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Author : Scientific American Editors
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ISBN 13 : 9780671637101
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (371 download)
Download or read book Scientific American Reader written by Scientific American Editors and published by . This book was released on 1953-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : University of Chicago. Press
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ISBN 13 : 9780226742649
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (426 download)
Download or read book Infectious Disease written by University of Chicago. Press and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects thirty of the most exciting, innovative, and significant articles on communicable illness published in the pages of Scientific American magazine since 1993. With sections devoted to viral infections, infectious disease, the immune system, and global management and treatment issues, Infectious Disease provides general readers and students with an excellent overview of recent research in the field. Roger I. Glass discusses a potential vaccine for the rotavirus--a leading cause of severe childhood diarrhea world wide and frequent killer of young children in developing nations. Jeffery K. Taubenberger and colleagues investigate the virulent strain of influenza that killed up to 40 million people in 1919 to suggest treatments and recommend preventative measures. And Paul R. Epstein looks into whether global warming could be harmful to our health, untangling research that suggests that many diseases will flourish as Earth's atmosphere heats up.
Author : Judith Horstman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118109538
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (181 download)
Download or read book The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain written by Judith Horstman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who do we love? Who loves us? And why? Is love really a mystery, or can neuroscience offer some answers to these age-old questions? In her third enthralling book about the brain, Judith Horstman takes us on a lively tour of our most important sex and love organ and the whole smorgasbord of our many kinds of love-from the bonding of parent and child to the passion of erotic love, the affectionate love of companionship, the role of animals in our lives, and the love of God. Drawing on the latest neuroscience, she explores why and how we are born to love-how we're hardwired to crave the companionship of others, and how very badly things can go without love. Among the findings: parental love makes our brain bigger, sex and orgasm make it healthier, social isolation makes it miserable-and although the craving for romantic love can be described as an addiction, friendship may actually be the most important loving relationship of your life. Based on recent studies and articles culled from the prestigious Scientific American and Scientific American Mind magazines, The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex, and the Brain offers a fascinating look at how the brain controls our loving relationships, most intimate moments, and our deep and basic need for connection.
Author : Scientific American
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226742694
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (426 download)
Download or read book Evolution written by Scientific American and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2006-09-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Scopes “Monkey Trial” of 1925 to the court ruling against the Dover Area School Board’s proposed intelligent design curriculum in 2005, few scientific topics have engendered as much controversy—or grabbed as many headlines—as evolution. And since the debate shows no signs of abating, there is perhaps no better time to step back and ask: What is evolution? Defined as the gradual process by which something changes into a different and usually more complex and efficient form, evolution explains the formation of the universe, the nature of viruses, and the emergence of humans. A first-rate summary of the actual science of evolution, this Scientific American reader is a timely collection that gives readers an opportunity to consider evolution’s impact in various settings. Divided into four sections that consider the evolution of the universe, cells, dinosaurs, and humans, Evolution brings together more than thirty articles written by some of the world’s most respected evolutionary scientists. As tour guides through the genesis of the universe and complex cells, P. James E. Peebles examines the evidence in support of an expanding cosmos, while Christian de Duve discusses the birth of eukaryotes. In an article that anticipated his book Full House, Stephen Jay Gould argues that chance and contingency are as important as natural selection for evolutionary change. And Ian Tatersall makes two fascinating contributions, submitting his view that the schematic of human evolution looks less like a ladder and more like a bush. With the latest on what’s being researched at every level of evolutionary studies, from prospects of life on other planets to the inner working of cells, Evolution offers general readers an opportunity to update their knowledge on this hot topic while giving students an introduction to the problems and methodologies of an entire field of inquiry.
