Биология, биофизика, биохимия
6036 кн.
Лучшие статьи ведущих авторов журнала New Scientist, проливающие свет на тайны нашего разума. Сознание – удивительный феномен и одна из еще не разгаданных загадок науки. Но что это такое? Как и почему оно появилось? Как сложные переплетения нейронов создают ощущения, мысли, воспоминания и эмоции? Есть ли сознание у животных? Как на нас действует гипноз? Существует ли свобода воли? Какие бывают расстройства сознания? © New Scientist, 2017 © ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2019 © Перевод Е. Нухова,...
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Лучшие статьи ведущих нейробиологов о самом сложном объекте во Вселенной. Как мозг человека стал таким сложным? Что такое память и как она устроена? Как рассчитать уровень интеллекта? Как управлять эмоциями? Как работает сознание? Почему мы не помним первые годы жизни? Чем отличается мозг мужчины от мозга женщины? Что происходит в голове, пока мы спим? Как современные технологии могут помочь усовершенствовать мозг? В этой аудиокниге собраны лучшие статьи экспертов журнала New Scientist. Здесь...
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В этой аудиокниге собраны лучшие статьи экспертов журнала New Scientist. Появление жизни на Земле – это случайность или неизбежность? С чего все начиналось? Есть ли у эволюции цель или направление? Как жираф отрастил такую шею? Почему человек видит много разных цветов, но не видит ультрафиолет? Если выживают сильнейшие, то откуда берутся альтруисты? Но разве эволюция – это не просто теория? Здесь вы найдете мысли ведущих ученых и интервью с ними, познакомитесь с прошлым, настоящим и будущим...
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Стоит ли нам манипулировать геномом нерожденных и менять генофонд homo sapiens, который нельзя будет перезапустить так, чтобы он развивался в обратную сторону? Готовы ли мы, как вид, взять на себя ответственность за собственную эволюцию и целенаправленно редактировать наши геномы? Как только мы полностью поймем генетические факторы, которые определяют здоровье и работоспособность человека, мы сможем выбрать или, возможно, даже спроектировать эмбрионов с генетическим составом, отличным от...
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Climate Change has become a major topic of debate in today’s politics, with some advocating serious changes in policy in response to it, and others suggesting that scientists and politicians are misreading, misrepresenting, and misapplying the data. Elgin Hushbeck, Jr. is not afraid to challenge scientific orthodoxy, and in fact believes it is very important that we do so. In this little book, he gives an introduction to a number of problems that he and others see with the apparent consensus...
| Автор | Jr. Elgin L Hushbeck |
The circulatory system consists of the veins and arteries throughout the body through which blood flows to and from the heart. Owning a reference guide to the circulatory system is a valuable tool in any first aid kit. A reference guide will allow the owner to immediately recognize the severity of an injury based entirely on where the injury occurs and by the amount of blood flowing from the wound. This knowledge will determine how a person treats the injury.
| Автор | Speedy Publishing |
A biology basics study guide can help to teach kids about the fundamentals of life and give them a strong foundation in the sciences. By learning about plants, animals and other life forms, kids can get a grasp of life on this planet and their place in it. Important basic concepts like the structure of a cell, scientific classification, photosynthesis and more can all be taught with the help of a biology basics study guide, giving kids an early advantage.
| Автор | Speedy Publishing |
Learn the essentials of Asian gemestones with this useful and portable reference book.Gemstones, both mythical and real, are deeply embedded in the arts, religions and cultures of Asia. This handy pocket guide provides an excellent introduction to the full range of superb gemstones mined and processed in the region, their physical characteristics, historical importance and countries of origin. Stunning color photographs and informative text by noted writer on gemstones Carol Clark, will delight...
| Автор | Carol Higgins Clark |
This handy birdwatching field guide is an excellent introduction to the fantastic array of birds found in Southeast Asia.Southeast Asia is home to a remarkable array of bird species—the most diverse on Earth. These birds range in size from the tiny Orange-bellied Flowerpeckers living within the rainforest, to massive White-bellied Sea-Eagles. They vary in color from drab, olive babblers, to exquisitely-hued kingfishers.This bird guide features 96 typical species and clearly describes...
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This Comprehensive Owner’s Guide to the Alaskan Malamute serves as a complete introduction to this hauling and racing snow dog. An undeniably impressive Arctic breed, the Alaskan Malamute with its powerful build, classic Nordic features, including its dark mantle, cap over its head, and plumed is a cherished purebred dog, a member of the Working Group, a family companion, and true outdoor sportsman. The book begins with a fascinating chapter on the breed’s history with the...
| Автор | Thomas Stockman |
"In this wonderful book, Thomas Patterson effectively dethrones the concept of 'civilization' as an abstract good, transcending human society." –Martin Bernal Drawing on his extensive knowledge of early societies, Thomas C. Patterson shows how class, sexism, and racism have been integral to the appearance of «civilized» societies in Western Europe. He lays out clearly and simply how civilization, with its designs of «civilizing» and «being civilized,» has been closely tied to the...
