Charming gut: How the most powerful controls on us

I once heard a dialogue: "what were You thinking?" "Jivota-o-om." The joke is not too original, but if you look from a scientific point of view... did a cute 24-year-old young lady, a microbiologist from Germany, wrote the book "a Charming gut". Now it is flying off the shelves of bookstores in Europe.

The protagonist of the book — the intestines. This complex system is often unfairly overlooked: it works, okay. Whether it is brain or heart. And the gut... In between trips to the toilet he seems to be nothing and not busy — just lay me in the stomach and muttered from time to time.





Author Giulia Enders defended his doctoral thesis at the Institute for Microbiology in Frankfurt am main (Germany). "A charming gut" is the debut book Enders. Now in the world sold more than two million copies.

How this amazing organ, few people know. So, for example, only to the academic community aware of the fact that people suffering from certain digestive problems, often compromised nervous system of the intestine: it sends signals to the brain that is responsible for the formation of negative emotions. The person feels depressed and can not determine the cause of this condition. Often such patients are referred to a therapist, but this approach, as you know, unproductive. In such cases, to cure the head, you need to treat stomach.

The work of the intestine affects memory and emotions, the infection can dull the sense of fear to cause depression and mental illness. To talk about the intestine can be long and, as this book demonstrates, it's fun.

I do not exclude that someone is shocking such a blatant appeal to Julia Enders to taboo conversational topics of digestion; someone will seem too extreme experiments on mice and patient-volunteers described in the book.

Anyone doubts the omnipotence of the tiny organisms that control our lives and inhabiting the stomach. And someone seems absurd assumption that the gut has its own "brain" and "nervous system". But let us remember that the new and unknown is always scary. And consider this book as another step on the way to disclosure of secrets and mysteries of the human body. A definite bonus are the practical tips — following them, you can really improve your health and enhance overall quality of life.





Kitchen primitive man

Author Anna Pavlovskaya is doctor of historical Sciences, Professor, head of Department for regional studies of the faculty of foreign languages and area studies of Moscow state University. M. V. Lomonosov.

What is the book. The author comes to the conclusion that one of the determining factors in the formation of man and the foundations of its existence was the food. Man is an animal who has learned to cook and thus made the first step towards the conquest of nature. The book is devoted to the diet of ancient man, ways of cooking and storage, the rituals that accompanied it, and, of course, the social functions of food. The author generalizes the data of history, literature, Ethnography, sociology, psychology, Culturology and anthropology.





How we do it

Author Robert Martin trained as a zoologist at Oxford. Worked at the French National Museum of natural history in Brunoy, University College London, the Anthropological Institute in Zurich (Switzerland), the Museum of natural history. Field in Chicago (USA). He has published more than 300 scientific papers.

What the book is about What modern science knows about the nature of reproduction, pregnancy and childbirth? One of the best specialists in evolutionary biology Robert Martin answers questions serious and funny. How to avoid postpartum depression? Is it possible to reduce the incidence of breast cancer? Why do men have nipples? If they decrease the brain during pregnancy?





The beauty of physics

Author Frank Wilczek — Professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of technology (USA), winner of the Nobel prize in physics (2004) "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of strong interactions" with David gross and David Politzer.

What the book is about On the pages of beautifully illustrated edition his thoughts about the beauty of the Universe, and scientific ideas shares Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek. Step by step, starting with ancient Greek philosophy to contemporary theory of enterprises, it shows the underlying physical concepts of the idea of beauty and symmetry. The heroes of his study — Pythagoras, Plato, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein. Unlike many popularizers of science, Wilczek is not afraid of formulas and is able to "fingers" to show the most difficult things, infecting us with a sense of wonder.





Last chance space

Author Anton Pervushin is a science fiction writer, science journalist, laureate of literary awards and a member of the Federation of cosmonautics of Russia. For many years he has been studying the forgotten pages of the history of cosmonautics. His best-selling book "108 minutes that changed the world" has entered in shorts-sheet of prestigious award "Educator".

What is the book On space exploration is spent huge amounts of money. But why are we so desire — in other worlds? What we expect to find on distant planets? How feasible plans for the development of the moon and Mars? Bring practical benefits to their colonization? Recently, similar questions are being raised increasingly. Interest in the topic of heated Hollywood blockbusters, loud statements of politicians and scientists disputes. Scientific journalist Anton Pervushin examines key myths and talks about the prospects of space exploration.published

 

Author: Artyom Akshentsev

 

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P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

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