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Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (636 download)
Download or read book Scientific American Reader written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Judith Horstman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470500514
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)
Download or read book The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain written by Judith Horstman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what’s happening in your brain as you go through a typical day and night? This fascinating book presents an hour-by-hour round-the-clock journal of your brain’s activities. Drawing on the treasure trove of information from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind magazines as well as original material written specifically for this book, Judith Horstman weaves together a compelling description of your brain at work and at play. The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain reveals what’s going on in there while you sleep and dream, how your brain makes memories and forms addictions and why we sometimes make bad decisions. The book also offers intriguing information about your emotional brain, and what’s happening when you’re feeling love, lust, fear and anxiety—and how sex, drugs and rock and roll tickle the same spots. Based on the latest scientific information, the book explores your brain’s remarkable ability to change, how your brain can make new neurons even into old age and why multitasking may be bad for you. Your brain is uniquely yours – but research is showing many of its day-to-day cycles are universal. This book gives you a look inside your brain and some insights into why you may feel and act as you do. The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain is written in the entertaining, informative and easy-to-understand style that fans of Scientific American and Scientific American Mind magazine have come to expect.
Author : Scientific American Editors
Publisher : Scientific American
ISBN 13 : 1466858974
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Ask the Experts: The Human Body and Mind written by Scientific American Editors and published by Scientific American. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For going on two decades, Scientific American's "Ask the Experts" column has been answering reader questions on all fields of science. We've taken your questions from the basic to the esoteric and reached out to top scientists, professors and researchers to find out why the sky is blue or how planets acquire rings. Now, we've combed through our archives and have compiled some of the most interesting questions (and answers) into a series of eBooks. Organized by subject, each eBook provides short, easily digestible answers to questions on that particular branch of the sciences. The Human Body and Mind is the third eBook in this series, and it tackles questions about our own strange and mysterious biology. [Note: Health and medicine will be covered in a separate eBook.] Our experts field queries on evolution, bodily quirks and psychological feats. Have you ever wondered why humans lost their body hair? Curious about what causes a hangover? Or what makes that popping sound when we crack our knuckles? What about the oft-cited maxim that we only use 10 percent of our brains? Professors, scientists and biologists provide answers that are at once accurate, understandable and sometimes just plain funny.
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Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Oceans written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering nearly three-quarters of our planet, the world's oceans are a vast and unique ecosystem from which all life on Earth originated. But each year the marine realm is more susceptible to harm by careless exploitation, and as demands for food, waste disposal, transport, and travel increase, the fate of the world's oceans hangs in the balance. This timely guide explores this expansive-and fragile-frontier. Oceans collects more than thirty thematically arranged articles from the past decade, including recent pieces written in the wake of the 2004 tsunami, and features articles that investigate the origins of the world's oceans, the diversity of life in the water, the state of global fisheries, the dangers of natural disasters, and the perils oceans face, whether induced by nature or by humans. With a breadth of topics as wide as the ocean is deep, this Scientific American anthology will be indispensible for readers interested in the evolution, ecology, and conservation of the oceanic ecosystem. Scientific American, the premier general-interest science magazine, reports the most important developments in modern science, medicine, and technology to more than three million readers worldwide. The oldest continuously published magazine in the United States, it has been at the forefront of science for more than 150 years. Evolution: A Scientific American Reader, is also published by the University of Chicago Press. Book jacket.
Author : Cal Flyn
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1984878204
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)
Download or read book Islands of Abandonment written by Cal Flyn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence "[Flyn] captures the dread, sadness, and wonder of beholding the results of humanity's destructive impulse, and she arrives at a new appreciation of life, 'all the stranger and more valuable for its resilence.'" --The New Yorker Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports thousands of species that are extinct or endangered everywhere else on earth in the Korean peninsula's narrow DMZ. Cal Flyn, an investigative journalist, exceptional nature writer, and promising new literary voice visits the eeriest and most desolate places on Earth that due to war, disaster, disease, or economic decay, have been abandoned by humans. What she finds every time is an "island" of teeming new life: nature has rushed in to fill the void faster and more thoroughly than even the most hopeful projections of scientists. Islands of Abandonment is a tour through these new ecosystems, in all their glory, as sites of unexpected environmental significance, where the natural world has reasserted its wild power and promise. And while it doesn't let us off the hook for addressing environmental degradation and climate change, it is a case that hope is far from lost, and it is ultimately a story of redemption: the most polluted spots on Earth can be rehabilitated through ecological processes and, in fact, they already are.
