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The genius bat : the secret life of the only flying mammal / by Yovel, Yossi(Ecologist and neurobiologist)authorauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut;
"An awe-inspiring tour of bat world by the world's leading expert With nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of mammals, bats come in different sizes, shapes, and colors, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the giant golden-crowned flying fox. Some bats eat fruit and nectar; others eat frogs, scorpions or fish. Vampire bats feed on blood. Bats are the only mammals that can fly; their fingers have elongated through evolution to become wings with a unique super-flexible skin membrane stretched between them. Their robust immune system is one of the reasons for their extreme longevity. A tiny bat can live for forty years. Yossi Yovel, an ecologist and a neurobiologist, is passionate about deciphering the secrets of bats, including using AI to decipher their communication. In The Genius Bat he brings to vivid life these amazing creatures as well as the obsessive and sometime eccentric people who study them-bat scientists. Frommuddy rainforests, to star-covered night deserts, from guest houses in Thailand, to museum drawers full of fossils in New York, this is an eye-opening and entertaining account of a might mammal"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Bats;
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Fixing my gaze : a scientist's journey into seeing in three dimensions / by Barry, Susan R.(CARDINAL)495594;
MARCIVE 09/01/10Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-236) and index.Stereoblind -- Mixed-up beginnings -- School crossings -- Knowing where to look -- Fixing my gaze -- The space between -- When two eyes see as one -- Nature and nurture -- Vision and revision."When neuroscientist Susan Barry was fifty years old, she took an unforgettable trip to Manhattan. As she emerged from the dim light of the subway into the sunshine, she saw a view of the city that she had witnessed many times in the past but now saw in an astonishingly new way. Skyscrapers on street corners appeared to loom out toward her like the bows of giant ships. Tree branches projected upward and outward, enclosing and commanding palpable volumes of space. Leaves created intricate mosaics in 3D. With each glance, she experienced the deliriously novel sense of immersion in a three dimensional world. Barry had been cross-eyed and stereoblind since early infancy. After half a century of perceiving her surroundings as flat and compressed, on that day she was seeing Manhattan in stereo depth for first time in her life" --Cover, p. 2.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Barry, Susan R.; Strabismus; Depth perception.; Behavioral optometry.; Visual training.; Neurobiologists;
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Chronic fear / by Nicholson, Scott,1962-(CARDINAL)704273;
"The phone call isn't the first threat Dr. Alexis Morgan has received. Not by a long shot. It is, however, the first time she escaped the taunting voice only to find her neurobiology lab at the University of North Carolina being raided. Alexis thought she and her husband, Mark, were finally moving beyond the horrors of the Monkey House, sight [i.e. site] of the notorious, top-secret drug trials for a powerful personality-altering drug that stole so many innocent lives"--P. [4] of cover.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Neurobiologists; Drugs; Medication.;
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Vision and art : the biology of seeing / by Livingstone, Margaret.(CARDINAL)662079; Hubel, David H.,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)764922; Abrams (Publishing company)(CARDINAL)804581;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Fiat lux: let there be light -- The eye and color vision -- Luminance and night vision -- The first stages of processing color and luminance: where and what -- Acuity and spatial resolution: central and peripheral vision -- The next level of color processing: surround effects -- From 3-D to 2-D: Perspective -- From 3-D to 2-D: Shading and chiaroscuro -- From 3-D to 2-D: stereopsis -- Illusions of motion -- Color mixing and color resolution -- Television, movies, and computer graphics -- Epilogue: talent, music, and learning disabilities.A Harvard neurobiologist explains how vision works, citing the scientific origins of artistic genius and providing coverage of such topics as optical illusions and the correlation between learning disabilities and artistic skill.
Subjects: Visual perception.; Art; Art; Perception.; Color vision.; Vision.; Painting;
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Mother in the middle : a biologist's story of caring for parent and child / by Lockhart, Sybil.(CARDINAL)490833;
A neurobiologist traces how her research into brain development and decline was influenced by the childhoods of her young daughters and her mother's manifestation of Alzheimer's, in a personal account that describes her struggles as a caregiver.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Lockhart, Sybil.; Lockhart, Ruth.; Women biologists; Pregnant women; Caregivers; Alzheimer's disease; Fetal brain; Brain;
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The Big bang theory. by Parsons, Jim,1973-actor.(DLC)no2010061350(CARDINAL)849258; Galecki, Johnny,actor.(DLC)no2001053689(CARDINAL)848201; Cuoco, Kaley,actor.(DLC)no2009114716; Helberg, Simon,actor.(DLC)no2009114717; Nayyar, Kunal,actor.(DLC)no2009114719(CARDINAL)562479; Lorre, Chuck.(DLC)no2005027538; Prady, Bill.(DLC)no2009114720; Chuck Lorre Productions (Firm)(DLC)no2009114721; Warner Bros. Televisiondistributor.(DLC)n 85376650 (CARDINAL)843556; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.(DLC)no 95005960 (CARDINAL)218485;
Created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady.Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar.This season the Big Bang gang's romantic universe expands. On the rebound from Penny, Leonard falls into the arms of Raj's sister Priya. Sheldon gets a girlfriend, or rather a friend who is a girl: Amy, a dour neurobiologist who declares herself besties with Penny. Howard and Bernadette heat up. And so do Raj and Bernadette (at least in Raj's Bollywood daydream). All in the furtherance of award-winning genius comedy.Not rated.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy television programs.; Sitcoms.; Physicists; Man-woman relationships; Apartment dwellers; Neighbors; Relaciones hombre-mujer;
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The big bang theory. Season 4 [videorecording] / by Bialik, Mayim.(CARDINAL)370428; Cuoco, Kaley.; Galecki, Johnny.(CARDINAL)848201; Helberg, Simon.; Nayyar, Kunal.(CARDINAL)562479; Parsons, Jim,1973-(CARDINAL)849258; Rauch, Melissa,1980-;
The robotic manipulation -- The cruciferous vegetable amplification -- The zazzy substitution -- The hot troll deviation -- The desperation emanation -- The Irish pub formulation -- The apology insufficiency -- The 21-second excitation -- The boyfriend complexity -- The alien parasite hypothesis -- The Justice League recombination -- The bus pants utilization -- The love car displacement -- The thespian catalyst -- The benefactor factor -- The cohabitation formulation -- The toast derivation -- The prestidigitation approximation -- The Zarnecki incursion -- The herb garden germination -- The agreement dissection -- The wildebeest implementation -- The engagement reaction -- The roommate transmogrification.Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik, Melissa Rauch.This season the Big Bang gang's romantic universe expands. On the rebound from Penny, Leonard falls into the arms of Raj's sister Priya. Sheldon gets a girlfriend, or rather a friend who is a girl: Amy, a dour neurobiologist who declares herself besties with Penny. Howard and Bernadette heat up. And so do Raj and Bernadette (at least in Raj's Bollywood daydream). All in the furtherance of award-winning genius comedy.Not rated.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer.
