Advertisement
| don't know much about biology: Behave Robert M. Sapolsky, 2018-05-01 New York Times bestseller • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • One of the Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the Year “It’s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read.” —David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal It has my vote for science book of the year.” —Parul Sehgal, The New York Times Immensely readable, often hilarious...Hands-down one of the best books I’ve read in years. I loved it. —Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington Post From the bestselling author of A Primate's Memoir and the forthcoming Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will comes a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Behave is one of the most dazzling tours d’horizon of the science of human behavior ever attempted. Moving across a range of disciplines, Sapolsky—a neuroscientist and primatologist—uncovers the hidden story of our actions. Undertaking some of our thorniest questions relating to tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competition, and war and peace, Behave is a towering achievement—a majestic synthesis of cutting-edge research and a heroic exploration of why we ultimately do the things we do . . . for good and for ill. |
| don't know much about biology: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Robert M. Sapolsky, 2004-09-15 Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with over 225,000 copies in print Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress. As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear-and the ones that plague us now-are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and cancer. When we worry or experience stress, our body turns on the same physiological responses that an animal's does, but we do not resolve conflict in the same way-through fighting or fleeing. Over time, this activation of a stress response makes us literally sick. Combining cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humor and practical advice, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more. It also provides essential guidance to controlling our stress responses. This new edition promises to be the most comprehensive and engaging one yet. |
| don't know much about biology: Don't Know Much About Literature LP Kenneth C. Davis, 2009-07-28 From Homer to Harry Potter, from Chaucer to Charlotte's Web, a compelling book of quizzes on history's most influential literary works and writers Did a whale named Mocha Dick inspire Melville's masterpiece? Who was the first poet to speak at a presidential inauguration? Which French-speaking high school football star shook up the literary world? Do you freeze when someone mentions Faulkner? When the conversation turns to the Odyssey, do you want to take a hike? Have no fear. For years, Kenneth C. Davis's New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About® books have enlightened and enthralled us with a winning blend of fascinating facts and wonderfully irreverent fun. Now he sets his sights on our literary IQ in Don't Know Much About® Literature. With this rich treasure trove of knowledge and intriguing information about the world's great books and authors, Kenneth Davis and his daughter, Jenny, demystify Dracula, capture Kafka, and help you brush up on your BrontË in the inimitable and endlessly entertaining Don't Know Much About® style. |
| don't know much about biology: The Vital Question Nick Lane, 2016 A game-changing book on the origins of life, called the most important scientific discovery 'since the Copernican revolution' in The Observer. |
| don't know much about biology: Don't Know Much About the Bible Kenneth C. Davis, 2009-03-17 With wit, wisdom, and an extraordinary talent for turning dry, difficult reading into colorful and realistic accounts, the creator of the bestselling Don't Know Much About®, series now brings the world of the Old and New testaments to life as no one else can in the bestseller Don't Know Much About® The Bible. Relying on new research and improved translations, Davis uncovers some amazing questions and contradictions about what the Bible really says. Jericho's walls may have tumbled down because the city lies on a fault line. Moses never parted the Red Sea. There was a Jesus, but he wasn't born on Christmas and he probably wasn't an only child. Davis brings readers up-to-date on findings gleaned from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Gnostic Gospels that prompt serious scholars to ask such serious questions as: Who wrote the Bible? Did Jesus say everything we were taught he did? Did he say more? By examining the Bible historically, Davis entertains and amazes, provides a much better understanding of the subject, and offers much more fun learning about it. |
| don't know much about biology: Gloucestermas Jonathan Bayliss, 2013-11-14 Gloucestermas is the culmination of Jonathan Bayliss’s masterwork, GLOUCESTERMAN, a tetralogy reviewers have compared to the fiction of Sterne, Melville, Joyce, Broch, and Musil. Like Gloucesterbook and Gloucestertide, this richly detailed, playful, and expansive novel is centered on the Atlantic Coast’s seaport “Dogtown” on “Cape Gloucester.” Rafe Opsimath and Caleb Karcist are now older, with new practical, social, and intellectual preoccupations in 1980s Dogtown. Woven into the narrative are the Cape Gloucester and Isle of Man of the 1920s, Dogtown legends and municipal affairs, the fate of the schooner Gloucesterman, and a Court of Love. Expanding the network of friends, spouses, and lovers, new central characters are intertwined in the sprawling web of ideas, history, geography, responsibility, experience, conversation, and love that make GLOUCESTERMAN unique in the world of literature. Gloucestermas may be enjoyed independently or alongside the previous novels in the GLOUCESTERMAN series, headed by Prologos and including Gloucesterbook and Gloucestertide. |
