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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Автор: Yong Ed Жанр: Биология, Здоровье
Год: 2016 Добавил: Admin Дата загрузки: 26 Апр 17
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Joining the ranks of popular science classics like The Botany of Desire and The Selfish Gene, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly entertaining examination of the most significant revolution in biology since Darwin—a...
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Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
Автор: Eagleman David Жанр: Биология, Другие научные
Год: 2011 Добавил: Admin Дата загрузки: 26 Апр 17
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If the conscious mind—the part you consider you—accounts for only a tiny fraction of the brain’s function, what is all the rest doing? This is the question that David Eagleman—renowned neuroscientist and acclaimed author of Sum—answers in...
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Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives—and Our Lives Change Our Genes
Автор: Моалем Шарон Жанр: Биология, Другие научные
Год: 2014 Добавил: Admin Дата загрузки: 28 Апр 17
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Award-winning physician and New York Times bestselling author Sharon Moalem, MD, PhD, reveals how genetic breakthroughs are completely transforming our understanding of both the world and our lives.
INHERITANCE
Conventional wisdom dictates that our...
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Is this Cell a Human Being?: Exploring the Status of Embryos, Stem Cells and Human-Animal Hybrids
Автор: Suarez Antoine , Huarte Joachim Жанр: Биология
Год: 2011 Добавил: Admin Дата загрузки: 15 Авг 17
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The central question of this book is whether or not particular cell entities of human origin ought to be considered human beings. The answer is crucial for making moral decisions for or against research and experimentation. Experts in the field...
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Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome
Автор: Кэри Несса Жанр: Биология, Другие научные
Год: 2015 Добавил: Admin Дата загрузки: 27 Апр 17
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From the author of the acclaimed The Epigenetics Revolution ('A book that would have had Darwin swooning' - Guardian) comes another thrilling exploration of the cutting edge of human science. For decades after the structure of DNA was identified,...
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Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Germ Laboratory
Автор: Carroll Michael Christopher Жанр: Биология, Другие документальные
Язык: английский Год: 2005 Добавил: Admin Дата загрузки: 21 Янв 14
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Strictly off limits to the public, Plum Island is home to virginal beaches, cliffs, forests, ponds — and the deadliest germs that have ever roamed the planet. Lab 257 blows the lid off the stunning true nature and checkered history of Plum...
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Letters to a Young Scientist
Автор: Уилсон Эдвард Жанр: Биология, Другие научные
Год: 2013 Добавил: Admin Дата загрузки: 7 Июл 17
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Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation.
Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in...
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Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
Автор: МакФадден Джонджо , Аль-Халили Джим Жанр: Биология, Другие научные
Год: 2015 Добавил: Admin Дата загрузки: 28 Апр 17
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New York Times Bestseller and an Amazon Best Science Book of 2015
Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the remarkable truth remains: nobody has...
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Life Unfolding: How the Human Body Creates Itself
Автор: Davies Jamie A. Жанр: Биология, Другие научные
Год: 2014 Добавил: Admin Дата загрузки: 17 Май 17
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Where did I come from? Why do I have two arms but just one head? How is my left leg the same size as my right one? Why are the fingerprints of identical twins not identical? How did my brain learn to learn? Why must I die?
Questions like these...
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Life's Engines: How Microbes made the Earth Habitable
Автор: Фальковски Пол Жанр: Биология, Другие научные
Год: 2015 Добавил: Admin Дата загрузки: 5 Июл 17
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For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us. Life's Engines takes readers deep...
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