Most Popular Books by Steve Jones

This revision guide provides concise coverage of the central topics within Research Methods in Psychology, presented within a framework designed to help you focus on assessment and exams. The text encapsulates all the subject matter listed in the BPS Qualifying Examination syllabus for the area. The structure of the book represents a logical, linear progress through your typical learning in relation to Research Methods in Psychology. The two authors bring their clear, accessible style to bear on this, making the normally ‘dry’ subject matter seem more lively and engaging. The chapter on writing reports is deliberately left to the end since this is the natural culmination of your research process. Sample questions, assessment advice and exam tips drive the organisation within chapters so you are able to grasp and marshal your thoughts towards revision of the main topics. Features focused on critical thinking, practical applications and key research will offer additional pointers for you in your revision process and exam preparation. A companion website provides supporting resources for self testing, exam practice, answers to questions in the book, and links to further resources.

While writing this book, Steve Jones had beside him the coral brooch that his sea captain grandfather brought back across the Indian Ocean as a gift for his wife. This simple object is a starting point for a dazzling narrative that touches on a number of the most important issues facing us today. Following in the footsteps of Darwin and Captain Cook, Jones reveals what coral has to tell us about the human genome project, cloning, and the possibility of a cure for cancer and genetic diseases; what insights it can offer us into the future of trade in oil and other forms of carbon; how it is linked to the fluctuations in weather patterns that have lead to destruction along the coasts of the Americas and the Far East. Finally, Jones considers what coral - exploited and destroyed in many ways and under siege from climate change - tells us about the likely future of the planet and humankind: it is a warning that both may be close to the point of no return. CORAL: A PESSIMIST IN PARADISE is an inspired, eclectic book that links science with history, literature, politics and myth. It belongs to a vivid tradition of thinking and writing about humankind and its place in nature.

Il moderno racconto dickensiano di Steve inizia nelle strade di Hammersmith e Shepherd’s Bush, West London, dove un ragazzo solo e trascurato, che vive di espedienti e piccoli furti, trova uno scopo nel glam rock di David Bowie e dei Roxy Music, ed entra a far parte della prima generazione di punk teppisti, sotto l’ala di Malcolm McLaren e Vivienne Westwood. Per la prima volta, Steve descrive la tristezza di non aver mai conosciuto suo padre, l’abbandono e l’abuso che ha subito per mano del patrigno, e come il suo interesse per la musica e la moda lo abbia salvato da una potenziale vita di crimine spesa nei centri di detenzione e in prigione. Dalla King’s Road dei primi anni Settanta, attraverso gli anni dei Sex Pistols, il punk rock e la registrazione di Never Mind the Bollocks (uno dei migliori album di tutti i tempi per la rivista Rolling Stone), fino all’esilio autoimposto a New York e Los Angeles dove Steve ha combattuto contro l’alcol, l’eroina e la dipendenza dal sesso – intrappolato in un circolo di riabilitazione e ricadute –, questo libro, scritto con il giornalista musicale e autore Ben Thompson, è la vicenda di un improbabile eroe della chitarra che, con i Sex Pistols, ha cambiato la storia.

-¿Hay una explicación científica detrás de las famosas plagas de Egipto? ¿Y de la edad de Matusalén? ¿Y de tantos otros sucesos que tomamos por milagrosos? -La Biblia es sometida a examen con todo el rigor de la ciencia, dejando aparte la fe, para separar la realidad del mito. -Con ilustraciones de William Blake que dan vida a la tensión entre las creencias y los hechos. -Un ensayo ameno para los amantes de la antropología, la historia o la ciencia, sean creyentes o no.

La genetica es la ciencia mas nueva. No se sabia casi nada de la herencia hasta hace mas de un siglo, y lo que descubrio Mendel por aquel entonces se utilizo para justificar la eugenesia y el racismo. En la actualidad, la genetica se encuentra en pleno auge y se ha descubierto la secuencia completa del ADN, que compone los 60.000 genes activos necesarios para formar un ser humano. Este libro nos conduce desde Mendel hasta el mapa del genoma humano y el tratamiento de las enfermedades hereditarias. Nos muestra como se descubrio el ADN y explica como algunos genes pueden actuar en su propio beneficio tanto como a favor de sus portadores. Nadie puede permitirse desconocer el funcionamiento de la genetica y, guste o no, algunos de nosotros nos veremos obligados a tomar decisiones eticas en las que intervenga esta ciencia. Este libro nos proporciona la informacion necesaria para hacerlo.