In the tradition of such epic accounts as Jacques Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence and Taylor Branch's Parting the Waters, The Tangled Wing encompasses all we know about the forces that drive human behavior. Why do we act, and feel, the way we do? Is it genes? Childhood experience? The world around us? In this gracefully written, forcefully argued revision of his now classic text, Melvin Konner shows it to be an intricately woven fabric of all these factors that makes us who we are.

Generously illustrated with diagrams, period engravings, and paintings, Parallax is an unforgettable tale that illuminates the distinctly human side of science.

The Lady Tasting Tea is not a book of dry facts and figures, but the history of great individuals who dared to look at the world in a new way.

An impassioned call for a new approach to ocean stewardship, Blue Frontier is essential reading for anyone interested in saving our maritime culture and heritage.

A provocative new study of an emotionally charged issue, The Myth of Monogamy illuminates a part of our natural make-up that is as fascinating as it is frustrating.   Author Interviews/Appearances

A vibrant account of contemporary evolutionary biology, The Evolutionists is a fascinating look at how controversy and debate shape the scientific process.

In The Stuff of Life, Eric P. Widmaier deconstructs the fundamental processes of the human body and focuses on those vital biological substances that are particularly well understood.

A sequel to Schwarcz’s best-selling Radar, Hula Hoops, and Playful Pigs, this collection of essays blends quirky anecdotes about everyday chemistry with engaging tales from the history of science.
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Have you ever wondered about the science behind Alice’s strange adventures in Wonderland, Casanova’s experiments with "Spanish Fly," and zombies in Haiti? In Radar, Hula Hoops, and Playful Pigs, chemist and columnist Dr. Joe Schwarcz offers 67 entertaining essays exploring these and other delightful nooks and crannies of chemistry.

Over 65 million years ago in what is now South Dakota, a battle-scarred Tyrannosaurus rex matriarch-perhaps mortally wounded in a ferocious fight-fell into the riverbed and died. In 1990 her skeleton was found, virtually complete, in what many have called the most spectacular dinosaur fossil discovery to date.

A thrilling scientific detective story, The Balance Within tells how researchers have finally uncovered hard evidence of the link between emotions and health.

Filled with insightful discussions of the debates between some of the finest mathematical minds of the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, Angles of Reflection is both an intellectual journey through the history of mathematics and a gripping testament to maternal love.

Why is there still so much anti-evolution sentiment in the United States at the start of the Third Millennium? In The Triumph of Evolution, Niles Eldredge-a leading expert on evolution and the diversity of life-presents the most up-to-date examination of the creation-evolution confrontation available.

Bold Science profiles seven headstrong, iconoclastic, and visionary scientists who have risen to the pinnacles of their fields at a pivotal moment-and are producing amazing breakthroughs with bold, sometimes controversial methods.

An eye-opening analysis of the use and abuse of persuasion in daily life, Age of Propaganda reveals how persuasion influences our behavior, which propaganda strategies are most commonly used today, and why some techniques work better than others. Drawing on the history of propaganda and modern research in social psychology, the authors show how the tactics used by political campaigners, sales agents, advertisers, televangelists, demagogues, and others, often take advantage of our emotions by appealing to our deepest fears and most irrational hopes, creating a distorted vision of the world we live in.

On April 20th, 1999, the worst school massacre in our nation’s history took place at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. In Nobody Left to Hate, leading social psychologist Elliot Aronson argues that a negative atmosphere in our schools may have contributed to this tragedy and offers concise, practical, and easy-to-apply strategies for creating a more supportive, stimulating, and compassionate environment.

Since 1975, Robert Julien's A Primer of Drug Action has been the definitive guide to the effects of psychoactive drugs on the brain and on behavior. Now fully updated, this popular guide continues to lead the way through a rapidly changing field, providing readers with a clear, contemporary, and objective look at every drug and medication that either positively or adversely affects brain function.
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