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Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
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Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

Автор: Роуч Мэри
Язык: английский
Год: 2016
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Best-selling author Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war. Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier’s most challenging...
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Автор: Роуч Мэри
Язык: английский
Год: 2013
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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...
The Power Paradox
Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная

The Power Paradox

Автор: Келтнер Дачер
Язык: английский
Год: 2016
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**A revolutionary rethinking of everything we know about power** It shapes every interaction we have, whether we're trying to get a two-year-old to eat green vegetables or ask for a promotion at work. But how do we really gain power? And what does...
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Автор: Роуч Мэри
Язык: английский
Год: 2003
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“One of the funniest and most unusual books of the year…. Gross, educational, and unexpectedly sidesplitting.” —Entertainment Weekly Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our...
Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife
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Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife

Автор: Роуч Мэри
Язык: английский
Год: 2009
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Does the light just go out and that’s that — the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness, persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my laptop?” Mary Roach trains her...
That Sense of Wonder [How to Capture the Miracles of Everyday Life]
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That Sense of Wonder [How to Capture the Miracles of Everyday Life]

Автор: Dimitri Francesco
Язык: английский
Год: 2018
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'Philosophy begins in wonder,' said Plato. Descartes agreed that 'wonder is the first of all emotions'. Wonder is the impulse behind all scientific and philosophical endeavour, art and spirituality. It is the most fruitful human sense: fuelling our...