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(0)Florence Williams
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it's sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the breast is changing. Breasts are getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle with breast cancer, even among men. What makes breasts...
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; Nikola Tesla conceived the electric motor while visiting a park. Intrigued by our storied renewal in the natural world, Florence Williams sets out to uncover the science behind nature's positive effects on the brain.
From forest trails in Korea, to islands in Finland,...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
After her 25-year marriage ends, a journalist reveals her personal insights and explores the cutting edge science of “social pain,” including checking her blood for grief markers and receiving electrical shocks, to explain why heartbreak hurts so much.