New in paperback Banham, Emily
Nature,
10/2016, Letnik:
538, Številka:
7623
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Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome Alondra Nelson (Beacon, 2016) Geneticist Alondra Nelson analyses the rise in DNA 'roots' testing among African Americans seeking their lost ...identity. Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence Greg Graffin (Thomas Dunne, 2016) Zoologist, geologist and punk rocker Greg Graffin explores how an "us vs them" attitude has infiltrated human consciousness and driven populations to war, despite our unique power to plan our future by reflecting on the past.
New in paperback Banham, Emily
Nature,
10/2015, Letnik:
526, Številka:
7571
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk (Viking, 2015) Violence, abuse or conflict can burn trauma into memory. Faster, Higher, Stronger Mark ...McClusky (Plume, 2015) From the primitive "bag-and-valve" apparatus used to measure runner's oxygen intake in the 1920s to today's Silicon Valley performance labs, Mark McClusky shows how sports science has helped humans to push their physical limits, and why we keep striving to beat the best.
New in paperback Banham, Emily
Nature,
04/2015, Letnik:
520, Številka:
7549
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The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration Bernd Heinrich Mariner 2015 Erudite naturalist Bernd Heinrich attributes the instinct for migration to an affinity for 'home', from ...beavers' skilful dam-building to the joyful dance of Alaskan cranes returned to their nesting pond. The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons Sam Kean Black swan 2015 Crammed with curious anecdotes from neuroscience's gory past, Sam Kean's book ranges from the crude methods of early brain studies (including the beheading of criminals to use as test subjects) to the prion disease kuru, which spreads through cannibalism. Bernard Carlson's account of Nikola Tesla's life at the turn of the twentieth century recalls the inventor's great creations, such as the alternating-current motor, as well as the unfulfilled promise of wireless power.
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New in paperback Banham, Emily
Nature,
09/2014, Letnik:
513, Številka:
7518
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Press, 2014) Psychologist Richard Smith explores the roots of Schadenfreude (joy in others' pain) in society, from reality television thriving on public humiliation to cases of envy-incited crimes, ...including Nazi persecution of Jewish people. Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up Kaitlin Bell Barnett (Beacon, 2014) Journalist Kaitlin Bell Barnett, herself medicated in youth, tells the stories of five people who from childhood have been treated with psychotropic drugs for conditions such as depression and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, addressing their sense of lost freedom and identity.
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