“robert winston”

The Companion Guide to "Superhuman Body" Airing Nationwide on The Learning Channel March 27-28 Following on from the enormously successful BBC program, The Human Body, Superhuman explores the body's amazing ability to heal, renew, and regenerate itself. This stunningly illustrated book relates dram... More

From the ambition to be successful in our careers to what we will have for lunch each day, instinct is the invisible motivating force that shapes our world. But how well do these instincts, our most basic modes of interacting with the world, equip us for modern life? We are driven to pursue material... More

Where does personality come from? Do we all have the potential to be a Tolstoy, an Einstein or a Mozart? Written by a Professor of Fertility Studies, this accessible book takes us inside our own heads to see what really makes us tick. "From the Hardcover edition."... More

In a world where in vitro has become big business, this is a hard-hitting look at modern reproductive technology. It is written by a leading fertility specialist who draws on personal and professional experience in this motive area of science.... More

Following in the footsteps of the critically acclaimed and award-winning science bestsellers "What Makes Me?" and "Go Figure!," this engaging book takes an in-depth look at the magical world of chemistry and sprinkles it with elements of fun. Full color.... More

ruly masters of our own destiny, or is something about to change that?Four determined yet fallible people meet to find an answer in a soul-searching journey that takes them from the emerald green of Ireland to the burnt ochre of the Sahara Desert, from a tranquil water garden in Japan to the commerc... More