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Author : Herbert George Wells,Julian Huxley,George Philip Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1544 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Animal behavior
ISBN : WISC:89050724863
Author : Brian Clegg
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781848318199
In Science for Life acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg cuts through the vested interests and confusing contradictory statements that litter the media and the internet, to give a clear picture of what science is telling us right now about changing our lives for the better. Discover the much-advertised antioxidants that aren't good for you, the truth about fat and sugar and why one of the healthiest foods contains carcinogens and 21 E-numbers. Find out what does and what doesn't enhance brainpower – from the failure of playing Mozart to babies to the surprising abilities of caffeine and nicotine. Understand the tools that advertisers use to persuade us and how to turn the psychological pressure back on them. From the shortcomings of the five second rule to the truth about phone masts and nuclear power, kept up-to-date on a partnering website, Science for Life is your guide to surviving and thriving in the modern world.
Author : Graham Lawton
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781529362084
You are what you eat. Food and diet have an enormous influence on your health and well-being, but eating the right amount of the right things - and not too much of the wrong things - isn't easy. But, as in most walks of life, knowledge is power. This book will empower you to eat healthily, lose weight, and sort the fads from the science facts. This is the New Scientist take on a "New Year, New You" book: an eye-opening and myth-busting guide to everything from sugar to superfoods, from fasting to eating like a caveman and from veganism to your gut microbiome. Forget faddy diet books or gimmicky exercise programs, this is what is scientifically proven to make you live longer and to be healthier and happier.
Author : Sheila Jasanoff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781509522743
Since the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of the genetic age, a powerful vocabulary has emerged to express science’s growing command over the matter of life. Armed with knowledge of the code that governs all living things, biology and biotechnology are poised to edit, even rewrite, the texts of life to correct nature’s mistakes. Yet, how far should the capacity to manipulate what life is at the molecular level authorize science to define what life is for? This book looks at flash points in law, politics, ethics, and culture to argue that science’s promises of perfectibility have gone too far. Science may have editorial control over the material elements of life, but it does not supersede the languages of sense-making that have helped define human values across millennia: the meanings of autonomy, integrity, and privacy; the bonds of kinship, family, and society; and the place of humans in nature.
Author : Colleen M. Belk,Virginia Borden Maier
Publisher : Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biology
ISBN : 0321767837
Learn biology through engaging stories. Coleen Belk and Virginia Borden Maier have helped students demystify biology for nearly twenty years in the classroom and ten years with their text, Biology: Science for Life with Physiology. In the new Fourth Edition, they continue to connect biology to intriguing stories and current issues, such as the case of Andrew Speaker and his involuntary quarantine for a deadly strain of tuberculosis...Learning outcomes, which are new to this edition and integrated within the book and online at MasteringBiology, guide your reading and allow you to assess your understanding biology. -- back cover.
Author : Schyrlet Cameron,Janie Doss
Publisher : Mark Twain Media
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781580377065
Connect students in grades 6–8 with science using Life Science Quest for Middle Grades. This 96-page book helps students practice scientific techniques while studying cells, plants, animals, DNA, heredity, ecosystems, and biomes. The activities use common classroom materials and are perfect for individual, team, and whole-group projects. The book includes a glossary, standards lists, unit overviews, and enrichment suggestions. It is great as core curriculum or a supplement and supports National Science Education Standards.
Author : Glen S. Aikenhead
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 0807746347
This book provides a comprehensive overview of humanistic approaches to science. Approaches that connect students to broader human concerns in their everyday life and culture. Glen Aikenhead, an expert in the field of culturally sensitive science education, summarizes major worldwide historical findings; focuses on present thinking; and offers evidence in support of classroom practice. This highly accessible text covers curriculum policy, teaching materials, teacher orientations, teacher education, student learning, culture studies, and future research.
Author : Jonathan Silvertown
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226072104
“[A] whimsical book on aging . . . the author mixes art, science, and humor to brew a highly readable concoction, presenting one aging theory after another.” —Publishers Weekly Everything that lives will die. That’s the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age: people vary wildly in their patterns of aging and their life spans—and that variation is nothing compared to what’s found in other animal and plant species. With The Long and the Short of It, biologist and writer Jonathan Silvertown offers readers a witty and fascinating tour through the scientific study of longevity and aging. Dividing his daunting subject by theme—death, life span, aging, heredity, evolution, and more—Silvertown draws on the latest scientific developments to paint a picture of what we know about how life span, senescence, and death vary within and across species. At every turn, he addresses fascinating questions that have far-reaching implications: What causes aging, and what determines the length of an individual life? What changes have caused the average human life span to increase so dramatically—fifteen minutes per hour—in the past two centuries? If evolution favors those who leave the most descendants, why haven’t we evolved to be immortal? The answers to these puzzles and more emerge from close examination of the whole natural history of life span and aging, from fruit flies, nematodes, redwoods, and much more. The Long and the Short of It pairs a perpetually fascinating topic with a wholly engaging writer, and the result is a supremely accessible book that will reward curious readers of all ages. “Captivating and enlightening.” —The New York Times Well Blog
Author : Charlie McDonnell
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781849499316
Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I’m Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike. In my book, I take you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the Solar System and the origins of life on Earth, all the way down to the particles that make up everything around us (including you and me!). Expect frequent digressions, tons of illustrations of not-so-sciencey things (NB a microwave flying through space), and pages packed with my all time favourite mind-bending science facts. So, get ready for a faster-than-the-speed of-light (OK, not quite) tour of all of the best and most interesting things that science has to offer us... and most importantly: WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE! (Written by a science fan NOT a scientist!)
