Killers in the brain:essays in science and technology from the Royal Institution
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University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
Publication Dates: | 1999. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 172 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: | 019850540X |
Index Number: | N539 |
CLC: | N539 |
Call Number: | N539/K485 |
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Includes bibliographical references. The philosopher's tree : Faraday today at the Royal Institution / Peter Day -- The fossils of the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian "explosion" : their implications for evolution / Simon Conway Morris -- Brain killers : understanding degenerative diseases of the brain / Nancy J. Rothwell -- The science of Murphy's law / Robert A.J. Matthews -- God, time, and cosmology / Russell Stannard -- The human singing voice / David M. Howard -- Asthma and allergy : disorders of civilization / Stephen T. Holgate -- El Niño and its significance / Crispin Tickell. |