|
The Secret Life of the Human Body: Uncover the Hidden Workings of Your Body
John Clancy · Firefly Books
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
|
|
Getting to know just how intricate and fascinating our bodies are. Most of us take our body for granted and are never aware of its amazing capabilities. The Secret Life of the Human Body reveals just how intricate and fascinating our body is. Using offbeat illustrations and concise text,... |
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
The Practical Astronomer, 2nd Edition: Explore the Wonders of the Night Sky
Anton Vamplew · DK
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
|
|
A complete introduction to observing and understanding the night sky, explaining and demystifying stargazing to recognize objects and explain how they move through the sky over the night and the year.Explore the wonders of the night sky in The Practical Astronomer. Informative and easy-to-use... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Edward Condon's Cooperative Vision: Science, Industry, and Innovation in Modern America
Thomas C. Lassman · University of Pittsburgh Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
|
|
As a professor of physics at Princeton University for nearly ten years, Edward Condon sealed his reputation as one of the sharpest minds in the field and a pioneer in quantum theoretical physics. Then, in 1937, he left it all behind to pursue an industrial career - first at the Westinghouse... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Silencing the Bomb: One Scientist's Quest to Halt Nuclear Testing
L R Sykes · Columbia University Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
|
|
In December 2016, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved their iconic "Doomsday Clock" thirty seconds forward to two and a half minutes to midnight, the latest it has been set since 1952, the year of the first United States hydrogen bomb test. But a group of scientists -- geologists,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Astronomy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
INC DORLING KINDERSLEY · DK
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
|
|
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.... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything
Randi Hutter Epstein · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A guided tour through the strange science of hormones and the age-old quest to control them.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,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Body Leaping Backward: Memoir of a Delinquent Girlhood
Maureen Stanton · HighBridge Audio
Format: Audiobook
|
|
For Maureen Stanton's proper Catholic mother, the town's maximum security prison was a way to keep her seven children in line ("If you don't behave, I'll put you in Walpole Prison!") . But as the 1970s brought upheaval to America, and the lines between good and bad blurred,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery
Barbara K Lipska · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
|
|
As a deadly cancer spread inside her brain, leading neuroscientist Barbara Lipska was plunged into madness - only to miraculously survive with her memories intact. In the tradition of My Stroke of Insight and Brain on Fire, this powerful memoir recounts her ordeal and explains its unforgettable... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Your Brain Is a Time Machine: The Neuroscience and Physics of Time
Dean Buonomano · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
|
|
A leading neuroscientist embarks on a groundbreaking exploration of how time works inside the brain.In Your Brain Is a Time Machine, brain researcher and best-selling author Dean Buonomano draws on evolutionary biology, physics, and philosophy to present his influential theory of how we tell,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Mystery of Sleep: Why a Good Night's Rest Is Vital to a Better, Healthier Life
MEIR KRYGER · Yale University Press
Pages: 330
Format: Hardcover
|
|
An authoritative and accessible guide to what happens when we shut our eyes at night We spend a third of our lives in bed, but how much do we really understand about how sleep affects us? In the past forty years, scientists have discovered that our sleep (or lack of it) can affect... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Math Behind...: Discover the Mathematics of Everyday Events
COLIN BEVERIDGE · Firefly Books
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
|
|
An entertaining illustrated reference to the role of mathematics in everyday life. The Math Behind... is a fascinating compilation of everyday events analyzed for their probability of occurring and how those odds are determined using mathematical equations and science. The book examines... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Genetics of Health: Understand Your Genes for Better Health
Sharad P Paul · Atria ; Hillsboro
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
|
|
Take charge of your health by understanding the connection between our evolutionary past and our future wellbeing with this practical guide to personalized health and nutrition - from distinguished physician Dr. Sharad Paul.Recognized as one of the best in his field, surgeon, academic,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Planet Hunters: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Lucas Ellerbroek · Reaktion Books
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Astronomers are on the verge of answering one of our most profound questions: are we alone in the universe? The ability to detect life in remote solar systems is at last within sight, and its discovery - even if only in microbial form - would revolutionize our self-image. Planet Hunters... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
