THIS is the first book to explain the mechanisms of pregnancy to the general reader. It is firmly rooted in the belief that anyone can understand the biology of pregnancy if it is explained clearly. Most of all, reproduction is a story, and this is why I have written the book as the chronology of … Read more
“a woman is, as it were, a mutilated man, for it is through a certain incapacity that the female is female”image20 Aristotle: Generation of Animals “Thus man … is the active principle while woman is the passive principle because she remains undeveloped in her unity” Hegel: Philosophy of Nature “Let the woman learn in silence … Read more
Not another book about the brain, surely? There are many many books about how the brain works. Sometimes it seems like everyone who has ever thought or taught about the brain has written a book. And many of them are very good – plumbing the depths of our deeper drives; dissecting the differences between us; … Read more
Teenagers: A Natural History will change the way you think about teenagers. Far from their usual media image, they are not society’s scourge – instead they are the pinnacle of human achievement. In this book, David Bainbridge, a Cambridge University vet and anatomist, is the first author to take a ‘zoological’ view of where teenagers … Read more
Something remarkable has happened to women, something unique. Of all the creatures in the animal kingdom, human females stand out as having one special, powerful feature: curves. That may be good news for men, but it makes life complicated for women. Why do only human females have curves, how do they affect their lives, and … Read more
No other animals have middle age. Indeed – it would not make any sense for other animals to undergo middle age. image61.jpgSo why do humans have it, and what, exactly, does it do to us? It was these simple questions that set David Bainbridge, a popular science writer and Cambridge University vet and anatomist, on … Read more