Pascal Borry | Gert Matthijs The human recipe

understanding your genes in today's society

A smart and witty guide to all you want to know about human genetics. Human genetics is not the playground of science alone. Genetics concerns all of us, for we all have DNA, genes, genomes, and chromosomes. Our genes determine partly our appearance and our behaviour, our talents and our health risks. The authors of The Human Recipe use humour to explain what we understand about human genetics. With anecdotes and topical examples, they demonstrate how genetics affects our everyday lives. What if...

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Engels | 232 pagina's (PDF, 3,7 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Sandra Aamodt Welcome to your brain

why you lose your car keys but never forget how to drive and other puzzles of everyday life

Populair-wetenschappelijke voorlichting over het functioneren van onze hersenen.

Engels | 220 pagina's | Bloomsbury, New York | 2008

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Colin Salter The anatomists' library

the books that unlocked the secrets of the human body

"The Anatomist's Library is a fascinating chronological collection of the best anatomical books from six centuries, charting the evolution of both medical knowledge and illustrated publishing. There is a rich history of medical publishing across Europe with outstanding publications from Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, UK, and also many from Persia and Japan. Because of the high value of accurate medical textbooks, it was these works that pushed the boundaries of illustrated publishing....

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Engels | 272 pagina's | Ivy Press, London | 2023

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Dean Burnett The idiot brain

a neuroscientist explains what your head is really up to

Bespreking van vreemde en eigenaardige processen in de hersenen en het gedrag dat daarmee samenhangt.

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Engels | 328 pagina's | Guardian Books, London | 2016

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Robert Sapolsky Behave

the biology of humans at our best and worst

Engels | 790 pagina's | Vintage, London | 2018

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Pascal Borry | Gert Matthijs The human recipe

understanding your genes in today's society

Engels | 232 pagina's | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2016

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Gina Rippon The gendered brain

the new neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain

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Engels | 424 pagina's | Vintage, London | 2020

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John Green Everything is tuberculosis

the history and persistence of our deadliest infection

"In 2019, John Green met Henry, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone while traveling with Partners in Health. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal and dynamic advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, treatable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing 1.5 million...

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Engels | Ebury Press, London | 2025

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Lisa Feldman Barrett How emotions are made

the secret life of the brain

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Engels | 425 pagina's | Pan Books, London | 2018

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Kelly Clancy Playing with reality

how games shape our world

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Engels | 360 pagina's | Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, UK | 2024

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Ed Winters This is vegan propaganda

and other lies the meat industry tells you

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Engels | 313 pagina's | Vermillion, London | 2022

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Maisie Hill Powerful

be the expert in your own life

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Engels | 228 pagina's | Green Tree, London | 2024

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