans apart from other animals and onto a trajectory that would see their brains (and the products of those brains) become increasingly... |
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Out There: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel
Michael Wall · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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We've all asked ourselves the question. It's impossible to look up at the stars and NOT think about it: Are we alone in the universe? Books, movies and television shows proliferate that attempt to answer this question and explore it. In OUT THERE Space.com senior writer Dr. Michael Wall... |
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