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  • Our Senses

    Gateways to Consciousness

    by Rob DeSalle ...
    "An animated introduction to the neuroscience of sensory perception" informed by the latest research on topics from music to brain injuries to synesthesia ( Kirkus Reviews).In recent years neuroscience has uncovered a wealth of new information about our senses and how they serve as our gateway to the world. This splendidly accessible book explores the most intriguing findings of this research. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Brain

    Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs

    by Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall ...
    "An engaging and complex examination of the development of the human brain throughout its evolutionary history" ( Publishers Weekly).After several million years of jostling for ecological space, only one survivor from a host of hominid species remains standing: us. Human beings are extraordinary creatures, and it is the unprecedented human brain that makes them so.In this delightfully accessible ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Natural History of Wine

    by Ian Tattersall, Rob DeSalle ...
    "Wine is art. Wine is ritual. Wine is culture. Wine is romance. But in the hands of Tattersall and DeSalle . . . we learn that wine is also science."—Neil deGrasse TysonA Wall Street Journal Best Book for Wine LoversAn excellent bottle of wine can be the spark that inspires a brainstorming session. Such was the case for Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle, scientists who frequently collaborate on book ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Natural History of Beer

    by Rob DeSalle ...
    A celebration of beer—its science, its history, and its impact on human culture "Curatorial eminences Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall serve up a potent scientific brew. . . . A marvellous paean to the pint, and to the researchers probing its depths."—Barbara Kiser, Nature "Forced to choose between this book and a pint of hazy IPA, I would be at a loss. Better to consume them at the same time—both ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Distilled

    A Natural History of Spirits

    by Rob DeSalle ...
    An imaginative natural history survey of the wide world of spirits, from whiskey and gin to grappa and moonshineIn this follow-up book to A Natural History of Wine and A Natural History of Beer, authors Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall yet again use alcoholic beverages as a lens through which to gain a greater appreciation of natural history.This volume considers highly alcoholic spirits in the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Welcome to the Microbiome

    Getting to Know the Trillions of Bacteria and Other Microbes In, On, and Around You

    by Rob DeSalle ...
    Suddenly, research findings require a paradigm shift in our view of the microbial world. The Human Microbiome Project at the National Institutes of Health is well under way, and unprecedented scientific technology now allows the censusing of trillions of microbes inside and on our bodies as well as in the places where we live, work, and play. This intriguing, up-to-the-minute book for scientists ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cannabis

    A Natural History

    by Rob DeSalle ...
    The definitive story of cannabis, from its evolution and biological quirks to its role in human historyIn this entertaining natural history, Rob DeSalle provides a glimpse into the biological world through the lens of the marijuana plant. A close relative of hops with a surprising place in the botanical tree of life, cannabis has a unique life cycle, has evolved pathways for over four hundred ... Read more

    $23.39 USD

  • A Natural History of Color

    The Science Behind What We See and How We See it

    by Rob DeSalle ...
    A star curator at the American Museum of Natural History widens the palette and shows how the physical, natural, and cultural context of color are inextricably tied to what we see right before our eyes.Is color a phenomenon of science or a thing of art? Over the years, color has dazzled, enhanced, and clarified the world we see, embraced through the experimental palettes of painting, the advent of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Invertebrate Zoology

    A Tree of Life Approach

    by Bernd Schierwater, Rob DeSalle ...
    Invertebrate Zoology: A Tree of Life Approach is a comprehensive and authoritative textbook adopting an explicitly phylogenetic organization. Most of the classical anatomical and morphological work has not been changed – it established the foundation of Invertebrate Zoology. With the explosion of Next-Generation Sequencing approaches, there has been a sea-change in the recognized phylogenetic ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Understanding Race

    by Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall ...
    Series series Understanding Life
    The human species is very young, but in a short time it has acquired some striking, if biologically superficial, variations across the planet. As this book shows, however, none of those biological variations can be understood in terms of discrete races, which do not actually exist as definable entities. Starting with a consideration of evolution and the mechanisms of diversification in nature, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Phylogenomics

    A Primer

    by Rob DeSalle, Michael Tessler, Jeffrey Rosenfeld ...
    Phylogenomics: A Primer, Second Edition is for advanced undergraduate and graduate biology students studying molecular biology, comparative biology, evolution, genomics, and biodiversity. This book explains the essential concepts underlying the storage and manipulation of genomics level data, construction of phylogenetic trees, population genetics, natural selection, the tree of life, DNA ... Read more

    $126.99 USD

  • Conservation Genetics in the Age of Genomics

    Edited by George Amato, Rob DeSalle, Oliver Ryder, Howard Rosenbaum ...
    Series series American Museum of Natural History, Center for Biodiversity Conservation, Series on Biodiversity
    Genome sequencing enables scientists to study genes over time and to test the genetic variability of any form of life, from bacteria to mammals. Thanks to advances in molecular genetics, scientists can now determine an animal's degree of inbreeding or compare genetic variation of a captive species to wild or natural populations. Mapping an organism's genetic makeup recasts such terms as ... Read more

    $85.49 USD