Títulos en Ciencias biológicas

Are we really the masters of our own destiny? Neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow shows how far our future is already hardwired in our brains. Like Sapiens and Thinking Fast and Slow, The Science of Fate revolutionises the way we understand our species and ourselves. So many of us believe that we...

Explore the awe, complexity, and enduring mystery of America’s last frontier. In A Fascination with Alaska: Beyond the Alaskan Cruise Naturalist, marine biologist William Stickle shares a lifetime of exploration, research, and teaching in Alaska’s wild and varied landscapes. With over sixty visits since 1967, Stickle offers a compelling portrait of the state’s dramatic geography, rich history, diverse ecosystems, and the effects of a changing climate.

När Suzanna tröttnade på att rida den gamla vanliga skogsrundan hemma i Dalarna bestämde hon sig för att ge sig ut på en långritt. Hon lastade fjordhästen Krumelur, tog med hunden och begav sig till Hörby i Skåne där hon startade ritten. Slutmål: Jokkmokk. Suzanna, som var både...

En kedja är aldrig starkare än sin svagaste länk heter det. Om kedjan vore mitt liv så är den länk som är svagast lackerad med en oanad kraft. Idag är jag, trots mitt svåra handikapp, en entreprenör inom ridsporten. Jag älskar att möta människor och hästar och jag får mycket...

Nominerad till AUGUSTPRISET 2016 "Det är så välskrivet och så viktigt att den här boken borde bli en grundbok i ekonomi för alla svenskar." Dagens Nyheter "en av årets viktigaste böcker" Gotlands Tidningar "Fattigfällan är en bok som skulle kunna bli politisk dynamit om nån tar upp...

De mörka åren - en väg till balans av och med Eva Johansson När Eva fick sitt tredje barn visste lyckan inga gränser. Drömmen gick i uppfyllelse. Men lyckan varade inte länge. Barnet fungerade inte som sina syskon, någonting var fel. Rörelsemönstret var helt annorlunda, han lyssnade...

As impressionantes descobertas da ciência sobre como as bactérias afetam nosso humor, influenciam nossas decisões, planejam ações em conjunto e até interferem no clima do planeta.

For more than 10,000 years, cats have prowled at the edges of human life. But, starting only a few decades ago, hundreds of millions of them became pets. In Cats, Rod Phillips shares a sweeping cultural and social history of felines, tracing their shifting place across societies and centuries, from ancient Egypt's revered hunters to Europe's suspected familiars of witches and from shipboard rodent controllers to cherished internet icons.

Este libro, 101 Súper Datos y Más Sobre los Capibaras, reúne relatos fascinantes y datos curiosos que abarcan la ciencia, la historia, la ecología y la cultura para satisfacer la curiosidad de los más ardientes entusiastas de los capibaras. Ofrece una mirada enfocada y atractiva a uno de los mamíferos más distintivos del reino animal.

From survival of the fittest to survival of the most conscious, discover a revolutionary scientific message of hope for humanity's future. For over a century, Darwin’s concept of “survival of the fittest,” or life as competition, has shaped the fate of civilization. Renowned cell biologist...

Get ready for a wild ride through the most shocking, inspiring and downright unbelievable stories about plant life, from the experts at Botanic Gardens of Sydney. This is your backstage pass to the drama, mystery and importance of Earth’s most overlooked species. Blending science, true crime...

“Within these pages, you’ll find delight, wisdom, and wonder.”—Sy Montgomery, author of The Hummingbirds’ Gift A delight for devoted birders, curious nature lovers, and casual backyard watchers alike, from two beloved local talents Fresh, experiential personal essays featuring more...

Read by the author, William Fiennes. Winner of the Hawthornden Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize I had attached myself to the birds. I couldn't move on until the birds moved on, and the birds couldn't move on without the spring. One winter, after an...

Once dismissed as unscientific, psychoanalytic therapy is proving to be among our most effective medical treatments of any kind—outperforming psychiatric drugs and rivalling vaccines in its power to prevent and heal. Why does it work so well? Perhaps because one of the most controversial...

“This is the most life-affirming book I’ve read in a long time.” —John Vaillant, National Book Award finalist for Fire Weather Named a Best Book of the Year So Far by: The New Yorker NPR The Financial Times From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller On Trails...

The award-winning, New York Times bestselling international sensation hailed as an “instant classic” (Dwight Garner). One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century One of Kirkus Reviews’s Best Books of the 21st Century One of the New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best...

The Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney makes a radical, compelling new account of the birth of language that puts women at the centre of the story. Conventional explanations for how humans became ‘the language animal’ (proposed by men such as Noam Chomsky, Steven Pinker and Yuval...

Humans once relied on the calls of wild animals to understand the natural world and their place within it. Now, this remarkable guide reveals what our ancestors knew long ago—that tuning in to the owl in the tree, the deer in the gully, can tell us important information and help us feel...

For fans of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk, a lyrical memoir and “engaging, endearing, deeply felt” (David Coggins) ode to the art of fly fishing and how it can shape a life—by renowned female angler and conservationist Marina Gibson. As her twenty-first...

This “charming and addictively accessible introduction to neuroscience” (Steven Pinker) takes us on a highly entertaining tour through the wonders and mysteries of the human brain—from a renowned husband-and-wife team of cognitive neuroscientists. Professors and husband-and-wife team Uta...