Addressing the moral, social, and political questions raised by the Human Genome Project, a scientific and philosophical study considers such areas as genetic therapy, genetic disc...Kitcher, PhilipFree Pressmartes, 21 de enero de 2020
A Brain Scientist's Personal JourneyA brain scientists recounts her experiences after suffering a stroke at the age of thirty-seven, describing her discovery of differences in the left and right side of the brain and...Jill Bolte TaylorVikingmartes, 21 de enero de 2020
A Brain Scientist's Personal JourneyA brain scientist discusses suffering a stroke at the age of thirty-seven, describing her discovery of differences in the left and right side of the brain and the steps she took ov...Ph.D., Jill Bolte Taylor,Plumesábado, 18 de enero de 2020
How 10 Toes, 52 Bones, and 66 Muscles Shaped the Human WorldArgues that it is the human foot, not brain, that distinguishes humans from other animal species and examines the role of feet in science, medicine, and culture.Rinzier, Carol AnnEditors Varissábado, 18 de enero de 2020
The New Science of Language and MindIn this exhilarating book, Steven Pinker asserts that language should not be seen as a cultural artefact that we learn in the way we learn to tell the time, but as a distinct part ...Pinker, StevenPenguin Books Ltdsábado, 18 de enero de 2020
The Emergence of a New Science of MindThe author relates how his own study of memory converged with four distinct disciplines to give rise to the development of a new science of the mind that has changed our understand...Kandel, Eric R.Editors Varissábado, 18 de enero de 2020
Presents a critique of classical Darwinism, covering its core elements, history, and origins, and offers a new structure of evolutionary thought.Stephen Jay Gould Steven ...Harvard University Presssábado, 18 de enero de 2020
A Neuroscience PrimerDeveloped for those with no prior exposure to the field, this primer is an authoritative yet accessible introduction to the brain and its functions. Written by a leading neuroscien...Richard F. ThompsonSan Francisco : W. H. Freeman, c1976.sábado, 18 de enero de 2020
The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of ScienceWINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016 'A thrilling adventure story' Bill Bryson 'Dazzling' Literary Review 'Brilliant' Sunday...Andrea WulfJohn Murrayjueves, 16 de enero de 2020
Religion as a Natural PhenomenonExplores the nature of faith and how religion shapes everyday life, addressing controversial issues about the relevance of faith, while tracing the history of organized religion fr...Dennett, Daniel ClementEditors Varisviernes, 3 de enero de 2020
Scenes from the Living LaboratoryFrom the sheep, dog, and cockerel that were sent aloft in Montgolfier's balloon to test the air over Paris, to the famous clone Dolly the Sheep and the Darwinian finches of the Gal...Rom HarreOxford ; Oxford University Press, 2009.viernes, 3 de enero de 2020
A Trilogy Unifying Philosophy, Physics, and MetaphysicsMy Big TOE, written by a nuclear physicist in the language of contemporary Western culture, unifies science and philosophy, physics and metaphysics, mind and matter, purpose and me...CampbellEditors Varisviernes, 3 de enero de 2020
A BiographyHow did the universe grow from a tiny fireball to its present size? Where did life on earth come from? How do planets form? How will it end? . . . And how do we even know all this ...John GribbinEditors Varisviernes, 3 de enero de 2020
Everything That Can Happen Does HappenFrom the bestselling authors of Why does E=mc2? comes The Quantum Universe, in which Brian Cox, presenter of the BBC's Wonders of the Solar System and Wonders of the Universe, and ...Brian Cox Jeffrey Robert ...Penguinviernes, 3 de enero de 2020
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