Physiology category: 1850 books
God's Doodle
The Life and Times of the Penis
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
“A remarkably entertaining and informative look at the male organ down through the ages . . . undeniably funny.” —Booklist
Throughout history, man has revered his penis as his “most precious ornament.” From small to large, thick to thin, smooth to wrinkled, Hickman lets the history...
Body of Work
Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2007
A "gleaming, humane" (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and a first-year medical student
Medical student Christine Montross felt nervous standing outside the anatomy lab on her first day of class. Entering a room with stainless-steel...
Any Body's Guess!
Quirky Quizzes About What Makes You Tick
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Part brainy quiz book, part brawny stand-up comedy, and all one hysterical anatomy lesson, Any Body's Guess!: Quirky Quizzes About What Makes You Tick poses 100 questions about this amazing machine, the human body, with its hopelessly lousy operating manual. Combining all the latest research, a collective...
by Ryan Burke
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2013
The human body is a fascinating system. What you call me is actually a collection of tens of trillions of cells, that somehow operate on your behalf. All you have to do is think. This book explores some of the extraordinary properties of the human body.What if I told you that the energy released from...
by Jeannie Meekins
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
Noses are wonderful things. They help us breathe. They are lined with mucous and hairs called cilia, which trap germs and tiny particles that can make us sick. They generate quarts (litres) of snot. They let us smell flowers and freshly baked foods. They also warn us of dangers from fires, rotten...
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...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
A common approach to understanding the functional repertoire of a genome is through functional genomics. With systems biology burgeoning, bioinformatics has grown to a larger extent for plant genomes where several applications in the form of protein-protein interactions (PPI) are used to predict the...
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...
Remembering Smell
A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
In November 2005, Bonnie Blodgett was whacked with a nasty cold. After a quick shot of a popular nasal spray up each nostril, the back of her nose was on fire. With that, Blodgett—a professional garden writer devoted to the sensual pleasures of garden and kitchen—was launched on a journey through...
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...
Chrysalis
Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
Today, an entomologist in a laboratory can gaze at a butterfly pupa with a microscope so powerful that the swirling cells on the pupa’s skin look like a galaxy. She can activate a single gene or knock it out. What she can’t do is discover how the insect behaves in its natural habitat—which means...
Follow Your Gut
The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Allergies, asthma, obesity, acne: these are just a few of the conditions that may be caused—and someday cured—by the microscopic life inside us. The key is to understand how this groundbreaking science influences your health, mood, and more.
In just the last few years, scientists have shown...
Jaws
The Story of a Hidden Epidemic
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral devices can correct...