Author : Judith Horstman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470602813
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)
Download or read book The Scientific American Brave New Brain written by Judith Horstman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating and highly accessible book presents fantastic but totally feasible projections of what your brain may be capable of in the near future. It shows how scientific breakthroughs and amazing research are turning science fiction into science fact. In this brave new book, you'll explore: How partnerships between biological sciences and technology are helping the deaf hear, the blind see, and the paralyzed communicate. How our brains can repair and improve themselves, erase traumatic memories How we can stay mentally alert longer—and how we may be able to halt or even reverse Alzheimers How we can control technology with brain waves, including prosthetic devices, machinery, computers—and even spaceships or clones. Insights into how science may cure fatal diseases, and improve our intellectual and physical productivity Judith Horstman presents a highly informative and entertaining look at the future of your brain, based on articles from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind magazines, and the work of today’s visionary neuroscientists.
Author : Scientific American
Publisher : W. H. Freeman
ISBN 13 : 9781429210454
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Black Holes Scientific American Reader Special Edition written by Scientific American and published by W. H. Freeman. This book was released on 2007-05-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger A. Freedman
Publisher : W H Freeman & Company
ISBN 13 : 9781429210478
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Universe + Black Holes Scientific American Reader written by Roger A. Freedman and published by W H Freeman & Company. This book was released on 2008-03-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Professor Peter O Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780716775027
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Psychology & Scientific American Reader written by Professor Peter O Gray and published by . This book was released on 2006-04-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Scientific American
Publisher : W. H. Freeman
ISBN 13 : 9780716772507
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Immunology Scientific American Reader written by Scientific American and published by W. H. Freeman. This book was released on 2005-01-04 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Scientific American
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780716753193
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (531 download)
Download or read book The Scientific American Reader to Accompany Abnormal Psychology written by Scientific American and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-06-29 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from Scientific American, this full-color collection of articles enhances coverage of important topics within the course. The selections have been hand picked by Ron Comer, who provides a preview and discussion questions for each article.
Author : Scientific American
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226742687
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (426 download)
Download or read book Evolution written by Scientific American and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2006-09-15 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Scopes “Monkey Trial” of 1925 to the court ruling against the Dover Area School Board’s proposed intelligent design curriculum in 2005, few scientific topics have engendered as much controversy—or grabbed as many headlines—as evolution. And since the debate shows no signs of abating, there is perhaps no better time to step back and ask: What is evolution? Defined as the gradual process by which something changes into a different and usually more complex and efficient form, evolution explains the formation of the universe, the nature of viruses, and the emergence of humans. A first-rate summary of the actual science of evolution, this Scientific American reader is a timely collection that gives readers an opportunity to consider evolution’s impact in various settings. Divided into four sections that consider the evolution of the universe, cells, dinosaurs, and humans, Evolution brings together more than thirty articles written by some of the world’s most respected evolutionary scientists. As tour guides through the genesis of the universe and complex cells, P. James E. Peebles examines the evidence in support of an expanding cosmos, while Christian de Duve discusses the birth of eukaryotes. In an article that anticipated his book Full House, Stephen Jay Gould argues that chance and contingency are as important as natural selection for evolutionary change. And Ian Tatersall makes two fascinating contributions, submitting his view that the schematic of human evolution looks less like a ladder and more like a bush. With the latest on what’s being researched at every level of evolutionary studies, from prospects of life on other planets to the inner working of cells, Evolution offers general readers an opportunity to update their knowledge on this hot topic while giving students an introduction to the problems and methodologies of an entire field of inquiry.
Author : Richard A. Griggs
Publisher : Worth Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781429261869
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (618 download)
Download or read book Scientific American Reader for Griggs written by Richard A. Griggs and published by Worth Publishers. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
