Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"In The Tide, celebrated science writer Hugh Aldersey-Williams weaves together centuries of scientific thinking with the literature and folklore the tide has inspired to explain the power and workings of this most remarkable force."--Amazon.com.
Author
Description
Are you afraid you might succumb to bird flu? Worried that a life of poverty awaits you in old age? Concerned that you might not be having as much sex as the French? Anxious that our planet is under threat from climate change or a collision with an asteroid? If any, or all, of these things worry you, you're not alone. Anxiety is a part of modern life. But why? We're living longer, safer, and healthier lives than at any time in human history. So what...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xxv, 294 pages : illustrations, portraits, photographs ; 25 cm
Description
Combining science, history and culture, this guide to the human body explores every aspect of our anatomy from ancient body art to modern-day plastic surgery and discusses why some people are left-handed and why some cultures think the soul resides in the liver.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
2015, ©2015
Physical Desc
11 CDs (13 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Like the alphabet, the calendar, or the zodiac, the periodic table of the chemical elements has a permanent place in our imagination. But aside from the handful of common ones (iron, carbon, copper, gold), the elements themselves remain wrapped in mystery. We do not know what most of them look like, how they exist in nature, how they got their names, or of what use they are to us. Unlocking their astonishing secrets and colorful pasts, Periodic Tales...