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"Some low-frequency sounds--such as noise from storms or truck engines--can make you feel dizzy and nauseated. An index finger's light touch can stop people from losing balance. You are more prone to trip when you think someone is watching you. A breakthrough in improving balance as we age might just come through the study of the Achilles tendon. A person gets "falling down drunk" due to a tiny structure in the inner ear that floats when it becomes...
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2019.
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English
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"Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As compulsively readable as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody. Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately)...
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"The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world. This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension--the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic...
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"Wouldn't you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health. For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of aging that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease,...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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Since the beginning of recorded history, law and religion have provided "rules" that define good behavior. When we obey such rules, we assign to some external authority the capacity to determine how we should act. Even anarchists recognize the existence of a choice as to whether or not to obey, since no one has seriously doubted that the source of social order resides in our vast ethical systems. Debate has focused only on whose system is best, never...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Episode 5 - The Aging Brain: Through Many Lives. A startling new map of the human brain has emerged during the past decade of neuroscience research, contradicting much of what was previously believed. Narrated by Blair Brown and directed by David Grubin, this series tells stories through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary, and cutting-edge animation. Viewers learn startling new truths about the brain as they journey inside about this complicated...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Episode 3 - The Teenage Brain: A World of Their Own. A startling new map of the human brain has emerged during the past decade of neuroscience research, contradicting much of what was previously believed. Narrated by Blair Brown and directed by David Grubin, this series tells stories through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary, and cutting-edge animation. Viewers learn startling new truths about the brain as they journey inside about this...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Episode 4 - The Adult Brain: To Think By Feeling. A startling new map of the human brain has emerged during the past decade of neuroscience research, contradicting much of what was previously believed. Narrated by Blair Brown and directed by David Grubin, this series tells stories through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary, and cutting-edge animation. Viewers learn startling new truths about the brain as they journey inside about this...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Episode 2 - The Child's Brain: Syllable From Sound. A startling new map of the human brain has emerged during the past decade of neuroscience research, contradicting much of what was previously believed. Narrated by Blair Brown and directed by David Grubin, this series tells stories through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary, and cutting-edge animation. Viewers learn startling new truths about the brain as they journey inside about this...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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A startling new map of the human brain has emerged during the past decade of neuroscience research, contradicting much of what was previously believed. Narrated by Blair Brown and directed by David Grubin, this series tells stories through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary, and cutting-edge animation. Viewers learn startling new truths about the brain as they journey inside about this complicated organ.
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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English
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Tackling the serious topic of stress in his famously entertaining manner, Professor Sapolsky sets the stage on a Kenyan savannah, with a hungry lion in hot pursuit of a terrified zebra. As he explains, the zebra's fight-or-flight response channels essential energy to its survival effort by shutting down and even damaging nonessential biological functions- in a temporary, short-term response. Unfortunately, humans can generate the same response simply...
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DK Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2018.
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Español
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Uses easy-to-follow graphics to explain how the complex functions of the human body work, with tips for getting the best sleep possible and staying healthy during cold and flu season.
Cómo funciona el cuerpo humano explora los maravillosos procesos que ocurren dentro nuestro propio cuerpo, normalmente, sin que nos demos cuenta de ello. ¿Por qué nos mareamos o sentimos mariposas en el estómago? ¿Qué ocurre cuando sentimos jetlag? Estas son solo...
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For Dummies, a Wiley brand
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[2023]
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English
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"Get an A in A&P, the Dummies way. The human body has 11 major anatomical systems, 206 bones, and dozens of organs, tissues, and fluids. With Anatomy & Physiology All-In-One For Dummies, you can learn them all. Everything's explained in plain English, with practice quizzes and answers with detailed explanations. You'll learn both the terms and the concepts, so you can identify the anatomical structures of each system and also explain how they work....
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PBS
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Memory is the glue that binds our mental lives. Without it, we'd be prisoners of the present, unable to use the lessons of the past to change our future. From our first kiss to where we put our keys, memory represents who we are and how we learn and navigate the world. But how does it work? Neuroscientists using cutting-edge techniques are exploring the precise molecular mechanisms of memory. By studying a range of individuals ranging from an 11-year-old...
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Norwood House Press
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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"Describes the basic human body systems and parts - how they function and how they relate to each other. As readers use scientific inquiry to learn what the human body needs to survive and thrive, an activity based on real world situations challenges them to apply what they've learned in order to solve a puzzle"--
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Dragonfruit, an imprint of Mango Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Beginning with a timeline of human evolution and continuing withfascinating explanations and illustrations that are fun and understandable, basic anatomy and even advanced topics like how the heart works and what DNA is made of are easy to comprehend."--Provided by publisher.
19) Animals and me
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DK Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Compares the functions of various parts of the human body with those of familiar animals, from the size of the human brain and the strength of human eyesight to our ability to communicate.
20) Human body
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Norwood House Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Using scientific inquiry, readers will learn about their body's systems and how to care for their body. Through everyday connections to science in the real world, see how your body works. Includes a note to caregivers, a glossary, a discover activity, and career connections, as well as connections to science history"--
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