Biological Sciences

Why is addiction “perfectly logical” to an addict? The answer is found in a single chemical in your brain: dopamine. Dopamine ensured the survival of early man. Thousands of years later, it is the source of our most basic behaviors and cultural ideas - and progress itself....

Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space....

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history....

In this groundbreaking work, world-renowned Buddhist teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche invites us to join him in unlocking the secrets behind the practice of meditation....

From a renowned historian comes a ground-breaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution, a number one international best seller that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human”....

Overcome anxiety and rewire your brain with tested advice from psychologist Catherine Pittman and author Elizabeth Karle.

The authors of the best-selling Bold and The Rise of Superman explore altered states of consciousness and how they can ignite passion, fuel creativity, and accelerate problem solving....

What’s the single most important thing you can do during pregnancy? What does watching TV do to a child’s brain? What’s the best way to handle temper tantrums? Scientists know....

Perhaps the most influential science book ever written, On the Origin of Species has continued to fascinate for more than a century after its initial publication....

A best-selling author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer unveils a theory of intelligence that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI....

With characteristic pungency and simplicity of style, the author of Sociobiology challenges old prejudices and current misconceptions about the nature-nurture debate....

In The Power of Neuroplasticity, Shad Helmstetter, PhD, presents the scientific discovery that the thoughts we think physically rewire and reshape our brains and change our lives. Dr. Helmstetter shows how to use the latest research from neuroscience to wire your brain....

From Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene, The Song of The Cell is the third book in this extraordinary writer's exploration of what it means to be human....

What happens when a journalist turns her lens on a mystery happening in her own life? Maureen Seaberg did just that and lived for a year exploring her synesthesia....

Jared Diamond explores how the extraordinary human animal, in a remarkably short time, developed the capacity to rule the world...and the means to irrevocably destroy it....

In our default state, our brains constantly get in the way of effective communication. They are lazy, angry, immature, and distracted. They can make a difficult conversation impossible....

Few places have been as influential as the Indian subcontinent in shaping the course of life on Earth. Yet its evolution has remained largely unchronicled. Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent fills this gap....

By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize....

In 1898, the British were building a railway line between Mombasa in Kenya and Uganda. At the Tsavo River in Kenya where a bridge needed to be built, the project was suddenly interrupted by two man-eating lions that targeted the camps of the workers....

This "valuable and entertaining" (New York Times Book Review) book explores how scientists are adapting nature's best ideas to solve tough 21st-century problems. Biomimicry is a must-listen for anyone interested in the shape of our future....

The Buddha and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s - and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world....

Impeccably researched and at the cutting edge of scientific knowledge, this is a book that every man, and especially every woman bedeviled by a man, will need to own....

Chemistry and Our Universe: How It All Works is your in-depth introduction to this vital field, taught through 60 engaging half-hour lectures that are suitable for any background or none at all....

A molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work....

The Blind Watchmaker is as prescient and timely a book as ever....

Mr.Pokee: Eine Handvoll Sonnenschein - Wie ein Igel kleine Wunder schuf Dieses Buch erzählt die herzerwärmende Geschichte von Talitha und ihrem ...

The Allure of Fungi presents fungi through multiple perspectives–those of mycologists and ecologists, foragers and forayers, naturalists and farmers, aesthetes and artists, philosophers and Traditional Owners. It explores how a history of entrenched fears and misconceptions about fungi has led to their near absence in Australian ecological consciousness and biodiversity conservation.

Basata sulle più recenti scoperte scientifiche, questa biografia racconta vita, morte e miracoli dei nostri lontani antenati. È una storia avventurosa, divertente, drammatica, sulle diverse specie umane che hanno popolato la Terra e che hanno lasciato tracce nei nostri geni. Anche noi, ultimi sopravvissuti, siamo stati sull'orlo dell'estinzione. Poi abbiamo conquistato il mondo, grazie ad una particolare caratteristica della nostra mente. In Homo sapiens si racconta anche la vita dei bambini, delle donne e delle prime società umane dell'ultima era glaciale.

昆虫界を震撼させた伝説の名著、復刊。身近な自然を舞台に、奇怪な人間が奇怪な虫の謎を解く。異常なまでに虫を愛する姿から「裏山の奇人」と綽名される著者。長野の裏山で13年間、誰も気に留めないような小虫を観察・研究し、数々の新発見を成し遂げた。

After the extinction of the dodo and Carolina parakeet and the collapse of the American bison population, naturalists expected many more vulnerable species to die out with spread of industrialization. This triggered a race to collect rare species of animals expected soon to be lost forever. Established in 1893, Chicago's Field Museum aimed to become a global center of study. Zoologist Daniel Giraud Elliot persuaded museum patrons to fund an immediate expedition to British Somaliland (contemporary Somalia). There, his team hunted and killed hundreds of animals for the growing collection.

