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In this brilliant exploration of our cosmic environment, the renowned particle physicist and New York Times best-selling author of Warped Passages and Knocking on Heaven's Door uses her research into dark matter to illuminate the startling connections between the farthest reaches of space and life here on Earth.

The question of teaching evolution in the public schools is a continuing and frequently heated political issue in America. From Tennessee's Scopes Trial in 1925 to recent battles that have erupted in Louisiana, Kansas, Ohio, and countless other localities, the critics and supporters of evolution have fought nonstop over the role of science and religion in American public life. In American Genesis, Jeffrey P. Moran explores the ways in which the evolution debate has reverberated beyond the confines of state legislatures and courthouses.

Despite extensive evidence highlighting the influence of genetics in the business world, this critical connection has been glossed over by corporate leaders and management gurus. Now, for the first time, author Scott Shane explains why genes matter, and how an understanding of their relationship to behavior is of vital importance to employers, employees, and policy makers.

"Gli manca solo la parola." È questo che dicono di Pepe, il cane di Edo, quando lo osservano. Con un pizzico di presunzione antropocentrica pensano di capirlo e credono che lui possa provare invidia per la condizione umana, così eretta e loquace. Ma come si può entrare nella mente dell'altro e raccontarne i pensieri, le paure e i desideri, senza necessariamente inquinarli con la propria prospettiva? Edo lo sa, lo sa benissimo, che non potrà mai fare proprio il punto di vista dell'adorato Pepe.

Dès sa première édition, en 2012, cet œuvre a été la première à décrire la dimension mondiale des alternatives économiques, démocratiques et écologiques mises en place par la société civile. Elle a séduit toute une génération qui se reconnaît dans cette invention d'un nouveau monde et a reçu le Prix 2013 du Livre de l'Environnement. Avec cette 2ème édition, enrichie de nouvelles alternatives, l'auteure poursuit son voyage.

Que se passe-t-il dans notre cerveau lorsque nous passons de vie à trépas ? Pourquoi son activité persiste-t-elle parfois ? Et qu'est-ce que mourir, au fond ? Aussi étrange que cela paraisse, les frontières de la mort restent mal définies. Et pour cause : depuis la résurrection d'une pendue en 1650 et les électrisations de cadavres menées par Galvani, elles n'ont cessé d'être repoussées. Aujourd'hui, les nouveaux docteurs Frankenstein envisageraient même de greffer un corps pour prolonger la vie...

In the 2012 edition of its flagship report, Worldwatch celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit with a far-reaching analysis of progress toward building sustainable economies. Written and read in clear language, State of the World 2012 offers a new perspective on what changes and policies will be necessary to make sustainability a permanent feature of the world's economies.

Der kleine Gehirnversteher reißt die Sprachbarriere ein, die die Hirnforschung zwischen uns und unserem Gehirn errichtet hat. Jedes der fünfunddreißig kurzen, erhellenden und unterhaltsamen Kapitel erklärt einen grundlegenden Begriff der Hirnforschung anhand einer ungewöhnlichen Geschichte. Leicht zu lesen, vollständig und extrem lehrreich: das erste Buch, das den Leser zum Gehirnversteher macht.

Beginning with his interactions with Dr Salim Ali, the legendary ornithologist - who was also his grand-uncle - wildlife biologist Rauf Ali takes the listener on a journey through India’s natural history and the beginning of ecological studies in India. Rauf was one of the first Indians to complete a PhD in wildlife biology - he researched the social behaviour of bonnet macaques in the forests of Mundanthurai region in Tamil Nadu. In the late 1980s, he was instrumental in setting up one of India’s first master's programmes in ecology.

Parce que "l'eau est le sang de la planète" et parce qu'il y a urgence, le capitaine Paul Watson signe un nouveau manifeste coup de poing pour la sauvegarde des océans. En janvier 2016, quelques jours après la COP 21, Paul Watson publiait un manifeste uppercut au titre dramatiquement réaliste : "Urgence ! Si l'océan meurt nous mourrons".

Para Stefano Mancuso, o verdadeiro potencial para a solução dos problemas que nos afligem está nas plantas. Sua autonomia energética, ligada a uma arquitetura cooperativa, distribuída, sem centros de comando, faz delas seres vivos capazes de resistir a repetidos eventos catastróficos e de se adaptar com rapidez a enormes mudanças ambientais.

Did you know that San Diego’s Frozen Zoo is home to preserved DNA samples from over 8,000 endangered or threatened species, or that the tell-tale smell of freshly mowed grass is actually the plant’s version of a distress call? And what about Henrietta Lacks, the “immortal woman” whose cancer cells have been divided and multiplied for research purposes for over 60 years? Even if you think you have a handle on all things trivia, you're guaranteed a big surprise with Now I Know: Science.

Ticked: The Battle Over Lyme Disease in the South is the second installment of Discover In-Depth, Discover magazine's new longform series. In this deep investigation of the science surrounding Lyme disease, writer Wendy Orent dissects how tick-borne illness is diagnosed in the Southern United States, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) do not recognize Lyme even though thousands of people in the South have reported Lyme-like symptoms and debilitating illness.

James Dearsley’s wife thought he had lost his mind when he announced his intention to become a beekeeper. But like many interested in the self-sufficient lifestyle, he loved gardening and growing vegetables on his allotment and the old romantic in him had idealistic notions of teaching his little boy where honey came from, so he set himself what seemed a reasonable goal: to get, in a year’s time, just one jar of honey.

Smell is the most emotional and evocative of our senses: it can bring back memories faster and with more immediacy than a photograph - so why is it so little understood? Armed with a hungry curiosity and a willingness to self-experiment, author Barney Shaw goes in search of the hidden meanings of smells. Using plain words to describe what he finds, he investigates the chemistry, psychology, history and future of this underappreciated sense.

Since moving west over a decade ago, Tom Groneberg has worked with horses as a trail guide, as a ranch hand, and as the manager of his own ranch in Montana, but he has never owned a really good horse. Until, on an autumn night, in a warm barn under a blanket of snow, Blue is born. Soon, he will belong to Tom Groneberg. "If I had a good horse," writes Tom, "I could give it my life. I could ride it for years. We could grow old together." So begins this unique American love story about a man and his horse.

As human beings, we are fascinated by what makes us tick. We know that nature gave us certain biological appetites to ensure our survival, among those the need for water, food, sex, and love, but meeting these alone is not enough to ensure happiness. Scientists, and now managers, are realizing that people have a biological need to experience social rewards like praise, the thrill of innovation, and the satisfaction of acquiring new skills.

Volete trasformare in pochi attimi un collaboratore preoccupato in un collega motivato? O un venditore un po’ troppo sicuro di sé in uno attento e pronto a realizzare il budget? O, ancora, un gruppo spaventato in un team eccitato? È tutta una questione di chimica, di ormoni e di neurotrasmettitori.

In The Rights of Mice, Lawrence Wright, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower and Going Clear, takes listeners inside the war between science and anti-vivisection raging across the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and its great educational institutions, Harvard and MIT. As animal rights activists attempt to push through city council an ordinance restricting the use of animals in laboratory testing, leaders in the science and medical communities brace for a fight.

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