Science Mysteries
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This book on language is one of a series which looks at the quest for scientific solutions to the mysterious, unanswered questions which surround us in our everyday lives. The book explains how people have sought to explain the mystery of language, throughout history and across different cultures. It examines the recent advances in language research and the thought-provoking conclusions they suggest: that humans are uniquely able to learn language, that we are born with the special ability to learn and invent grammar, and that all the world's languages are descended from one ancestral language. Lesley Newson has also written "Dealing with Dirt and Meatballs and Molecules".
This book on time is one of a series which looks at the quest for scientific solutions to the mysterious, unanswered questions which surround us in our everyday lives. Did time have a beginning? Will it ever end? Could it be possible to control or even travel in time? This book looks at how people have sought to explain the mystery of time, throughout history and across different cultures. It traces scientists' attempts to understand what time means to the human body and brain and reveals that, in discovering how time began, scientists may have found clues which suggest how it will end. Lesley Newson has also written "Dealing with Dirt and Meatballs and Molecules".
This is one of a series which looks at the quest for scientific solutions to the mysterious, unanswered questions which surround us in our everyday lives. This book questions how babies are formed, why we grow up and grow old, and why we die. It looks at how people have sought to explain the mystery of growing older, throughout history and across different cultures. It shows how scientists have traced the development of a human being from embryo to old age, and explains how these changes are programmed to happen. Lesley Newson has also written "Dealing with Dirt" and "Meatballs and Molecules."
This volume is part of a series which looks at the quest for scientific solutions to the mysterious, unanswered questions which surround us in our everyday lives. Why do we need to sleep? What happens when we sleep? Why do we dream? This book looks at how people have sought to explain the mystery of sleep, throughout history and across different cultures. It traces the major advances in sleep research, such as monitoring and interpreting brain wave patterns, and investigating animal sleep. The book describes the work of scientists as they try to understand sleep problems and find practical solutions to them. Lesley Newson has also written "Dealing with Dirt" and "Meatballs and Molecules".