Despite the widespread belief that natural is better when it comes to sex, pregnancy, and parenting, most of us have no idea what “natural” really means; the origins of our reproductive lives remain a mystery. Why are a quarter of a billion...
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Collected essays from bestselling author Michael Shermer's celebrated columns in Scientific American
For fifteen years, bestselling author Michael Shermer has written a column in Scientific American magazine that synthesizes scientific concepts and...
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An exploration of mankind's fascination with worlds beyond our own-by the bestselling author of The Physics of Star Trek
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The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons [The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery]
Early studies of the functions of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike-strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, lobotomies, horrendous accidents-and see how the victim coped. In many cases survival was miraculous, and...
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13.8: The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything
A celebrated astronomer makes a powerful case for the harmony between two of physics’ most important and seemingly contradictory theories
The twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics. The general theory of relativity describes the...
A mathematical guide to understanding why life can seem to be one big coincidence-and why the odds of just about everything are better than we would think.
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The epic story of the scientists through the ages who have sought answers to life’s biggest mystery: How did it begin?
How did life begin?
It is perhaps the most important question science has ever asked. Over the centuries, the search for an...