Nie wieder unkontrollierte Essanfälle! Wie Sie sich wirkungsvoll von Binge Eating befreien, unkontrollierte Essanfälle nachhaltig vermeiden und sich endlich wieder wohl in Ihrer Haut fühlen Autor und Psychologe (M.Sc.), Maximilian Alexander Koch, nimmt Sie in diesem Buch an die Hand und hilft Ihnen mit der nachweislich wirkungsvollsten Methode einfach und sicher Ihr Wunschgewicht zu erreichen und sich endlich wieder wohl in Ihrer Haut zu fühlen.

19 aprile 1943. Albert Hofmann, chimico in forze all'azienda farmaceutica Sandoz di Basilea, inforca la bicicletta e si avvia verso casa. Sembra un giorno come un altro, se non fosse che ha appena assunto 250 microgrammi di dietilammide-25 dell'acido lisergico, un composto da lui stesso sintetizzato nella ricerca di uno stimolante della circolazione sanguigna. Ciò che accade durante il tragitto sconvolge la sua nozione del reale: visioni coloratissime, meravigliose e mostruose, percezioni di realtà parallele, terrori, euforie. È nato l'Lsd.

Historias humanas y hallazgos científicos que dan una visión completa del complejo mundo químico que atesoran las plantas. No existe nada tan falaz como la mansedumbre de una planta. Acostumbrados a su liviana y silenciosa compañía, narcotizados por los colores y los aromas que gritan sus flores, en pocas ocasiones somos conscientes de que estamos ante los más expertos alquimistas de la naturaleza. El mundo vegetal oculta prodigiosas sustancias que pueden mitigar el dolor y el sufrimiento humano, capaces de curar enfermedades y, a la vez, arrancarnos la vida en un suspiro.

Che cos'è il dolore? Dove si situa? È uguale nelle femmine e nei maschi? È presente negli animali? Il libro risponde a queste e alle altre domande che riguardano l'esperienza negativa di certo più comune provata da tutti svariate volte nella vita. Al contempo il dolore rimane però un enigma difficile da comprendere a fondo, poiché rappresenta un vissuto personale che appartiene solo alla sfera privata. Il fattore fondamentale è che esso non è mai uguale: chi sta leggendo queste righe lo percepisce differentemente da qualsiasi altro individuo.

In Strange Survivors, biologist Oné R. Pagán takes us on a tour of the improbable, the ingenious, and the just plain bizarre ways that creatures fight for life. Inside this funny, fascinating field guide to nature’s most colorful characters, you’ll meet killer snails, social bacteria, and an animal with toxic elbows. But Strange Survivors is more than a collection of curiosities—it is a love letter to science and an argument for the continuing relevance of this evolutionary battle as we face the threat of resistant bacteria and the need for novel medical therapies.

Die Wissenschaftsjournalisten und "Quarks Science Cops" Maximilian Doeckel und Jonathan Focke entlarven in ihrem Buch die schmutzigen Tricks und ...

Until now, the herbal traditions of the Ashkenazi people have remained unexplored and shrouded in mystery. Ashkenazi Herbalism rediscovers the forgotten legacy of the Jewish medicinal plant healers who thrived in Eastern Europe's Pale of Settlement, from their beginnings in the Middle Ages through the modern era.

Un viaje revelador, entre la ciencia y la crónica personal, hacia el misterio de las drogas psicodélicas. Hace ochenta años, el químico Albert Hofmann descubrió por casualidad el LSD y, tras probarlo, emprendió un corto y legendario regreso a casa en bicicleta bajo los efectos de la droga. Su viaje dio pie a la explosión de la psicodelia en los años sesenta, que rápidamente se convirtió en un acto contracultural.

Myself and Other Animals is a new book mosaicked from unpublished autobiographies, uncollected pieces and previously published extracts from Durrell’s work and archives. The result is an extraordinary journey through Durrell’s life in his own words, edited and introduced by his widow Lee Durrell. Moving from India to England and then to the always sun-lit Corfu, told with dry wit and insight into our fellow animals, here is the vivid finale of one of Britain’s most beloved conservationists and prose stylists.

From Plato to Westworld, these questions have fascinated and befuddled philosophers, artists, and scientists for centuries. In The Forgetting Machine, neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga explains how the mechanics of memory illuminates these discussions, with implications for everything from understanding Alzheimer's disease to the technology of Artificial Intelligence.