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The $800 million pill |
Why do life-saving prescription drugs cost so much? Drug companies insist that prices reflect the millions they invest in research and development. In this gripping exposé, Merrill Goozner contends that American taxpayers are in fact footing the bill twice: once by supporting government-funded research and again by paying astronomically high prices for prescription drugs. -- Description from publisher |
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Alex & me |
This story of Alex, a famous African Grey parrot, documents his thirty-year relationship with his trainer and the ways in which his life has changed scientific understanding about language and thought |
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The disappearing spoon |
The periodic table is one of our crowning scientific achievements, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. The fascinating tales [in the book] follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold, and every single element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, conflict, the arts, medicine, and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. |
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The evolution of drug discovery: From traditional medicines to modern drugs. |
Based on his profound knowledge of past and present paradigms in the development of medicines, the author takes the reader from the very beginnings of pharmacology to the multibillion-dollar business it represents today. Recounting the often spectacular successes and failures of innovative drugs as well as the people who discovered them, he brings abstract science to life in anecdotal form. |
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Journey across the life span |
Polan and Taylor's "Journey Across the Life Span" was the first growth and development text designed specifically for the LPN student. With their new third edition, they continue to provide the most reliable and comprehensive content for applying health promotion to the clinical setting. This user-friendly updated edition includes new photos and illustrations, and expanded resources for educators to guide students to better understand the demands of their future roles with patients through all stages of the life cycle. |
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No small matter: the design and craft of the science image | More Info | ||
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Now you see it: how the brain science of attention will transform the way we live, work, and learn |
Documents a 2003 experiment at Duke University where the author had free iPods issued to the freshman class to see how the device could be used academically, in a report that reveals other technological ideas that are revolutionizing education |
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On the surface of things |
Presents color photos of the surfaces of objects--large and microscopic--and explanations of the science behind them |
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A short history of nearly everything |
In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand -- and, if possible, answer -- the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. |
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Sustaing Life: How human health depends ofn biodiversity |
A collaborative survey of biodiversity issues written and/or reviewed for accuracy by more than 100 scientists, this volume is motivated by its UN sponsors’ sense of the world populace’s indifference to the consequences of environmental degradation. Conceiving that implicating human health with the health of other species may enlist its concern, the authors collectively warn that present extinction rates are abnormally high. Seven categories of endangered species stand in as portents of the dire effects to ecosystems when extinction occurs. |
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The third chimpanzee |
Explores the question of what in the less than two percent of genes has made humans different from apes |
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Why God won't go away: brain science and the biology of belief |
"Andrew Newberg was one of the first neuroscientists to brain-scan people who either had deep meditative or religious/mystical experiences. He found definitive brain changes after people had spent several thousand hours introspecting. His book examines evolutionary theories of how religions started, and talks about the possibility that these brain changes might enable us to see deeper into reality." |
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