Science is on the defensive. Half of Americans reject the theory of evolution and "Intelligent Design" campaigns are gaining ground. Classroom by classroom, creationism is overthrowing biology.
In Why Darwin Matters, bestselling author Michael...
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Lauded by critics & devoured by readers, this companion to the BBC series traces the development of science as an expression of the special gifts that characterize humans & make us preeminent animals. Bronowski's exciting, illustrated...
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The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist's Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases
“Stories of human behavior at its most extreme….With humor, compassion, empathy, and insight, Small searches for and finds the humanity that lies hidden under even the most bizarre symptoms.”
—Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New...
“A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting that reads like a detective story.” ―Walter Isaacson
In 1976 a deadly virus emerged from the Congo forest. As swiftly as it came, it disappeared, leaving no trace. Over the four...
Другие научные, Психология
The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
A century and a half after Darwin first proposed an "evolutionary ethics," science has begun to tackle the roots of morality. Just as evolutionary biologists study why we are hungry (to motivate us to eat) or why sex is enjoyable (to motivate us to...
Can we build a robot that trips on acid? This is not a frivolous question, according to neuroscientist Andrew Smart. If we can't, he argues, we haven't really created artificial intelligence. In an exposition reminiscent of crossover works such as...
Автор: Демидов Вячеслав Евгеньевич
Серия: Пути в незнаемое #17
Язык: русский
Год: 1983
Статус: Закончена
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Очередной сборник «Пути в незнаемое» содержит произведения писателей, рассказывающих о различных направлениях современного научного...
Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had been sealed for over sixty years, Barbara Goldsmith reveals the Marie Curie behind the myth—an all-too-human woman struggling to balance a spectacular scientific career, a...
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A New History of Life: The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth
Charles Darwin's theories, first published more than 150 years ago, still set the paradigm of how we understand the evolution of life--but scientific advances of recent decades have radically altered that. Now two pioneering scientists draw on their...
Originally published in 1992 to great acclaim, this updated edition traces the course of Hawkinga (TM)s life and science, successfully marrying biography and physics to tell the story of a remarkable man.
Stephen Hawking is no ordinary scientist....