Killers in the brain:essays in science and technology from the Royal Institution

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Royal Institution of Great Britain
Group Author: Day Peter
Published: University Press,
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
Contents: 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.