| Автор | Thomas C. Patterson |
In its steady march across the United States, methamphetamine has become, to quote former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, “the most dangerous drug in America.” As a result, there has been a concerted effort at the local level to root out the methamphetamine problem by identifying the people at its source—those known or suspected to be involved with methamphetamine. Government-sponsored anti-methamphetamine legislation has enhanced these local efforts, formally...
| Автор | William Garriott |
As recently as the middle of this century, cancer was still a mysterious disease. It seemed to strike with reckless abandon, and once it had gripped its victim, doctors could do little more than relieve the pain, steady the pulse and ease the breathing. It is all too easy now to reflect on this sad state of affairs without realizing that cell biology itself was also a rudimentary science. In the past few years, a vastly different view of cancer has emerged. The highly sophisticated tools of...
| Автор | Amil Shah |
The Hadramis of South Yemen and the emergence of their diasporic communities throughout the Indian Ocean region are an intriguing facet of the history of this region’s migratory patterns. In the early centuries of migration, the Yemeni, or Hadrami, traveler was both a trader and a religious missionary, making the migrant community both a “trade diaspora” and a “religious diaspora.” This tradition has continued as Hadramis around the world have been linked to networks of extremist,...
| Автор | Leif Manger |
The rapidly expanding population of youth gangs and street children is one of the most disturbing issues in many cities around the world. These children are perceived to be in a constant state of destitution, violence and vagrancy, and therefore must be a serious threat to society, needing heavy-handed intervention and ‘tough love’ from concerned adults to impose societal norms on them and turn them into responsible citizens. However, such norms are far from the lived reality of these children....
| Автор | Paula Heinonen |
Psychologists have done a great deal of research on the effects of trauma on the individual, revealing the paradox that violent experiences are often secreted away beyond easy accessibility, becoming impossible to verbalize explicitly. However, comparatively little research has been done on the transgenerational effects of trauma and the means by which experiences are transmitted from person to person across time to become intrinsic parts of the social fabric. With eight contributions covering...
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Today’s world is one marked by the signs of digital capitalism and global capitalist expansion, and China is increasingly being integrated into this global system of production and consumption. As a result, China’s immediate material impact is now felt almost everywhere in the world; however, the significance and process of this integration is far from understood. This study shows how the a priori categories of statistical reasoning came to be re-born and re-lived in the People’s Republic – as...
| Автор | Xin Liu |
The Sahrawi and Afghan refugee youth in the Middle East have been stereotyped regionally and internationally: some have been objectified as passive victims; others have become the beneficiaries of numerous humanitarian aid packages which presume the primacy of the Western model of child development. This book compares and contrasts both the stereotypes and Western-based models of humanitarian assistance among Sahrawi youth with the lack of programming and near total self-sufficiency of Afghan...
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Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city focuses on every-day practices, official ideologies and representations alongside the memories and dreams of the city’s longstanding residents and recent migrants. Critically examining a range of approaches to place and space in anthropology, geography and other disciplines, the book argues for an...
| Автор | Mateusz Laszczkowski |
Retaliation is associated with all forms of social and political organization, and retaliatory logics inform many different conflict resolution procedures from consensual settlement to compensation to violent escalations. This book derives a concept of retaliation from the overall notion of reciprocity, defining retaliation as the human disposition to strive for a reactive balancing of conflicts and injustices. On Retaliation presents a synthesized approach to both the violence-generating and...
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What makes people lose faith in democratic statecraft? The question seems an urgent one. In the first decades of the twenty-first century, citizens across the world have grown increasingly disillusioned with what was once a cherished ideal. Setting out an original theoretical model that explores the relations between democracy, subjectivity and sociality, and exploring its relevance to countries ranging from Kenya to Peru, The State We’re In is a must-read for all political theorists, scholars...
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A woman with hypertension refuses vegetables. A man with diabetes adds iron-fortified sugar to his coffee. As death rates from heart attacks, strokes, and diabetes in Latin America escalate, global health interventions increasingly emphasize nutrition, exercise, and weight loss—but much goes awry as ideas move from policy boardrooms and clinics into everyday life. Based on years of intensive fieldwork, <I>The Weight of Obesity</I> offers poignant stories of how obesity is lived and...
| Автор | Emily Yates-Doerr |
Starting in the late nineteenth century, scholars and activists all over the world suddenly began to insist that understandings of sex be based on science. As Japanese and Indian sexologists influenced their German, British, and American counterparts and vice versa, sexuality, modernity, and imaginings of exotified “Others” became intimately linked. The first anthology to provide a worldwide perspective on the birth and development of the field, <I>A...
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In this rich, evocative study, Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh examines the changing notions of sexuality, family, and reproduction among Palestinians living in Israel. Distinguishing itself amid the media maelstrom that has homogenized Palestinians as «terrorists,» this important new work offers a complex, nuanced, and humanized depiction of a group rendered invisible despite its substantial size, now accounting for nearly twenty percent of Israel's population. Groundbreaking and thought-provoking,...
| Автор | Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh |