Edelson, Edward

Discusses the devastating effects of population growth and industry on air quality; the different types of pollutants that can be found in the atmosphere; the health and economical effects of pollution; and ways to clean up the air.

Explores the life of Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk whose experiments with pea plants became a foundation for modern genetics.

Describes the collaboration of Watson and Crick in the effort to discover DNA.

Discusses the nervous system and its components and how they function.

A look at the traditional "bad guys" and gals from the movies with special emphasis on the careers of Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Edward G. Robinson.

Surveys issues dealing with the process of aging, including the difference between generations in both physical and mental capacities and the treatment of the elderly.

Discusses comedy in movies and television and "funny men" such as Chaplin, Keaton, the Hardys, Marx brothers, Fields, Jerry Lewis, and Jaques Tati.

Explores the causes of such disorders as food and drug allergies, hay fever and asthma.

An analysis of how and why the types of foods we eat can affect normal brain functioning. Also discusses how diets can be manipulated to alter mental and emotional states in human beings.

An in-depth look at allergies, which affect one in every five Americans in some form.