Sheril Kirshenbaum: 2 books
The Science of Kissing
What Our Lips Are Telling Us
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2011
From a noted science journalist comes a wonderfully witty and fascinating exploration of how and why we kiss.
When did humans begin to kiss? Why is kissing integral to some cultures and alien to others? Do good kissers make the best lovers? And is that expensive lip-plumping gloss worth it?...
Unscientific America
How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2009
Climate change, the energy crisis, nuclear proliferation-many of the most urgent problems of the twenty-first century require scientific solutions, yet America is paying less and less attention to scientists. For every five hours of cable news, less than one minute is devoted to science, and the number...