(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Sandra Blakeslee
1) The body has a mind of its own: how body maps in your brain help you do (almost) everything better
Author
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Physical Desc
xii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde, the founders of the new discipline of neuromagic, have convinced some of the world's greatest magicians to allow scientists to study their techniques for tricking the brain. This book is the result of the authors' yearlong, world-wide exploration of magic and how its principles apply to our behavior. Magic tricks fool us because humans have hardwired processes of attention and awareness that are hackable--a...
Author
Physical Desc
xix, 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From two of the world's top scientists and one of the world's top science writers (all parents), Dirt Is Good is a Q&A-based guide to everything you need to know about kids & germs. "Is it OK for my child to eat dirt?" That's just one of the many questions authors Jack Gilbert and Rob Knight are bombarded with every week from parents all over the world. They've heard everything from "My two-year-old gets constant ear infections. Should I give her...