Author : Len Fisher
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781628721096
Scientists are in the business of trying to understand the world. Exploring commonplace phenomena, they have uncovered some of nature’s deepest laws. We can in turn apply these laws to our own lives, to better grasp and enhance our performance in daily activities as varied as cooking, home improvement, sports—even dunking a doughnut! This book makes the science of the familiar a key to opening the door for those who want to know what scientists do, why they do it, and how they go about it. Following the routine of a normal day, from coffee and breakfast to shopping, household chores, sports, a drink, supper, and a bath, we see how the seemingly mundane can provide insight into the most profound scientific questions. Some of the topics included are the art and science of dunking; how to boil an egg; how to tally a supermarket bill; the science behind hand tools; catching a ball or throwing a boomerang; the secrets of haute cuisine, bath (or beer) foam; and the physics of sex. Fisher writes with great authority and a light touch, giving us an entertaining and accessible look at the science behind our daily activities.
Author : Bruce M. Jakosky
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0816526133
Are we alone in the universe? As humans, are we unique or are we part of a greater cosmic existence? What is lifeÕs future on Earth and beyond? How does life begin and develop? These are age-old questions that have inspired wonder and controversy ever since the first people looked up into the sky. With todayÕs technology, however, we are closer than ever to finding the answers. Astrobiology is the relatively new, but fast growing scientific discipline that involves trying to understand the origin, evolution, and distribution of life within the universe. It is also one of the few scientific disciplines that attracts the publicÕs intense curiosity and attention. This interest stems largely from the deep personal meaning that the possible existence of extraterrestrial life has for so many. Whether this meaning relates to addressing the ÒBig QuestionsÓ of our existence, the possibility of encountering life on other planets, or the potential impact on our understanding of religion, there is no doubt that the public is firmly vested in finding answers. In this broadly accessible introduction to the field, Bruce Jakosky looks at the search for life in the universe not only from a scientific perspective, but also from a distinctly social one. In lucid and engaging prose, he addresses topics including the contradiction between the publicÕs fascination and the meager dialogue that exists between those within the scientific community and those outside of it, and what has become some of the most impassioned political wrangling ever seen in government science funding.
Author : Jude Nnanabu, Ph.d.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1478177063
A comprehensive text designed to give the educator material to reinforce relevant scientific information. Provide students with a knowledge base that meets the common core standards.
Author : Brian Clegg
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781848313545
Built from the debris of exploding stars that floated through space for billions of years, home to a zoo of tiny aliens, and controlled by a brain with more possible connections than there are atoms in the universe, the human body is the most incredible thing in existence. In the sequel to his bestselling Inflight Science, Brian Clegg explores mitochondria, in-cell powerhouses which are thought to have once been separate creatures; how your eyes are quantum traps, consuming photons of light from the night sky that have travelled for millions of years; your many senses, which include the ability to detect warps in space and time, and why meeting an attractive person can turn you into a gibbering idiot. Read THE UNIVERSE INSIDE YOU and you'll never look at yourself the same way again.
Author : Colleen Belk,Virginia Borden Maier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : Biology
ISBN : 0321787331
This edition features the exact same content as the traditional book in a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf version. Books a la Carte also offer a great value for your students-this format costs 35% less than a new textbook. Coleen Belk and Virginia Borden Maier have helped students demystify biology for nearly twenty years in the classroom and nearly ten years with their book, Biology: Science for Life. In the new Fourth Edition, they continue to use stories and current issues, such as discussion of cancer to teach cell division, to connect biology to student's lives. Learning Outcomes are new to this edition and integrated within the book to help professors guide students' reading and to help students assess their understanding of biology. A new Chapter 3, "Is It Possible to Supplement Your Way to Better Health? Nutrients and Membrane Transport," offers an engaging storyline and focused coverage on micro- and macro-nutrients, antioxidants, passive and active transport, and exocytosis and endocytosis. For instructors who cover Animal Structure and Function and Plant Biology, an alternate edition of this book, Biology: Science for Life with Physiology, is also available. This package contains: Books a la Carte for Biology: Science for Life, Fourth Edition
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biology
ISBN : OCLC:1359392356