science / life sciences / biology / general

A history of the heart in medicine, covering the first dissection of cadavers, the first heart surgeries which had to be completed in three minutes, and on to transplants and the latest medical efforts to prolong the heart's life.

Discusses the harmful effects of overusing antibiotics.

"[Explores] the brain's role in creating our world, our experience of it, and ourselves; [arguing that the brain] works as a storyteller--creating a narrative that allows us to navigate and make sense of a world that it is busy constructing for us"--Provided by publisher.

"How the Body Knows Its Mind takes you inside the amazing science of how the body affects the mind, and shows how to use that wisdom to live smarter and maximize what your body teaches your mind"--.

Explores the wonders of the building block of life, DNA, and explains crazy cat ladies, why some people have no fingerprints, why some people survive nuclear bombs, and more.

Neuroscientist David Eagleman explores the unconscious part of the human mind, discussing how it influences every aspect of human life and what it can reveal about a person and humanity as a whole.