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    Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 418min
    In this smart and timely book, the distinguished moral philosopher Sissela Bok ponders the nature of happiness and its place in philosophical thinking and writing throughout the ages. With nuance and elegance, Bok explores notions of happiness - from Greek philosophers to Desmond Tutu, Charles Darwin, Iris Murdoch, and the Dalai Lama - as well as the latest theories advanced by psychologists, economists, geneticists, and neuroscientists. Eschewing abstract theorizing, Bok weaves in a wealth of firsthand observations about happiness from ordinary people as well as renowned figures. This may well be the most complete picture of happiness yet. This book is also a clarion call to think clearly and sensitively about happiness. Bringing together very different disciplines provides Bok with a unique opportunity to consider the role of happiness in wider questions of how we should lead our lives and treat one another - concerns that don't often figure in today's happiness equation. How should we pursue, weigh, value, or limit our own happiness, or that of others, now and in the future? Compelling and perceptive, Exploring Happiness shines a welcome new light on the heart of the human condition. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kellie Fitzgerald. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/003244/bk_acx0_003244_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Who We Are and How We Got Here , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 650min
    A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human history Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archaeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry.  In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows listeners to discover how the human genome provides not only all the information a human embryo needs to develop but also the hidden story of our species. Reich delves into how the genomic revolution is transforming our understanding of modern humans and how DNA studies reveal deep inequalities among different populations, between the sexes, and among individuals. Provocatively, Reich's book suggests that there might very well be biological differences among human populations but that these differences are unlikely to conform to common stereotypes. Drawing upon revolutionary findings and unparalleled scientific studies, Who We Are and How We Got Here is a captivating glimpse into humankind - where we came from and what that says about our lives today. A New York Times best-seller in Science Books. A #1 Amazon.com bestseller in the Biochemistry List. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Lescault. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/011756/bk_blak_011756_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Race?: Debunking a Scientific Myth: Texas A&M University Anthropology Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 715min
    Race has provided the rationale and excuse for some of the worst atrocities in human history. Yet, according to many biologists, physical anthropologists, and geneticists, there is no valid scientific justification for the concept of race. To be more precise, although there is clearly some physical basis for the variations that underlie perceptions of race, clear boundaries among "races" remain highly elusive from a purely biological standpoint. Differences among human populations that people intuitively view as "racial" are not only superficial but are also of astonishingly recent origin. In this intriguing and highly accessible audiobook, physical anthropologist Ian Tattersall and geneticist Rob DeSalle, both senior scholars from the American Museum of Natural History, explain what human races actually are - and are not - and place them within the wider perspective of natural diversity. They explain that the relative isolation of local populations of the newly evolved human species during the last Ice Age - when Homo sapiens was spreading across the world from an African point of origin - has now begun to reverse itself, as differentiated human populations come back into contact and interbreed. The book is published by Texas A&M University Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Lerman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/087779/bk_acx0_087779_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Joe Ledger: The Missing Files , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 245min
    In this collection of five short stories, Jonathan Maberry fills in the blanks in his action-thriller Joe Ledger novels. Countdown In this prequel to Patient Zero, meet Joe Ledger, Baltimore PD, attached to a Homeland Security task force … who’s about to get a serious promotion. Zero Tolerance "Zero Tolerance" picks up a few weeks after the close of Patient Zero. Dropping back into the world of former Baltimore cop Joe Ledger, the Department of Military Sciences, and flesh-eating zombies, fans of the series will finally get closure on a few loose ends. Deep, Dark Before former Baltimore cop Joe Ledger goes up against competing geneticists looking to continue the master-race program in The Dragon Factory, he must battle another foe using human test subjects for his sinister plans. Material Witness This short thriller takes Joe Ledger into the mysterious, troubled town of Pine Deep, Pennsylvania, the setting for Maberry’s chilling Pine Deep Trilogy. In Pine Deep, nothing is what it seems. Dog Days Joe Ledger returns in this tale that follows the tragic conclusion of The Dragon Factory. In the wake of a devastating personal loss, Joe Ledger and his new canine partner, Ghost, go hunting for the world’s deadliest assassin. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ray Porter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004491/bk_blak_004491_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    That Inevitable Victorian Thing , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 516min
    Speculative fiction from the acclaimed best-selling author of Exit, Pursued by a Bear and Star Wars: Ahsoka. Victoria-Margaret is the crown princess of the empire, a direct descendent of Victoria I, the queen who changed the course of history. The imperial tradition of genetically arranged matchmaking will soon guide Margaret into a politically advantageous marriage. But before she does her duty, she'll have one summer of freedom and privacy in a far corner of empire. Posing as a commoner in Toronto, she meets Helena Marcus, daughter of one of the empire's greatest placement geneticists, and August Callaghan, the heir to a powerful shipping firm currently besieged by American pirates. In a summer of high-society debutante balls, politically charged tea parties, and romantic country dances, Margaret, Helena, and August discover they share an extraordinary bond and maybe a one-in-a-million chance to have what they want and to change the world in the process. Set in a near-future world where the British Empire never fell and the United States never rose, That Inevitable Victorian Thing is a surprising, romantic, and thought-provoking story of love, duty, and the small moments that can change people and the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Katherine Kellgren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/002377/bk_lili_002377_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Molecular biologists