Subjects: Apartment dwellers; Man-woman relationships; Neighbors; Physicists; Television series.;
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The Big bang theory. [videorecording] / by Cuoco, Kaley,actor.; Galecki, Johnny,actor.(CARDINAL)848201; Helberg, Simon,actor.; Lorre, Chuck,creator.; Nayyar, Kunal,actor.(CARDINAL)562479; Parsons, Jim,1973-actor.(CARDINAL)849258; Prady, Bill,creator.; Chuck Lorre Productions (Firm),production company.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.(CARDINAL)340305; Warner Bros. Television,production company.(CARDINAL)843556; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.(CARDINAL)218485;
The robotic manipulation -- The cruciferous vegetable amplification -- The zazzy substitution -- The hot troll deviation -- The desperation emanation -- The Irish pub formulation -- The apology insufficiency -- The 21-second excitation -- The boyfriend complexity -- The alien parasite hypothesis -- The Justice League recombination -- The bus pants utilization -- The love car displacement -- The thespian catalyst -- The benefactor factor -- The cohabitation formulation -- The toast derivation -- The prestidigitation approximation -- The Zarnecki incursion -- The herb garden germination -- The agreement dissection -- The wildebeest implementation -- The engagement reaction -- The roommate transmogrification.Created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady.Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar.This season the Big Bang gang's romantic universe expands. On the rebound from Penny, Leonard falls into the arms of Raj's sister Priya. Sheldon gets a girlfriend, or rather a friend who is a girl: Amy, a dour neurobiologist who declares herself besties with Penny. Howard and Bernadette heat up. And so do Raj and Bernadette (at least in Raj's Bollywood daydream). All in the furtherance of award-winning genius comedy.Not rated.DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer.Golden Globes, 2011: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical (Parsons)Primetime Emmy Awards, 2011: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Parsons)
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Situation comedies (Television programs); Television comedies.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings.; Apartment dwellers; Man-woman relationships; Neighbors; Physicists;
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The big bang theory. [videorecording] / by Bialik, Mayim,actor.(CARDINAL)370428; Cuoco, Kaley,actor.; Galecki, Johnny,actor.(CARDINAL)848201; Helberg, Simon,actor.; Lorre, Chuck,creator.; Nayyar, Kunal,actor.(CARDINAL)562479; Parsons, Jim,1973-actor.(CARDINAL)849258; Prady, Bill,creator.; Rauch, Melissa,1980-actor.; Sussman, Kevin,1970-actor.; Chuck Lorre Productions (Firm),production company.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)344968; Warner Bros. Television,production company.(CARDINAL)843556;
Writers include Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady ; directors include Mark Cendrowski ; editors include Peter Chakos ; production designer, John Shaffner.Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik, Melissa Rauch, Kevin Sussman.Despite their on-again, off-again relationship in the past, Leonard and Penny have finally gotten married. Even Sheldon has found a female companion, entering into a 'relationship agreement' with neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler, and he recently took their relationship to the next level by marrying her after a long courtship. Will their equation for marital bliss alter the chemistry between these two beautiful minds? Quantum comedy converges in the twelfth dimension!Rating: Not ratedDVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby audio 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Situation comedies (Television programs); Television comedies.; Television programs.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings.; Best friends; Male friendship; Man-woman relationships; Neighbors; Physicists;
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Stress [videorecording] : portrait of a killer / by Goldman, Linda.; Heminway, John.; Sapolsky, Robert M.(CARDINAL)328471; National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.)(CARDINAL)326996; National Geographic Society (U.S.)(CARDINAL)140388; National Geographic Television.; Stanford University.(CARDINAL)141303;
Editor, David Klagsbrun.Robert Sapolsky.A Stanford University neurobiologist has been advancing our understanding of stress - how it impacts our bodies and how our social standing can make us more or less susceptible. Research reveals that the impact of stress can be found deep within us, shrinking our brains, adding fat to our bellies, even unraveling our chromosomes. Yet understanding how stress works can help us figure out a ways to combat it and how to live a life free of the tyranny of this contemporary plague.DVD, widescreen (matted, enhanced); Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Stress (Physiology); Stress (Psychology); Stress (Psychology); Stress management.; Stress tolerance (Psychology); Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
For private home use only.
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