| don't know much about biology: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Geoffrey O'Brien, 2022-10-25 From ancient Egypt to today, enjoy a sweeping survey of world history through its most memorable words in this completely revised and updated nineteenth edition. More than 150 years after its initial publication, Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations now enters its nineteenth edition. First compiled by John Bartlett, a bookseller in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a commonplace book of only 258 pages, the original 1855 edition mainly featured selections from the Bible, Shakespeare, and the great English poets. Today, Bartlett’s includes more than 20,000 quotes from roughly 4,000 contributors. Spanning centuries of thought and culture, it remains the finest and most popular compendium of quotations ever assembled. While continuing to draw on timeless classical references, this edition also incorporates more than 3,000 new quotes from more than 700 new sources, including Alison Bechdel, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Pope Francis, Atul Gawande, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hilary Mantel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Claudia Rankine, Fred Rogers, Bernie Sanders, Patti Smith, and Malala Yousafzai. Bartlett’s showcases the thoughts not only of renowned figures from the arts, literature, politics, science, sports, and business, but also of otherwise unknown individuals whose thought-provoking ideas have moved, unsettled, or inspired readers and listeners throughout the ages. Bartlett’s makes searching for the perfect quote easy in three ways: alphabetically by author, chronologically by the author’s birth date, or thematically by subject. Whether one is searching for appropriate remarks for a celebration, comforting thoughts for a serious occasion, or simply to answer the question “Who said that?” Bartlett’s offers readers and scholars alike a stunning treasury of words that have influenced |
| don't know much about biology: Good Girls Glen Hirshberg, 2016-02-23 Reeling from the violent death of her daughter and a confrontation with the Whistler the monster who wrecked her life Jess has fled the South for a tiny college town in New Hampshire. There she huddles in a fire-blackened house with her crippled lover, her infant grandson, and the creature that was once her daughter's best friend, who may or may not be a threat. Rebecca, an orphan undergrad caring for Jess's grandson, finds in Jess' house the promise of a family she has never known, but also a terrifying secret. Meanwhile, unhinged and unmoored, the Whistler watches from the rooftops and awaits his moment. And deep in the Mississippi Delta, the evil that spawned him stirs.-- |
| don't know much about biology: Minorities and Small Numbers from Molecules to Organisms in Biology Takeharu Nagai, Yuichi Togashi, 2018-11-03 This book provides an accessible introduction to an exciting new field of life science in which the focus is on small numbers of molecules and minorities within cell populations and their significance for the understanding of biological phenomena. Numbers, or quantitative data, are attracting more attention in cell biology following, for example, determination of the absolute copy number of each protein species in each bacterial cell and the recognition of leader cells that drive collective cell migration. Within this context, the authors present recent advances in experimental techniques, biological findings, and theories. A variety of cutting-edge topics and issues are addressed, with explanation of the ways in which recent developments in the field cast light on seemingly straightforward but difficult-to-answer questions. Readers will learn that we are on the verge of a paradigm shift as the importance of cooperation among groups of molecules in live cells is acknowledged. The book is designed to be enjoyable to read and easy to understand. It will be of interest for a wide range of readers, including young researchers and undergraduate/high school students. |
| don't know much about biology: The ABC's of Financial Success Workbook Barry Lee Cameron, Douglas J. Crozier, 2003-04 |
| don't know much about biology: The Biology of Belief Bruce H. Lipton, 2010-03 Author Lipton is a former medical school professor and research scientist. His experiments, and those of other leading-edge scientists, have examined in great detail the processes by which cells receive information. The implications of this research radically change our understanding of life. It shows that genes and DNA do not control our biology; that instead DNA is controlled by signals from outside the cell, including the energetic messages emanating from our positive and negative thoughts. Dr. Lipton's profoundly hopeful synthesis of the latest and best research in cell biology and quantum physics is being hailed as a breakthrough, showing that our bodies can be changed as we retrain our thinking. |
