Offers research about the mind and the brain that provides answers to a number of compelling questions. This book uses exemplary... Læs mere
Growing numbers of pet owners are giving their pets dietary supplements in hopes of supporting their health. This book examines issues in... Læs mere
Mimi Koehl is a biomechanist. She uses engineering and physics to study the designs of living things that fly, swim, drift, and crawl. She loves solving riddles about how creatures 'from feathered dinosaurs to flying frogs' live and move. This book presents her story.
Hunter, detective, scientist - Nancy is all these, and a friend to people everywhere who are affected by a fatal, inherited sickness called... Læs mere
Marta Tienda sees life stories in numbers. She is a sociologist, a scientist who studies human society. Numbers are the tools she uses to uncover... Læs mere
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