Biology

A precise scientific exploration of the differences between boys and girls that breaks down damaging gender stereotypes and offers practical guidance for p...

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 diffi...

Science writers get into the game with all kinds of noble, high-minded ambitions. We want to educate. To enlighten,” notes guest editor Amy Stewart in her...

A Wall Street Journal writer’s conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful and...

A wonderfully readable account of scientific development over the past five hundred years, focusing on the lives and achievements of individual scientist...

The golden era of food microbiology has begun. All three areas of food microbiology―beneficial, spoilage, and pathogenic microbiology―are expanding and...

Having Achieved The Seemingly Unachievable-- Becoming A U.s. Memory Champion-- Foer Shows How Anyone With Enough Training And Determination Can Achieve Mast...

Meticulously Researched And Illustrated With More Than 2000 Color Photographs Taken By The Author, Flies Is A Landmark Reference Book That Will Be Indispens...

An Authoritative Survey Of Current Groundbreaking Research Into The Human Mind Reveals How Top International Laboratories Have Innovated Unique Technologies...

Recent advances in the scientific understanding of the human mind and brain along with the emphases on evidence-based practice and competency-based educati...

This introduction to the major areas of microbiology covers the basic principles of the subject, as well as the allied health aspects. It includes: CD-ROM i...

This best-selling introduction to the biology of invertebrates through a survey by groups emphasizes adaptive morphology and physiology while covering anato...

From the bestselling author and PBS star, a brain healthy program to turn back the clock, and keep your mind sharp and your body fit. For more than 20 year...

Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American b...

Master the concepts you need to know with Human Embryology and Developmental Biology. Dr. Bruce M. Carlson's clear explanations provide an easy-to-follow "r...

Hailed for its clear writing, scientific accuracy, and real-world examples, Essential Biology with Physiology is a brief non-majors biology text that focus...

Streptococcus is a diverse genus of Gram-positive bacteria commonly found in multiple locations of their human and animal hosts e.g. the oral cavity and the...

Peter J. Bowler's comprehensive, fascinating account of the history of evolutionary theories introduces specialist and nonspecialist alike to one of the mos...

Don't let emotions—your own, or someone else's—control your life! Feeling extreme emotion is part of being human. We may feel overwhelming joy at the b...

this Newly Designed Field Guide Features Descriptions Of 524 Species Of Butterflies. One Hundred Color Photographs As Well As 348 Color Range Maps Accompa...

Perhaps the most readable and accessible of the great works of scientific imagination, The Origin of Species sold out on the day it was published in 1859....

A provocative, intellectually vibrant, eloquently written look at recent advances in the war on cancer that will challenge everything you thought you knew ...

part Odyssey, Part Pilgrimage, This Epic Personal Narrative Follows The Author's Exploration Of Coasts, Islands, Reefs, And The Sea's Abyssal Depths. Scie...

"Holding brain science in one hand and rich emotional presence in the other, this book feels timely and necessary."--Shauna Niequist, New York Times bestsel...

In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis — people who had reappeared in Haitian society yea...

In perhaps the most creative and authoritative book on sensory branding ever written, international business legend Martin Lindstrom reveals what the world...

In 1999, Photojournalist Gary Braasch Began A Journey Around The World To Observe And Document Environmental Changes Resulting From The Warming Of Our Plane...

A manual for relating to the brain in a revolutionary new way, Super Brain shows you how to use your brain as a gateway for achieving health, happiness, an...

Wolf Considers The Future Of The Reading Brain And Our Capacity For Critical Thinking, Empathy And Reflection As We Become Increasingly Dependent Upon Digit...

The Curse Of Expertise -- Training Success -- Less Can Be More : Why Flexing Your Prefrontal Cortex Is Not Always Beneficial -- Brain Differences Between Th...

Francisco J. Ayala, John A. Kiger, Jr. Includes Bibliographies And Index.Categories: Science & Math EvolutionGenetics

“[This] book will convince you that forgetting helps you remember and distractions can make you more creative.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestsellin...

“Bruce Perry is both a world-class creative scientist and a compassionate therapist.” —Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia Born for Love is the d...

The remarkable story of an ordinary man who was transformed when a traumatic injury left him with an extraordinary giftNo one sees the world as Jason Padge...

In This Remarkable Groundbreaking Book, A Documentarian And Conservationist, Determined To Dispel Misplaced Fear And Correct Common Misconceptions, Explores...

Snyder Transports Us To The Streets, Inns, And Guildhalls Of Seventeenth-century Holland, Where Artists And Scientists Gathered, And To Their Studios And La...

In Clean Gut, Alejandro Junger, M.D, New York Times bestselling author of Clean and creator of the world-famous Clean Program, delivers a complete toolkit ...

With the 2006 publication of The God Delusion, the name Richard Dawkins became a byword for ruthless skepticism and "brilliant, impassioned, articulate, im...

One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a deva...

Two Berkeley Scientists Explore The Potential Of A Revolutionary Genetics Technology Capable Of Easily And Affordably Manipulating Dna In Human Embryos To P...

With more than 100,000 copies sold of his self-published book, The Biology of Belief, Bruce Lipton teams up with Hay House to bring his message to an even w...

If we lose our memories, are we still ourselves? Is identity merely a collection of electrical impulses? What separates us from animals, or from computers? ...

Organized By The Mind And Life Institute, This Discussion Addresses Some Of The Most Troublesome Questions That Have Driven A Wedge Between Western Science ...

Examines The Role Of The Unexpected, Discussing Why Improbable Events Are Not Anticipated Or Understood Properly, And How Humans Rationalize The Black Swan ...

This full-color dissection guide is intended for students taking Mammalian Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, General Biology, or Anatomy & Physiology course...

Supports and motivates you as you learn to think like a biologist. Building upon Scott Freeman’s unique narrative style that incorporates the Socratic...

From the award-winning NPR religion correspondent comes a fascinating investigation of how science is seeking to answer the question that has puzzled human...

A groundbreaking work that reveals how the instinct to "tend and befriend" is vital for human society. In times of crisis and upheaval, our responses to s...