| don't know much about biology: Harrison Ford Virginia Luzón-Aguado, 2020-05-28 Harrison Ford is known for such iconic roles as Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Rick Deckard - but his career of 50 years (and counting) encompasses a plethora of other thought-provoking roles. His off-screen persona has been no less intriguing. Covering a wide timespan, this book assesses Harrison Ford as 'star' from the difficult Hollywood studio years where he began, his blockbusters of the 1980s, through to the impact of ageist culture on his artistry of recent years. The author argues that Ford has generally been seen as a potent, irresistible combination of tradition and modernity. He is an actor who both reflects and utilises changing ideas about American masculinity in the context of Hollywood film production: particular male types are revealed as much in his trademark trustworthy hero act as in his more fallible, less conservative and therefore commercially riskier characters. Luzon Aguado explores these particular star identities and every fluctuation in between. She gives due attention to his much-neglected acting abilities while examining the crucial interplay between star persona and the constraints and conventions of genre. Going beyond standard accounts of Ford's production and pinpointing overlooked aspects of his work, and the creation of the star through cultural artefacts like magazine interviews and advertising campaigns, this book reveals the depth and dimensions of the enduring American screen legend that is Harrison Ford. |
| don't know much about biology: The Biology of Belief 10th Anniversary Edition Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., 2015-10-13 Unleashing the power of consciousness, matter and miracles It has been ten years since the publication of The Biology of Belief, Bruce Lipton’s seminal book on the relationship between mind and body that changed the way we think about our lives, our health, and our planet. During that time, research in this field has grown exponentially – Lipton’s groundbreaking experiments have now been endorsed by more than a decade of rigorous scientific study. In this greatly expanded edition, Lipton, a former medical school professor and research scientist, explores his own experiments and those of other leading-edge scientists that have unraveled in ever greater detail how truly connected the mind, body, and spirit are. It is now widely recognized that genes and DNA do not control our biology. Instead, they are controlled by signals from outside the cell, including energetic messages emanating from our thoughts. This profoundly hopeful synthesis of the latest and best research in cell biology and quantum physics puts the power to create a healthy, joyous life back in our own hands. When we transform our conscious and subconscious thoughts, we transform our lives, and in the process help humanity evolve to a new level of understanding and peace. |
| don't know much about biology: How to Think like a Philosopher Julian Baggini, 2023-05-08 An invitation to the habits of good thinking from philosopher Julian Baggini. By now, it should be clear: in the face of disinformation and disaster, we cannot hot take, life hack, or meme our way to a better future. But how should we respond instead? In How to Think like a Philosopher, Julian Baggini turns to the study of reason itself for practical solutions to this question, inspired by our most eminent philosophers, past and present. Baggini offers twelve key principles for a more humane, balanced, and rational approach to thinking: pay attention; question everything (including your questions); watch your steps; follow the facts; watch your language; be eclectic; be a psychologist; know what matters; lose your ego; think for yourself, not by yourself; only connect; and don’t give up. Each chapter is chockful of real-world examples showing these principles at work—from the discovery of penicillin to the fight for trans rights—and how they lead to more thoughtful conclusions. More than a book of tips and tricks (or ways to be insufferably clever at parties), How to Think like a Philosopher is an invitation to develop the habits of good reasoning that our world desperately needs. |
| don't know much about biology: Bodega Dreams Ernesto Quiñonez, 2015-01-21 In this thriller with literary merit (Time Out New York), a stunning narrative combines the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley. Bodega Dreams pulls us into Spanish Harlem, where the word is out: Willie Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty—and a steady income from the drugs he pushes. Lyrical, inspired, and darkly funny, this powerful debut novel brilliantly evokes the trial of Chino, a smart, promising young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor. Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder. Bodega is a fascinating character. . . . The story [Quiñonez] tells has energy and verve. —The New York Times Book Review |
| don't know much about biology: The Poet and the Dream Girl Carl Sandburg, Lilian Steichen, 1999 These letters reveal the thoughts of two fine, strong minds drawn to each other first by their interest in socialism, then by their love of poetry and a similarity of ethics and ideals. My mother recognized this in his early prose and poetry. They learned so much about each other from these letters, yet it seems extraordinary that there was so little personal contact.-- From the introduction by Margaret Sandburg |