    Molecular biologists ab 28.99 € als Taschenbuch: Oswald Avery James D. Watson Francis Crick Max Perutz Rosalind Franklin Sidney Altman Bonnie Bassler Susan Lindquist Max Delbrück List of geneticists Maurice Wilkins Bruce C. Kone François Jacob Luca Turin. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Naturwissenschaft,
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    The Alzheimer Conundrum: Entanglements of Dementia and Aging , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 841min
    Because of rapidly aging populations, the number of people worldwide experiencing dementia is increasing and the projections are grim. Despite hundreds of millions of dollars invested in medical research, no effective treatment has been discovered for Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. The Alzheimer Conundrum exposes the predicaments embedded in current efforts to slow down or halt Alzheimer's disease through early detection of presymptomatic biological changes in healthy individuals. Based on a careful study of the history of Alzheimer's disease and extensive in-depth interviews with clinicians, scientists, epidemiologists, geneticists, and others, Margaret Lock highlights the limitations and the dissent implicated in this approach. She stresses that one major difficulty is the well-documented absence of behavioral signs of Alzheimer's disease in a significant proportion of elderly individuals, even when Alzheimer neuropathology is present in their brains. This incongruity makes it difficult to distinguish between what counts as normal versus pathological and, further, makes it evident that social and biological processes contribute inseparably to aging. Lock argues that basic research must continue, but it should be complemented by a realistic public health approach available everywhere that will be more effective and more humane than one focused almost exclusively on an increasingly frenzied search for a cure.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carly Robins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015976/bk_adbl_015976_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Cherokee DNA Studies: Real People Who Proved the Geneticists Wrong: DNA Consultants Series on Consumer Genetics, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 259min
    Most claims of Native American ancestry rest on the mother's ethnicity. This can be verified by a DNA test determining what type of mitochondrial DNA she passed to you. A hundred participants in DNA Consultants multi-phase Cherokee DNA Study did just that. What they had in common is they were previously rejected - by commercial firms, genealogy groups, government agencies and tribes. Their mitochondrial DNA was not classified as Native American. These are the "anomalous" Cherokee. Share the journeys of discovery and self-awareness of these passionate volunteers who defied the experts and are helping write a new chapter in the Peopling of the Americas. "The Yateses' DNA findings are revolutionary." (Stephen C. Jett, Atlantic Ocean Crossings)"Monumental." (Richard L. Thornton, Apalache Foundation) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pete Ferrand. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/137358/bk_acx0_137358_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    What's Wrong With My Mouse? (eBook, PDF)
    Dr. Jacqueline N. Crawley, author of the First and Second Editionsof What's Wrong with My Mouse? Behavioral Phenotyping ofTransgenic and Knockout Mice,continues to field calls ande-mails from molecular geneticists who ask: how do I runbehavioral assays to find out what's wrong with my mouse? Turn to What's Wrong with My Mouse? to discover thewealth of mouse behavioral tasks and to get the guidance you needto select the best methods and necessary controls. Chapters areorganized by behavioral domain, including measurements of generalhealth, motor functions, sensory abilities, learning and memory,feeding and drinking, reproductive, social, emotional, and rewardbehaviors in mutant mice. Throughout the chapters, new behavioraltasks and new research discoveries have been added, bringing theSecond Edition up to date with the latest science. In addition, theSecond Edition includes two new chapters: "Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration" discusses mousebehavioral tasks relevant to neurodevelopmental diseases, such asmental retardation and autism, and to neurodegenerative diseases,such as Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Huntingtons, and amyotrophiclateral sclerosis. "Putting It All Together" recommends strategies for optimizing abattery of behavioral phenotyping tests to address your specifichypotheses about gene functions. The final chapter, "The Next Generation," examines new andemerging technologies. Throughout the book, the use of behavioral testing equipment isillustrated with photographs, diagrams, and representative data.Examples of behavioral tasks successfully applied to transgenic andknockout mouse models are provided, as well as references to theprimary literature and step-by-step methods protocols. Thesefeatures, along with a comprehensive index, listings of databaseand vendor websites, and an extensive list of references, make thisbook a valuable and practical resource for students andresearchers.
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    Maze Master: A Thriller , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 728min
    New York Times best-selling author Kathleen Gear's new apocalyptic thriller audiobook Maze Master shows the world ending not in fire nor in ice but in science. LucentB is a retrovirus that’s inevitable, unstoppable, and utterly catastrophic for humanity. The US government believes the only person who can find the cure is the geneticist who tried to warn them about it and then disappeared: James Hakari. They assign the task of finding him to his former student Anna Asher, who in turn recruits paleographer and religious studies scholar Dr. Martin Nadai.  The brilliant but insane geneticist is leaving clues for Anna and Martin to follow, showing he’s truly earned his students’ nickname for him: the Maze Master. The search takes Anna and Martin around the world and into a warzone they never imagined. Maze Master's LucentB is based off of the real retrovirus HERV-K, which has caused several plagues over the past 75,000 years, almost wiping out Neandertals 50,000 years ago, and maybe 30,000 years ago. Modern geneticists consider HERV-K not to be extinct, but rather to be waiting for some trigger to come alive again.  With its scientific and archaeological authenticity and suspenseful clues, Maze Master will have listeners rushing through its intricate maze to find out the fate of the world in this thrilling adventure. Kathleen Gear, who often co-writes with her husband W. Michael Gear, has authored 42 books which have been New York Times, USA Today and international best sellers.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/003586/bk_aren_003586_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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