Biology Language

“Signals is a special book, … [an] utterly fascinating guide to who you are and how you work. It's compassionate, humane and grounded in the author's deep clinical experience. A true gift.” ―Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People In the tradition of Atul Gawande and Henry...

A scientific and medical revolution has crept up on us, based on study after study, from hundreds of laboratories around the world. It is no longer just a theoretical shift: every one of us will be touched by it, and many of us already have been. The meaning of disease, our understanding of the human body, and crucial decisions about what we all need to know and what choices we make about our health are at stake. Welcome to the new world of personalized medicine.

In a radical new story about the birth of our species, The Origin of Language argues that it was not hunting, fighting, or tool-making that forced early humans to speak, but the inescapable need to care for our children. Journeying to the dawn of Homo sapiens, evolutionary biologist Madeleine...

The Science of Attraction: Biology, Psychology, Hormones, Evolution, and Culture in Human Relationships explains why attraction feels personal and unpredictable while still following patterns that research can track. It looks at the meeting point of instinct, perception, emotion, and social learning, showing how people respond to faces, voices, scent, confidence, warmth, familiarity, and timing. Instead of reducing romance to a single cause, it maps the main forces that shape first impressions, desire, attachment, and partner choice in everyday life. The book begins with the biology of ...

“A practical, heartfelt manual for anyone who needs to change minds and actions. Lisa Cron shares the art of practical empathy with leaders who care enough to make a difference.”—Seth Godin, author of The Practice A step-by-step guide to using the brain’s hardwired need for story to...

It can be challenging to know where to begin when learning a new skill, especially when the subject appears so vast. There can be so much information available that it's difficult to know where to begin. Or, even worse, you start learning and quickly discover that there are too many concepts, commands, and nuances that aren't explained. This type of encounter is aggravating because it leaves you with more questions than answers. Python Programming Guide makes no assumptions about your Python or computer programming knowledge or background. To get the most out of this book, you don't need ...

"An unabashedly smart and affecting portrait of the strains of a marriage." —Ayana Mathis, author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Meet Ivan and Prue: a married couple - both experts in language and communication - who nevertheless cannot seem to communicate with each other Ivan is a tightly...

Taking us beyond the confines of our own experiences, The Color of North traverses the kingdom of life to uncover the myriad ways that proteins shape us and all organisms on the planet. Inside every cell, a tight-knit community of millions of proteins skillfully contorts into unique shapes to give fireflies their ghostly glow, enable the octopus to see predators with its skin, and make humans fall in love.

Melanie Mitchell separa la ciencia real de la ciencia ficción en este amplio examen del estado actual de la inteligencia artificial y de cómo está rehaciendo nuestro mundo. Ninguna empresa científica reciente ha resultado tan seductora, aterradora y llena de extravagantes promesas y...

A daring new planetary history, one that focuses our attention on the beautiful and dynamic dance between life and Earth, from Olivia Judson, the bestselling and award-winning author of Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation How do we – living creatures – fit into the grand cosmic...

"The Blueprint of Life and Language: A Comprehensive Guide to Genomics, Molecular Biology, and Linguistic Structures" is an insightful exploration into the parallels and principles that underpin both genetic and linguistic codes. This book bridges the seemingly disparate scientific fields of genomics and linguistics to illuminate how the foundational elements of life and communication are intertwined through common themes of syntax, mutation, and evolution. Structured to cater to both academic and professional audiences, the guide provides a deep dive into the molecular mechanisms of ...

“Beauty is possible even when it appears impossible. An astounding book.” —Joy Harjo, author of Washing My Mother's Body Navajo Nation Poet Laureate Jake Skeets’s highly anticipated second collection patiently tracks the impacts of climate change on the land and its myriad inhabitants...

Welcome to the hidden, squirming world of parasites—some of the most misunderstood creatures with whom we share the Earth (and our bodies). "Astonishing, eye-opening, and inspiring." —Chloe Dalton, author of Raising Hare There is the tapeworm, which can grow 120 feet in length within the gut...

It is widely understood that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution completely revolutionized the study of biology. Yet, according to David Sloan Wilson, the Darwinian revolution won’t be truly complete until it is applied more broadly—to everything associated with the words “human,”...

In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on an expedition that, in his own words, determined my whole career. The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his five-year journey around the world and especially the coastal waters of South America as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle. While traveling through these...

Grace Williams has her future all mapped out. A high school senior in her beloved state of Texas, Grace plans to move to New York City after graduation to study at Barnard College, and maybe, someday, win a Nobel Prize in biology. When she's asked to tutor Jack Nelson, the star baseball player who's flunking bio, she thinks it'll be just another activity to list on her college application. Studying turns to flirting, flirting becomes secret hookups, and despite her expertise in bio, Grace gets pregnant.

Why do we fall in love with the wrong person? Why does heartbreak feel like physical pain? And what actually makes someone irresistible according to neuroscience? Most relationship advice is based on opinion. This book is based on real science. Drawing on hundreds of peer-reviewed studies in neurobiology, evolutionary psychology, and behavioral science, Dr. M. Oktar Guloglu -a neuroscientist with a PhD from Lund University (Sweden) who taught university courses on the neurobiology of love- reveals exactly what happens inside your brain when you fall in love, get rejected, or can't stop ...

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...

Brought to you by Penguin. Of all the many things humans rely on plants for, surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness: to stimulate, calm, or completely alter the qualities of our mental experience. In This Is Your Mind On Plants, Michael Pollan explores three very...