Current imprint: 42 books
Atlas of Clinical Urology
The Kidneys and Adrenals
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
This five-volume series captures today's entire state of knowledge about urology in detailed, pictorial form. More than 100 prominent urologists bring you images of exceptional quality that exemplify contemporary science and practice. Each volume explores a particular aspect of the field. Over 3000...
by Gene Hunder
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Arthritis and its related musculoskeletal disorders constitute the most common chronic illnesses in the United States. These conditions adversely affect the quality of life of those who are struck by them, require increased use of health care resources, and, because they are the leading cause of disability...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
The second edition of the Atlas of Osteoporosis is designed to be useful to a broad readership united in their interest in the disorder. The expert authors have encapsulated not only the well-established basics of osteoporosis but also new developments in the field in a format that makes extensive...
by Dale A. Berryhill, Kevin P. Henry
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
It was the spring of 1864, and things were not going well for the Confederacy. So a secret program was launched . . . Had the program worked, it would have changed the course of American history. And damned us all to hell. In the words of respected Civil War author Larry J. Daniel, "If you're...
Reach for the Skies
Ballooning, Birdmen, and Blasting into Space
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
One of the world's most famous business leaders (and a well-known avian fanatic) explores the pioneers of flight.
Bestselling author and billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has always been obsessed with the skies. To promote a new Virgin Airlines route, he became the first man to water...
Present Shock
When Everything Happens Now
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
People spent the twentieth century obsessed with the future. We created technologies that would help connect us faster, gather news, map the planet, and compile knowledge. We strove for an instantaneous network where time and space could be compressed. Well, the future's arrived. We live in a continuous...
Why Diets Make Us Fat
The Unintended Consequences of Our Obsession With Weight Loss
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
“If diets worked, we'd all be thin by now. Instead, we have enlisted hundreds of millions of people into a war we can't win."
What’s the secret to losing weight? If you’re like most of us, you’ve tried cutting calories, sipping weird smoothies, avoiding fats, and swapping out sugar...
The Sports Gene
Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The New York Times bestseller – with a new afterword about early specialization in youth sports – by the author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.
The debate is as old as physical competition. Are stars like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and Serena Williams genetic...
The Chemistry Between Us
Love, Sex, and the Science of Attraction
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
How much control do we have over love? Much less than we like to think. All that mystery, all that poetry, all those complex behaviors surrounding human bonding leading to the most life-changing decisions we’ll ever make, are unconsciously driven by a few molecules in our brains.
How does...
The Half-Life of Facts
Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
New insights from the science of science
Facts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor recommended to deadly. We used to think the Earth was the center of the universe and that the brontosaurus was a real dinosaur. In short, what we know about the world is constantly changing.
Samuel...
Biopunk
Solving Biotech's Biggest Problems in Kitchens and Garages
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
Bill Gates recently told Wired that if he were a teenager today, he would be hacking biology. "If you want to change the world in some big way," he says, "that's where you should start-biological molecules."
The most disruptive force on the planet resides in DNA. Biotech...
The Youth Pill
Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Aging Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
In The Youth Pill, journalist David Stipp explores the scientific battle against aging and the pioneers of the movement to extend lifespan for everyone. He takes readers behind the scenes and introduces us to the key players who are experimenting with the most promising cutting-edge research. It is...
Love in the Time of Algorithms
What Technology Does to Meeting and Mating
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
“If online dating can blunt the emotional pain of separation, if adults can afford to be increasingly demanding about what they want from a relationship, the effect of online dating seems positive. But what if it’s also the case that the prospect of finding an ever more compatible mate with the...
A Million First Dates
Solving the Puzzle of Online Dating
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
** Previously published in hardcover as Love in the Time of Algorithms **
Once considered the realm of the lonely and desperate, sites like eHarmony, Match, OkCupid, and Plenty of Fish have been embraced by pretty much every demographic. Dating has been transformed from a daunting transaction...