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Do No Harm Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-03-12 | Author:Henry Marsh [Marsh, Henry]

The next day was even worse. None of us felt able to make our usual sardonic jokes at the morning meeting. The first case was a man who had died ...
( Category: Medical December 22,2014 )
Power, Sex, Suicide-Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life by Nick Lane
mobi |eng | 2005-01-01 | Author:Nick Lane

PART 5 Murder or Suicide The Troubled Birth of the Individual When cells in the body become worn out or damaged, they die by enforced suicide, or apoptosis. The cell ...
( Category: Cell Biology December 19,2014 )
The Domesticated Brain by Bruce Hood
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-05-01 | Author:Bruce Hood

Rebounding earworms and white bears Rebound effects can happen when you least expect them and often can be very irritating. Have you ever had that annoying experience where a tune ...
( Category: Biology December 19,2014 )
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
epub |eng | 2014-05-06 | Author:Sam Kean [Kean, Sam]

PART IV BELIEFS AND DELUSIONS CHAPTER EIGHT The Sacred Disease In this section we shift from the physical brain to the mental brain. Common sense tells us there’s a sharp ...
( Category: Biology December 15,2014 )
Pleasurable Kingdom by Jonathan Balcombe
epub, mobi |eng | 2005-12-31 | Author:Jonathan Balcombe

Chapter 7 TOUCH Making contact with pleasure …your life a sluice of sensation along your sides – D.H. Lawrence, Fish Few who have petted or stroked or belly-rubbed a domestic ...
( Category: Animal Psychology December 8,2014 )
Sync: How Order Emerges from Chaos In the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life by Strogatz Steven H
azw3 |eng | 2012-02-13 | Author:Strogatz, Steven H. [Strogatz, Steven H.]

What’s so surprising here is that the waterwheel turns erratically, even though there’s nothing erratic about the way it is being driven. The water is pumped in at a steady ...
( Category: Molecular Biology December 3,2014 )
Fundamentals of Microbiology by Jeffrey C. Pommerville
epub, pdf |eng | 2013-01-09 | Author:Jeffrey C. Pommerville [Pommerville, Jeffrey C.]

Other Respiratory Viruses Also Produce Pneumonia A few other viruses can cause LRT infections in adults. SARS. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was first reported in southeastern China in spring ...
( Category: Microbiology November 25,2014 )
Science and Human Origins by Gauger Ann & Axe Douglas & Luskin Casey
mobi |eng | 2012-06-13 | Author:Gauger, Ann & Axe, Douglas & Luskin, Casey [Gauger, Ann]

Figure 3-6: Got a big head? Don’t get a big head. Brain size not always a good indicator of intelligence or evolutionary relationships. Case in point: Neanderthals had a larger ...
( Category: Developmental Biology November 24,2014 )
Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle by Andreas Wagner
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-10-01 | Author:Andreas Wagner [Wagner, Andreas]

These examples and hundreds more illustrate the power of regulation to innovate. The lab notebooks of thousands of researchers and the pages of dozens of scholarly journals are overflowing with ...
( Category: Molecular Biology November 24,2014 )
Leonardo's Brain by Shlain Leonard
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-10-20 | Author:Shlain, Leonard

Nowhere in the thousands of pages that Leonardo wrote does he ever explicitly offer his personal concept of beauty. Yet, there can be no other subject that consumed Leonardo more. ...
( Category: History November 21,2014 )
Extreme Medicine: How Exploration Transformed Medicine in the Twentieth Century by Fong M.D. Kevin
mobi, pdf, epub |eng | 2014-02-06 | Author:Fong M.D., Kevin

November 2011: Me diving in the Red Sea using a vintage scuba rig of the type first seen in the 1950s. (© Michael Pitts) WATER Brace! Brace! Brace!” he shouts, ...
( Category: Expeditions & Discoveries November 19,2014 )
Case Files Microbiology by Eugene Toy
epub |eng | 2015-11-18 | Author:Eugene Toy

TREATMENT AND PREVENTION Several antiviral drugs have been developed to treat HSV infections, including acyclovir, valacyclovir, and famciclovir. All of these drugs function as inhibitors of viral DNA synthesis and ...
( Category: Microbiology November 19,2014 )
Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You: A Lively Tour Through the Dark Side of the Natural World by Riskin Dan
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-03-04 | Author:Riskin, Dan [Riskin, Dan]

Envy is a big part of having a new baby, because you’re constantly comparing notes with other new parents. For Shelby, it was most pronounced when she spoke with other ...
( Category: Wildlife November 19,2014 )
Case Files Biochemistry 3/E by Eugene Toy
epub |eng | 2015-11-18 | Author:Eugene Toy

APPROACH TO: Glycolysis and the Malate-Aspartate Shuttle OBJECTIVES 1. Be familiar with glycolysis. 2. Know the role of glycerol 3-phosphate and the malate-aspartate shuttle. 3. Be aware of the role ...
( Category: Biochemistry November 19,2014 )
Histology: The Big Picture (LANGE The Big Picture) by Morton David & Ash John & Scott Sheryl A
epub |eng | 2012-09-19 | Author:Morton, David & Ash, John & Scott, Sheryl A. [Morton, David]

BRONCHIAL TREE ORGANIZATION OF THE BRONCHIAL TREE The trachea bifurcates into the left and right primary bronchi, which supply the left and right lung, respectively. Each lung is organized around ...
( Category: Cell Biology November 19,2014 )

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