Scientific American: 19 books
The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain
A 24 hour Journal of What's Happening in Your Brain as you Sleep, Dream, Wake Up, Eat, Work, Play, Fight, Love, Worry, Compete, Hope, Make Important Decisions, Age and Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2009
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...
The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain
The Neuroscience of How, When, Why and Who We Love
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
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...
The Scientific American Healthy Aging Brain
The Neuroscience of Making the Most of Your Mature Mind
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Good news about getting older from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind
The Scientific American Healthy Aging Brain taps into the most current research to present a realistic and encouraging view of the well-aged brain, a sobering look at what can go wrong––and at what might...
by Scientific American
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
From the longest running column in Scientific American's history comes this collection of fascinating projects for amateur astronomers
For over seventy years, "The Amateur Scientist" column in Scientific American has helped people explore their world and make original discoveries. This collection...
Scientific American Inventions and Discoveries
All the Milestones in Ingenuity--From the Discovery of Fire to the Invention of the Microwave Oven
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
A unique A-to-Z reference of brilliance in innovation and invention
Combining engagingly written, well-researched history with the respected imprimatur of Scientific American magazine, this authoritative, accessible reference provides a wide-ranging overview of the inventions, technological...
Scientific American's Ask the Experts
Answers to The Most Puzzling and Mind-Blowing Science Questions
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Why is the night sky dark? How do dolphins sleep without drowning? Why do hangovers occur? Will time travel ever be a reality? What makes a knuckleball appear to flutter? Why are craters always round?
There's only one source to turn to for the answers to the most puzzling and thought-provoking...
by Editors of Scientific American
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Drawn from the pages of Scientific American and collected here for the first time, this work contains updated and condensed information, made accessible to a general popular science audience, on the subject of artificial intelligence.
by Editors of Scientific American
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Drawn from the pages of Scientific American and collected here for the first time, this work contains updated and condensed information, made accessible to a general popular science audience, on the subject of cosmology.
by Brian Clegg, Scientific American
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Scientific American's daily Sixty-Second Science podcast was such an unexpected success, with millions of downloads, that a spin-off site was created around the concept of bite-sized science. This new series of books will tackle the biggest topics in science by breaking them up into quick and easy...
by Editors of Scientific American
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Drawn from the pages of Scientific American and collected here for the first time, this work contains updated and condensed information, made accessible to a general popular science audience, on the subject of understanding the genome.
by Peter Jedicke, Scientific American
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
These 34 Scientific American selections from 1995-1999 explore extreme construction projects (e.g., the world's longest suspension bridge and tallest buildings); and developments in transportation by air, space, sea, and road. Includes illustrations and suggested reading.
by Editors of Scientific American
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Drawn from the pages of Scientific American and collected here for the first time, this work contains updated and condensed information, made accessible to a general popular science audience, on the subject of cloning.
by Emily Anthes, Scientific American
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2008
Everything from neurons to consciousness in the blink of an eye (which takes 300 milliseconds).
Take a "fantastic voyage" through the whorls and curves of the human brain, no miniaturization required. Learn everything from how quickly you can possibly think (and that left-handed people...
Extreme Science: Chasing the Ghost Bat
And Other Mysteries of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
From the pages of Scientific American comes the latest information and explorations into the bizarre realm of the natural world, including:
-Our oldest relatives and the discovery of missing links
-Strange predators, from flesh-eating chimps to the lethal Komodo dragon
-Strange plant life,...
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