Human Physiology category: 622 books
by Charles Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex - Fully Illustrated Edition.
is a book on evolutionary theory by Charles Darwin, It was Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory, following his work, On the Origin of Species, in which he explored the concept of natural selection. In...
Blood
An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
Essence and emblem of life--feared, revered, mythologized, and used in magic and medicine from earliest times--human blood is now the center of a huge, secretive, and often dangerous worldwide commerce. It is a commerce whose impact upon humanity rivals that of any other business--millions of lives...
Masters of the Planet
The Search for Our Human Origins
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
50,000 years ago – merely a blip in evolutionary time – our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their own precursors had been doing for millions of years. Yet something about our species separated it from the pack, and led to its survival...
by Isabella Alston
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
The human body is an immensely complex and amazing system, but sometimes something goes haywire and causes one or more of its vital elements to misfire, resulting in bizarre and often devastating anatomical anomalies. Such physical abnormalities in times past often meant that the affected individuals...
Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery
The Race to Find the Body's Own Morphine
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The “fascinating” story of the global scientific race to discover and unlock the power of endorphins—the body’s own morphine (The New Yorker).
In 1973, scientists John Hughes and Hans Kosterlitz were studying pig brains in an underfunded laboratory in Aberdeen, Sweden. During their...
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
A Day in the Life of Your Body
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2008
Did you know that you can tell time in your sleep? That women have more nightmares than men? Or that up to half of the calories you consume can be burned off simply by fidgeting? In Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream, acclaimed science writer Jennifer Ackerman takes us on an astonishing and illuminating...
Normal at Any Cost
Tall Girls, Short Boys, and the Medical Industry's Quest toManipulate Height
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
A fascinating story of medical experimentation, parental love, and the extreme measures taken to make children fit within ?the norm.?
Most people rarely think about their height beyond a little wishing and hoping. But for the parents of children who are ridiculed by their peers for being extraordinarily...
The Sublime Engine
A Biography of the Human Heart
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
The heart has consistently captured the human imagination. It has been singled out as a cultural icon, the repository of our deepest religious and artistic impulses, the organ whose steady functioning is understood, both literally and symbolically, as the very life force itself. The Sublime Engine will...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
We all know our eyes from our elbows but what are the duodenum, the basal ganglia, and the islets of Langerhans? Could you locate any of them, let alone say how they make you tick? For an instant, edifying diagnosis of your amazing self, inside and out, simply digest these 50 easy-to-swallow topics....
Why Don't Your Eyelashes Grow?
Curious Questions Kids Ask About the Human Body
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2008
Read Beth Ann Ditkoff's posts on the Penguin Blog.
Ever wondered what that small dewdrop thing is in the back of your throat? Or why you hiccup? Why Don’t Your Eyelashes Grow? addresses every weird question about your body that you could think of—or didn’t even think to ask. Prompted...
The Trouble With Testosterone
And Other Essays On The Biology Of The Human Predi
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
From the man who Oliver Sacks hailed as “one of the best scientist/writers of our time,” a collection of sharply observed, uproariously funny essays on the biology of human culture and behavior.
In the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould and...
Betrayed by Nature
The War on Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Seven million people die from cancer each year around the world, and many more are impacted by this universal scourge. In Betrayed by Nature, research scientist and lecturer Robin Hesketh demystifies the nature of cancer.
Hesketh provides a concise and comprehensive history of both the science...
Molecular Medicine
Genomics to Personalized Healthcare
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
Molecular Medicine is the application of genetic or DNA-based knowledge to the modern practice of medicine. Molecular Medicine, 4e, provides contemporary insights into how the genetic revolution is influencing medical thinking and practice. The new edition includes recent changes in personalized medicine,...
The Lying Brain
Lie Detection in Science and Science Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
"The Lying Brain is a study to take seriously. Its argument is timely, clear, and of particular importance to the enlargement of our understanding of the relationships among science studies, literary studies, and technology studies."
---Ronald Schleifer, University of Oklahoma
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