| don't know much about biology: The Genetics and Biology of Sex Determination Derek J. Chadwick, Jamie A. Goode, 2002-04-26 Nature employs a wide variety of sex determining mechanisms and it is only comparatively recently that the tools have become available for these to be explored at the cellular and molecular levels. A major landmark was the discovery in 1990 of the SRY gene and the subsequent demonstration of its key role in triggering male sex determination in transgenic mice. This book reviews and discusses our current understanding of the molecular genetic pathways of sex determination, with special emphasis on vertebrates. It features comparisons with other modes of sex determination, consideration of the biology of sexual development and discussion of the evolution of sex-determining mechanisms. By bringing together an international and interdisciplinary group of experts who study many different aspects of the problem, the book highlights much new and exciting work in this area and serves to identify and stimulate promising new research directions. |
| don't know much about biology: The Biology of Belief 10th Anniversary Edition Bruce H. Lipton, 2016-10-11 This 10th-anniversary edition of Bruce Lipton’s best-selling book The Biology of Belief has been updated to bolster the book’s central premise with the latest scientific discoveries—and there have been a lot in the last decade. The Biology of Belief is a groundbreaking work in the field of new biology. Former medical school professor and research scientist Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., presents his experiments, and those of other leading-edge scientists, which examine in great detail the mechanisms by which cells receive and process information. The implications of this research radically change our understanding of life, showing that genes and DNA do not control our biology; instead, DNA is controlled by signals from outside the cell, including the energetic messages emanating from our positive and negative thoughts. This profoundly hopeful synthesis of the latest and best research in cell biology and quantum physics has been hailed as a major breakthrough, showing that our bodies can be changed as we retrain our thinking. |
| don't know much about biology: The Complete Idiot's Guide to College Biology Emily Jane Willingham Ph.D., 2010-06-01 Biology is the study of life—the structure, function, growth, origin, and evolution of living things. Biology and chemistry work together to create what many people think of as science. And passing Biology 101 in college is the entryway to further study in the sciences - if you can't do well in it, you aren't moving ahead. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to College Biology follows the curriculum to Biology 101 so closely that it serves as a perfect study guide to it, and it's also great for the AP Biology and SAT Subject Biology exams that high school students are taking in droves. Students can turn to it when their textbooks are unclear or as an additional aid throughout the semester. The guide covers: • Complicated processes such as photosynthesis and cellular respiration • Explanations of complex biology, from DNA to ecosystems • Offers online extras, including a chapter on microbes and an extended glossary Suitable for the new learner or as a refresher for former students, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to College Biology brings biology to the reader in a relaxed, accessible way. |
| don't know much about biology: Count Down Shanna H. Swan, Stacey Colino, 2021-02-23 In the tradition of Silent Spring and The Sixth Extinction, an urgent, “disturbing, empowering, and essential” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) book about the ways in which chemicals in the modern environment are changing—and endangering—human sexuality and fertility on the grandest scale, from renowned epidemiologist Shanna Swan. In 2017, author Shanna Swan and her team of researchers completed a major study. They found that over the past four decades, sperm levels among men in Western countries have dropped by more than 50 percent. They came to this conclusion after examining 185 studies involving close to 45,000 healthy men. The result sent shockwaves around the globe—but the story didn’t end there. It turns out our sexual development is changing in broader ways, for both men and women and even other species, and that the modern world is on pace to become an infertile one. How and why could this happen? What is hijacking our fertility and our health? Count Down unpacks these questions, revealing what Swan and other researchers have learned about how both lifestyle and chemical exposures are affecting our fertility, sexual development—potentially including the increase in gender fluidity—and general health as a species. Engagingly explaining the science and repercussions of these worldwide threats and providing simple and practical guidelines for effectively avoiding chemical goods (from water bottles to shaving cream) both as individuals and societies, Count Down is “staggering in its findings” (Erin Brockovich, The Guardian) and “will serve as an awakening” (The New York Times Book Review). |
| don't know much about biology: Biology of Dogs Tim Lewis, PhD, 2020-10-23 Biology of Dogs takes you on a series of tours through all the major biological systems – reproductive, nervous, musculoskeletal, digestive and more. Tim leads these tours in a fun and irreverent manner, offering insights that will enhance your dog-human relationships so much that you will abandon all of your human friends to spend more time with your dog! And for those of you who slept through your biology class in school, you will learn a lot of useful information about human biology as well. |
| don't know much about biology: Talk about Careers in Science , 2010-01-01 Non scholae sed vitae discimus, we learn for life rather than for school. In this Roman saying, the ultimate reason for school is recognized as being a preparation for life. High school science, too, is a preparation for life, the possible careers students identify, and for defining possible future Selves. |
