Jeffrey Kluger

This work explores what scientists and researchers are discovering about sibling bonds, the longest-lasting relationships we have in our lives. From the time we, are born, our siblings are our collaborators and co-conspirators, our role models and cautionary tales. They teach us how to resolve conflicts and how not to, how to conduct friendships and when to walk away. Our siblings are the only people we know who truly qualify as partners for life. In this book, the author explores the complex world of siblings in a way that is equal parts science, psychology, sociology, and memoir. This book examines birth order, twin studies, genetic encoding of behavioral traits, emotional disorders and their effects on sibling relationships.

"From an award-winning senior writer at Time, an eye-opening exploration of narcissism, how to recognize it, and how to handle it. The odds are good that you know a narcissist-probably a lot of them. The odds are also good that they are intelligent, confident, and articulate-the center of attention. They make you laugh and they make you think. The odds are also that this spell didn't last. Narcissists are everywhere. There are millions of them in the United States alone: entertainers, politicians, business people, your neighbors. Recognizing and understanding them is crucial to your not being overtaken by them, says Jeffrey Kluger, in his provocative new book about this insidious disorder. With insight and wit, Kluger frames the surprising new research on narcissism and explains the complex, exasperating personality disorder. He reveals how narcissism and narcissists affect our lives at work and at home, on the road, and in the halls of government; what to do when we encounter narcissism; and how to neutralize its effects before it's too late. As a Time writer and science editor, Kluger knows how to take science's new ideas and transform them into smart, accessible insights. Highly readable and deeply engaging, this book helps us understand narcissism and narcissists more fully."-- "A lively and perceptive exploration of narcissism that examines its causes, the science and psychology at its core, and the opportunities and challenges it presents to those who suffer from it (and those who contend with it in others)"--

This is the story of the men and women of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. These scientists and engineers have been "on the cutting edge of exploration for more than forty years, hammering together unmanned spaceships, mounting them atop rockets, and flinging them not just to our own moon but to the ends of the solar system.

Explores the latest scientific findings and discoveries in the solar system and beyond, discussing dark matter, microbial life existing beyond Earth, the discovery of more exoplanets, and the feasibility of space tourism and mining.--

A guide to a new understanding of the human brain--and the ways in which the mind, body, and spirit work together--explains how the brain is involved in every aspect of life and includes advice on how to keep the brain young, vital, and alert.

316 pages ; 22 cm1030L Lexile

The story of the polio vaccine and its creator discusses Salk's childhood during one of polio's worst epidemics and his education during the presidency of an afflicted FDR, describing how politics nearly prevented the vaccine's development.