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An Immersive Experience
A lively and unconventional exploration of our senses, how they work, what is revealed when they don't, and how they connect us to the world Over the ...
The Science Behind What We See and How We See it
A star curator at the American Museum of Natural History widens the palette and shows how the physical, natural, and cultural context of color are ine...
How to build a dinosaur....
A celebration of beer—its science, its history, and its impact on human culture What can beer teach us about biology, history, and the natural world...
Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs
“An engaging and complex examination of the development of the human brain throughout its evolutionary history” (Publishers Weekly). After several...
What Bones And Genomes Tell Us About Ourselves
Describes how mapping the human genome has aided paleoanthropologists in their study of ancient bones used to explore human origins, from the earliest...
Genetics, Behavior, and Free Will
What happens now that human population has outpaced biological natural selection? Two leading scientists reveal how we became who we are—and what we...
A Natural History of Spirits
An imaginative natural history survey of the wide world of spirits, from whiskey and gin to grappa and moonshine In this follow-up book to A Natural H...
Addresses misunderstandings about race in a rational and comprehensive way, emphasising that race is a purely social construct....
A captivating survey of the science of wine and winemaking for anyone who has ever wondered about the magic of the fermented grape An excellent bottle...
A Primer
Phylogenomics: A Primer, Second Edition is for advanced undergraduate and graduate biology students studying molecular biology, comparative biology, e...
The Misuse of Genetics and Genomics in Understanding Race
It is well established that all humans today, wherever they live, belong to one single species. Yet even many people who claim to abhor racism take fo...
Or, How to Build a Dinosaur
Using the motion picture Jurassic Park as a starting point, DeSalle and Lindley discuss how possible it would actually be to clone dinosaurs from DNA ...
Debunking a Scientific Myth
Race has provided the rationale and excuse for some of the worst atrocities in human history. Yet, according to many biologists, physical anthropologi...
The Human Genome and Human Evolution
Based on the New Hall of Human Origins in the American Museum of Natural History which opens in November 2006, Bones, Brains and DNA takes the young r...
Getting to Know the Trillions of Bacteria and Other Microbes In, On, and Around You
Suddenly, research findings require a paradigm shift in our view of the microbial world. The Human Microbiome Project at the National Institutes of He...
A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future
A thrilling "user's guide" to the genomics era Welcome to the genome, the miraculous blueprint of your DNA, coiled tight as a spring in the nucleus of...
Epidemic
Produced in association with the American Museum of Natural History, who have recently produced the world of infectious diseases exhibition Epidemic, ...
Amazing Science Games to Play with Your Mind
"American Museum of Natural History"--Cover....