| don't know much about biology: Electrical Experimenter , 1921 |
| don't know much about biology: Los Alamos Science , 1992 |
| don't know much about biology: Exemplary College Science Teaching Robert E. Yager, 2013-07-17 “Since K–12 students taught using the new [Next Generation Science Standards]will be arriving in college classrooms prepared in a different way from those in our classrooms currently, it would behoove college teachers to be prepared to alter their teaching methods ... or be perceived to be dinosaurs using the older teaching methods.” — From Exemplary College Science Teaching If you’re looking for inspiration to alter your teaching methods to match new standards and new times, this book is for you. As the first in the Exemplary Science series to focus exclusively on college science teaching, this book offers 16 examples of college teaching that builds on what students learned in high school. Understanding that college does not exist in a vacuum, the chapter authors demonstrate how to adapt the methods and frameworks under which secondary students have been working and make them their own for the college classroom, adding new technologies when appropriate and letting the students take an active role in their learning. Among the innovative topics and techniques the essays in this book explore are • Lecture-free college science teaching • Peer-led study groups as learning communities • Jigsaw techniques that enhance learning • Inquiry incorporated into large-group settings • Interactive video conferences for assessing student attitudes and behaviors The clichéd image of the professor droning on before a packed lecture hall is a thing of the past. The essays in this book explain why—and offer the promise of a better future. |
| don't know much about biology: The Evolution , 1877 |
| don't know much about biology: Acceptance of Evolutionary Explanations as They are Applied to Plants, Animals, and Humans Anastasia Thanukos, 2002 |
| don't know much about biology: The Biology of Mutualism Douglas H. Boucher, 1985 The view of nature as `red in tooth and claw', as a jungle in which competition and predation are the predominant themes, has long been important in both the scientific and popular literature. However, in the past decade another view has become widespread among ecologists: the idea that mutualisms--mutually beneficial interactions between species--are just as important as competition and predation. This book is one of the first to explore this theme. Ideas and theories applicable to all sorts of mutualisms are presented and, where appropriate, examined in the light of concrete data. Themes explored include: the organisms involved, both animal and plant; how specializations evolved once mutualisms formed; how mutualisms affect population dynamics and community structure; and the role of mutualisms in different environments. The book will be of special interest to ecologists and a wide range of biologists. |
| don't know much about biology: The Pacific , 1902 |
| don't know much about biology: A TOURIST IN ZOMBIE COUNTRY Urs Gretler, 2019-02-02 After the outbreak of the zombie apocalypse, an elderly Swiss tourist finds himself stranded in America. Unable to go home, he and other survivors set up a small agricultural settlement in Alabama and defend it against marauders. After more than one year he discovers that a few European countries, although severely affected by the zombie pandemic, had managed to hang on, and he manages to return to Europe thanks to the French navy. Months later he returns to America as advisor to a French scientific expedition. Their road trip takes them to the Gulf coast, West Texas, Kansas and the Appalachians. They return with important information about the zombies and about the few survivors in America. An alarming incident with a zombie brought back from this expedition leads to one more trip across the ocean, this time as advisor to a battalion-sized French army unit. In the end the scientists succeed in finding the origin of the zombie pandemic. |
| don't know much about biology: The Society of Genes Itai Yanai, Martin Lercher, 2016-01-11 Nearly four decades ago Richard Dawkins published The Selfish Gene, famously reducing humans to “survival machines” whose sole purpose was to preserve “the selfish molecules known as genes.” How these selfish genes work together to construct the organism, however, remained a mystery. Standing atop a wealth of new research, The Society of Genes now provides a vision of how genes cooperate and compete in the struggle for life. Pioneers in the nascent field of systems biology, Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher present a compelling new framework to understand how the human genome evolved and why understanding the interactions among our genes shifts the basic paradigm of modern biology. Contrary to what Dawkins’s popular metaphor seems to imply, the genome is not made of individual genes that focus solely on their own survival. Instead, our genomes comprise a society of genes which, like human societies, is composed of members that form alliances and rivalries. In language accessible to lay readers, The Society of Genes uncovers genetic strategies of cooperation and competition at biological scales ranging from individual cells to entire species. It captures the way the genome works in cancer cells and Neanderthals, in sexual reproduction and the origin of life, always underscoring one critical point: that only by putting the interactions among genes at center stage can we appreciate the logic of life. |
