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The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
Ramachandran--the "Marco Polo of neuroscience"--reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about normal brain function and how it evolved.
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The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
The "Marco Polo of Neuroscience" traces the links between neurology and behavior and discusses how normal brain function evolves through the examination of several baffling and extreme case studies and describes a new direction for the ...
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Inventing America: A History of the United States, Volume 2, Study Guide
This Study Guide to "Inventing America" contains chapter objectives and outlines, short-answer and essay questions, and chronologies that support students as they work through the text.
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Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines
Learn the science behind the headlines in this work that outlines the tools of terrorists, the dangers of nuclear power, and the reality of global warming. 50 illustrations.
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Give Me Liberty!: An American History, Volume 1
Presents a survey text of American history from European exploration to the present day, with an emphasis on the interconnections between social, cultural, political, and economic history.
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Hotel Design: Planning and Development
Hospitality is the world's fastest growing industry, and business--and pleasure travelers are demanding more diverse hotels, resorts and leisure-time amenities around the globe.
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Inventing The People
Traces the origins of democratic government in England and the U.S. compares their approaches, and discusses elections and the philosophical background of political representation
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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
Seeks to provide a genuinely engaging and comprehensive primer to economics that explains key concepts without technical jargon and using common-sense examples. 15,000 first printing.
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The Gecko's Foot
An analysis of the unlikely relationship between nature and scientific design reveals how such innovations as Velcro, solar panels, and self-cleaning surfaces were created to mimic intricate mechanisms found in the natural world.
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ChemConnections: Water Treatment: How Can We Make Our Water Safe to Drink?
ChemConnections modules cover a broad range of chemical topics and supply research-base, classroom-tested, active learning strategies that guide students through the scientific process.
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