Physiology category: 1850 books
by David K. Randall
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
An engrossing examination of the science behind the little-known world of sleep.
Like many of us, journalist David K. Randall never gave sleep much thought. That is, until he began sleepwalking. One midnight crash into a hallway wall sent him on an investigation into the strange science of...
by Ann Druyan, Carl Sagan
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
"Dazzling...A feast. Absorbing and elegantly written, it tells of theorigins of life on earth, describes its variety and charaacter, and culminates in a discussion of human nature and teh complex traces ofhumankind's evolutionary past...It is an amazing story masterfully told."
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From Lance to Landis
Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2007
For eight years, the Tour de France, arguably the world’s most demanding athletic competition, was ruled by two men: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis. On the surface, they were feature players in one of the great sporting stories of the age–American riders overcoming tremendous odds to dominate...
Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?
Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--the Science Behind Sex, Love, and Attraction
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
How long does it take to decide if a person is hot?
Is your lover more likely to get you pregnant than your husband?
Can men tell when a woman is fertile?
If you’ve ever wondered how scientists measure love—or whether men really prefer blondes over brunettes—this smart, sexy book provides...
Why We Get Sick
The New Science of Darwinian Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
The next time you get sick, consider this before picking up the aspirin: your body may be doing exactly what it's supposed to. In this ground-breaking book, two pioneers of the science of Darwinian medicine argue that illness as well as the factors that predispose us toward it are subject to the same...
by Mary Roach
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside.
“America’s funniest science writer” (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach...
Play On
The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
A lively, deeply reported tour of the science and strategies helping athletes like Tom Brady, Serena Williams, Carli Lloyd, and LeBron James redefine the notion of “peak age.”
Season after season, today’s sports superstars seem to defy the limits of physical aging that inevitably sideline...
by Marcelin BERTHELOT
Language: French
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: June 20, 2013
C'est aujourd'hui le bicentenaire de la naissance de Claude BERNARD et de nombreux ouvrages et articles sont disponibles. Mais 135 ans après sa mort, il nous a semblé important de retrouver les témoignages de ses contemporains. Personne ne pouvait mieux faire que Marcelin BERTHELOT...
Last Ape Standing
The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Over the past 150 years scientists have discovered evidence that at least twenty-seven species of humans evolved on planet Earth. These weren't simply variations on apes, but upright-walking humans who lived side by side, competing, cooperating, sometimes even mating with our direct ancestors. Why...
by Lyall Watson
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2000
Nothing is more memorable than a smell. So why do we persist in dismissing the nose as a blunt instrument?
Smell is our most seductive and provocative sense, invading every domain of our lives. We can identify our relatives, detect the availability of a potential mate, sniff out danger, and...
by Stuart Prebble
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
To everything there is a season. A time to be born, a time to die ... and a time to have a bloody good moan. Following the huge success of Grumpy Old Men, Stuart Prebble, writer of the highly acclaimed TV series, gives us a more in-depth look at what it's really like to be a pissed-off man of a certain...
Adam's Navel
A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2004
In this amusing and brilliantly conceived book, Michael Sims introduces you to your body. Moving from head to toe, Sims blends cultural history with evolutionary theory to produce a wonderfully original narrative in which he analyzes the visible parts of the body. In this fascinating brew of science...
Experimental Man
What One Man's Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
Bestselling author David Ewing Duncan takes the ultimate high-tech medical exam, investigating the future impact of what's hidden deep inside all of us
David Ewing Duncan takes "guinea pig" journalism to the cutting edge of science, building on award-winning articles he wrote for...
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
**• A New York Times Notable Book •
“The richest, freshest, most fun book on genetics in some time.” —The New York Times Book Review**
We are doomed to repeat history if we fail to learn from it, but how are we affected by the forces that are invisible to us? In The Invisible...