| don't know much about biology: Human Genetics Ruth Porter, Maeve O'Connor, 2009-09-16 The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world. |
| don't know much about biology: Physical and Chemical Mechanisms in Molecular Radiation Biology William A. Glass, Matesh N. Varma, 2012-12-06 The fundamental understanding of the production of biological effects by ionizing radiation may well be one of the most important scientific objectives of mankind; such understanding could lead to the effective and safe utilization of the nuclear energy option. In addition, this knowledge will be of immense value in such diverse fields as radiation therapy and diagnosis and in the space program. To achieve the above stated objective, the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessors embarked upon a fundamental interdisciplinary research program some 35 years ago. A critical component of this program is the Radiological and Chemical Physics Program (RCPP). When the RCPP was established, there was very little basic knowledge in the fields of physics, chemistry, and biology that could be directly applied to understanding the effects of radiation on biological systems. Progress of the RCPP program in its first 15 years was documented in the proceedings of a conference held at Airlie, Virginia, in 1972. At this conference, it was clear that considerable progr:ess had been made in research on the physical and chemical processes in well-characterized systems that could be used to understand biological effects. During this period of time, most physical knowledge was obtained for the gas phase because the technology and instru mentation had not progressed to the point that measurements could be made in liquids more characteristic of biological materials. |
| don't know much about biology: Shadowlands Robert Foot, 2002 In a revolutionary new theory, Dr. Robert Foot of the University of Melbourne argues that meteorites composed of mirror matter could impact with the Earth without leaving any ordinary fragments. Indeed, the theory seems to provide a simple explanation for the puzzling Tunguska event--the blast which destroyed a huge area of Siberian forest in 1908. While scientists have attributed this explosion to an ordinary meteorite, no traces of such an object have ever been found. Moreover, there are frequent smaller such events, occurring on a yearly basis, which are even more puzzling. Foot's new book lays clear the scientific case for mirror matter. It describes the fascinating evidence for its existence including, astronomical observations suggesting that most of our galaxy is made from a new form of matter--dark matter. It explains puzzling Jupiter sized planets only a few million miles from their host star, and the mysterious slowing down of spacecraft in our solar system. Remarkably, it is also possible that Pluto might even be a mirror world, which would explain various anomalous features of its orbit. Perhaps the most important consequence of all this--if true--is the possibility of actually extracting the mirror matter from the Tunguska impact site and other such sites on earth. Invisible asteroids and other cosmic bodies made of a new form of matter may pose a threat to Earth, agrees a noted Australian physicist. But the mirror matter idea has not attracted a huge following among physicists. In a recent UPI article, Howard Georgi of Harvard University says, Foot's ideas have not attracted a huge following in the community that cares about these things, perhaps because the problems they solve, while interesting, are not the most critical puzzles that we are wrestling with. Nevertheless, mirror matter, if it exists, would be a completely new type of material with a potentially huge commercial value. Its scientific value would be of no less importance. FROM THE BACK COVER Nearly 50 years ago it was discovered that the fundamental particles, such as the electron and proton, have `left-handed' interactions; they do not respect mirror symmetry. This experimental fact motivates the idea that a set of `mirror particles' exist. The left-handedness of the ordinary particles can then be balanced by the right-handedness of the mirror particles. In this way mirror reflection symmetry can exist but requires something profoundly new. It requires the existence of a completely new form of matter called `mirror matter'. Remarkably the mirror matter theory is capable of simply explaining a large number of contemporary puzzles in astrophysics and particle physics. The evidence ranges from observations suggesting that most of the matter in the Universe is invisible, to unexpected properties of ghostly particles called `neutrinos'. This book explains this fascinating theory and its evidence at a level accessible to the non-specialist. |
| don't know much about biology: Annual Report Pennsylvania. Department of Agriculture, 1908 |
| don't know much about biology: Miracles, Prophecy and God’S Other Ways Kenneth Robb Kersey, 2012-05-18 Today God is still performing miracles, fulfilling prophecy and working in many OTHER WAYS to prepare the world for Jesus return. Inside these pages are dozens of true and documented stories that show how God has touched the lives of many people. Among them are: * Josh McDowell * Chuck Swindoll * Hal Lindsey * Gracia Burnham * Hugh Ross * Joni Eareckson Tada * Elisabeth Elliot * Astronaut Buzz Aldrin * Congressman Sam Johnson Together they have written hundreds of books, taped thousands of radio shows, appeared on television and preached to millions. You will also read stories about: Organizations: * Gideons International * Wycliffe Bible Translators * CBN/The 700 Club Christian Businesses: * Hobby Lobby * Mardel Christian Stores * Chick Fil-A * Interstate Batteries * DaySpring Cards Sports Celebrities: * Emmitt Smith * Josh Hamilton * Drew Brees * Zach Johnson * Tim Tebow Musicians: * Bill and Gloria Gaither * David Meece * Rhema Marvanne |
