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Laughter: A Scientific Investigation
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Curious Behavior: Yawning, Laughing, Hiccupping, and Beyond
Robert Provine boldly goes where other scientists seldom tread-in search of hiccups, coughs, yawns, sneezes, and other lowly, undignified human behaviors. Upon investigation, these instinctive acts bear the imprint of...
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
***NOW A MAJOR HOLLYWOOD FILM DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN*** WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION 'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' - Sunday Times Physicist and polymath, as...
The Perfect Match
"A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine". So says Brillat-Savarin and Brian St. Pierre, longtime contributing editor for Decanter magazine and author of A Perfect Glass of...
Hubert Who?
How can a man who achieved so much be so little remembered? Explorer, pioneer aviator, war photographer, naturalist, meteorologist, author, student of the paranormal, and secret agent; loyal lieutenant to...