| don't know much about biology: The DC Icons Series Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Sarah J. Maas, 2018-10-23 For fans of Sarah J. Maas, Marie Lu, and Leigh Bardugo, this ebook collection includes all of these #1 New York Times bestselling authors' DC Icons titles--Catwoman, Batman, and Wonder Woman--not to be missed by any reader who loves powerful YA fantasy! Three instant New York Times bestsellers of DC Comics' iconic characters! This ebook collection is truly SUPER. Wonder Woman: Warbringer She will become one of the world's greatest heroes: WONDER WOMAN. But first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight is just beginning. . . . Batman: Nightwalker Before he was BATMAN, he was Bruce Wayne. A reckless boy willing to break the rules for a girl who may be his worst enemy. Catwoman: Soulstealer Selina Kyle is CATWOMAN. There's a new thief on the prowl in Gotham City, and she's got killer backup. It's time to see how many lives this cat really has. |
| don't know much about biology: Conference Papers , 1924 Selected papers from the annual meeting of the Conference. |
| don't know much about biology: Cells NOT at Work! 5 Moe Sugimoto, 2022-07-26 871 and the others are erythroblasts who make up excuses not to go out and work. But now that it's come to this they all have a change of heart?! This is the final volume of the official “Cells at Work!” spin-off! |
| don't know much about biology: Annual Report of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Pennsylvania. Dept. of Agriculture, 1908 |
Don’t Know Much About History . . . Don’t Know Much About …
Don’t Know Much About Biology Sam Cooke in his well-known song, “Don’t know much about history,” crooned he knew little of what he was learning in books, but he knew he loved his girl …
Wonderful World - RI 955
OPENER - CLOSER Circle Left Don't Know Much About History Don't Know Much Biology Men Star Right and Roll It One Time Round Left Allemande and Weave Around that Town Don't …
Wonderful World (Don’t Know Much)
Verse 1 C Am Don't know much about history F G7 Don't know much biology C Am Don't know much about a science book F G7 Don't know much about the French I took F But I do know …
WHAT DARWIN DIDN’T KN
WHAT DARWIN DIDN’T KNOW A sage once said, “It’s not what you know you don’t know that’s the problem; it’s what you don’t know. that you don’t know.” When Charles Darwin proposed …
ME 4251: Murray's Law, a feature of the circulatory system
Disclaimer Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about a science book Don't know much about the French I took {Sam Cooke
Don’t Know Much Biology: Redux - arthroscopyjournal.org
In summary, we don’t know much biology. But don’t feel too bad; we really don’t know much about the middle ages. (We look at the pictures, and we turn the pages.) JAMES H. LUBOWITZ, …
Lesson 1 - Quotes on History - Ministry Today
Michael Crichton “If you don’t know history, they you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that does not know it is part of a tree.”
But I'm trying to be - Eklablog
Don't know much about geography Don't know much trigonometry Don't know much about algebra Don't know what a slide rule is for La ta ta ta ta ta ta (History) Hmm-mm-mm (Biology) …
A rather immodest lecture title!
Oct 9, 2018 · “Where Knowledge Comes From” Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about a science book, Don't know much about the French I took …
Wonderful World (Don't Know Much)
Don't know much about algebra. Don't know what a slide rule is for. But I know that one and one is two and if this one could be with you, What a wonderful world this would be. BRIDGE: E7 A …
Microsoft Word - (KDM-104) What A Wonderful World It …
Opener, Middle Break, Closer Sides face, grand square * Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about a science book Don't know much about the …
Throw Away That Science Book! - archive.wilsonquarterly.com
Ironically, a big part of the problem may be that very science book they don’t know much about. A recent study of the dozen physical-science textbooks most widely used in American mid-dle …
Wonderful World TEXT - Chorkreis Deggendorf
G SA alle SA alle Don ́t know much about history don ́t know much biology Don ́t know much about a sience book. Dont ́t know much about the french I took
Open Questions: We don t really know anything, do we
Senses connect organisms to both the world and to each other, yet there is much we don’t know about them. Using examples drawn primarily from the author ’s subfield of vision research, this...
Wonderful World by Sam Cooke - plinkers.org
~ Don't know much about history; ~ don’t know much biology F#m ~ Don't know much about a science book; E7 D ~ Don’t know much about the French I took D A D ~ But I do know that I …
The First Two Years - Colorado Mesa University
Biology is a wild and diverse field of study that encompasses all that is the study of life on Earth or anywhere else in the universe. Our program is carefully designed to train students in the …
Open Questions: We don’t really know anything, do we? Open …
Senses connect organisms to both the world and to each other, yet there is much we don’t know about them. Using examples drawn primarily from the author ’s subfield of vision research, this...
WONDERFUL WORLD - Bruce Watson
C Am Don't know much about history F G Don't know much biology C Am Don't know much about a science book F G Don't know much about the French I took
Wonderful World by Sam Cooke Intro: A/F#m/D/E7 x2 A F#m …
A F#m D E7 Don't know much about history; don’t know much biology
What A Wonderful World-Sam Cooke lyrics & chords
What A Wonderful World-Sam Cooke lyrics & chords What A Wonderful World-Sam Cooke F#m Don't know much about history D Don't E know much biology F#m Don't know much about a …
Don’t Know Much About History . . . Don’t Know Much About …
Don’t Know Much About Biology Sam Cooke in his well-known song, “Don’t know much about history,” crooned he knew little of what he was learning in books, but he knew he loved his girl …
Wonderful World - RI 955
OPENER - CLOSER Circle Left Don't Know Much About History Don't Know Much Biology Men Star Right and Roll It One Time Round Left Allemande and Weave Around that Town Don't …
Wonderful World (Don’t Know Much)
Verse 1 C Am Don't know much about history F G7 Don't know much biology C Am Don't know much about a science book F G7 Don't know much about the French I took F But I do know …
WHAT DARWIN DIDN’T KN
WHAT DARWIN DIDN’T KNOW A sage once said, “It’s not what you know you don’t know that’s the problem; it’s what you don’t know. that you don’t know.” When Charles Darwin proposed …
ME 4251: Murray's Law, a feature of the circulatory system
Disclaimer Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about a science book Don't know much about the French I took {Sam Cooke
Don’t Know Much Biology: Redux - arthroscopyjournal.org
In summary, we don’t know much biology. But don’t feel too bad; we really don’t know much about the middle ages. (We look at the pictures, and we turn the pages.) JAMES H. LUBOWITZ, …
Lesson 1 - Quotes on History - Ministry Today
Michael Crichton “If you don’t know history, they you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that does not know it is part of a tree.”
But I'm trying to be - Eklablog
Don't know much about geography Don't know much trigonometry Don't know much about algebra Don't know what a slide rule is for La ta ta ta ta ta ta (History) Hmm-mm-mm (Biology) …
A rather immodest lecture title!
Oct 9, 2018 · “Where Knowledge Comes From” Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about a science book, Don't know much about the French I took …
Wonderful World (Don't Know Much)
Don't know much about algebra. Don't know what a slide rule is for. But I know that one and one is two and if this one could be with you, What a wonderful world this would be. BRIDGE: E7 A …
Microsoft Word - (KDM-104) What A Wonderful World It …
Opener, Middle Break, Closer Sides face, grand square * Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about a science book Don't know much about the …
Throw Away That Science Book! - archive.wilsonquarterly.com
Ironically, a big part of the problem may be that very science book they don’t know much about. A recent study of the dozen physical-science textbooks most widely used in American mid-dle …
Wonderful World TEXT - Chorkreis Deggendorf
G SA alle SA alle Don ́t know much about history don ́t know much biology Don ́t know much about a sience book. Dont ́t know much about the french I took
Open Questions: We don t really know anything, do we
Senses connect organisms to both the world and to each other, yet there is much we don’t know about them. Using examples drawn primarily from the author ’s subfield of vision research, this...
Wonderful World by Sam Cooke - plinkers.org
~ Don't know much about history; ~ don’t know much biology F#m ~ Don't know much about a science book; E7 D ~ Don’t know much about the French I took D A D ~ But I do know that I …
The First Two Years - Colorado Mesa University
Biology is a wild and diverse field of study that encompasses all that is the study of life on Earth or anywhere else in the universe. Our program is carefully designed to train students in the …
Open Questions: We don’t really know anything, do we?
Senses connect organisms to both the world and to each other, yet there is much we don’t know about them. Using examples drawn primarily from the author ’s subfield of vision research, this...
WONDERFUL WORLD - Bruce Watson
C Am Don't know much about history F G Don't know much biology C Am Don't know much about a science book F G Don't know much about the French I took
Wonderful World by Sam Cooke Intro: A/F#m/D/E7 x2 A F#m …
A F#m D E7 Don't know much about history; don’t know much biology
What A Wonderful World-Sam Cooke lyrics & chords
What A Wonderful World-Sam Cooke lyrics & chords What A Wonderful World-Sam Cooke F#m Don't know much about history D Don't E know much biology F#m Don't know much about a …
