BOOKS THAT ANSWER 
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Ql Are modern computers as 
smart as any living animal? 
A ! Today we have machines with 
the intelligence of the earwig, a tiny 
insect. This may not seem much, 
until you realize it took evolution 
millions of centuries to make the 
same leap. (See The Micro 
Millennium ) 
Q: Can time speed up and 
slow down? 
A: Yes, by the theory of relativity. 
Consider two twins. One leaves 
Earth in a spaceship, travels close 
to the speed of light, and returns. 
Although he's only a few weeks 
older he's astonished to find that 
Earth has aged hundreds of years. 
His twin brother, and everyone he 
knew, is long since gone. (See 
Einstein's Universe.) 
Q; Most important brain 
functions are represented in 
both the right and left halves. 
But which vital function is only 
found on one side? 
A: Speech. There are three speech 
areas in the brain, but in the vast 
majority of people they are all on the 
left side. (See The Origin of 
Consciousness in the Breakdown 
of the Bicameral Mind ) 
Q ! What seemingly unrelated 
invention was one of the main 
causes of the separation of 
classes in the Middle Ages? 
Ai The chimney. Before its inven- 
tion, people of all classes had to 
mingle in the same room around 
an open fire. The chimney enabled 
heat to be distributed to different 
rooms, encouraging class separation. 
(See Connections ) 
135 From Atoms to Quarks: An 
Introduction to the Strange 
World of Particle Physics. 
James S. Trefil. (Pub price $ 1 2.95) 
1 1 7 Prehistoric Avebury 
Aubrey Burl. Striking 
photographs and a fascinating 
text explore the mysteries and 
magic of "the most spectacular 
prehistoric monument in the 
British Isles." (Pub price $19.95) 
106 Without Me You're Nothing: 
The Essentia] Guide to Home 
Computers. Frank Herbert with 
Max Barnard. ( Pub price $ 1 2.95) 
1 14 Unfinished Business: 
Pressure Points in the Lives of 
Women. Maggie Scarf 
(Pub price $14.95) 
1 10 The Lives of a Cell: 
Notes of a Biology Watcher. 
Lewis Thomas (Pub price $8.95) 
139 Connections. James Burke 
Softcover (Pub price $10.95) 
1 1 1 Mathematical Circus 
Martin Gardner. (Pub price $9.95) 
100 Einstein's Universe. Nigel 
Calder. A fascinating and lucid 
explanation of the theories that 
changed man's understanding of 
time, space and motion. 
(Pub price $10) 
121 The Complete Medical 
Guide (4th Edition). Benjamin F 
Miller, M.D. Revised and 
updated by Lawrence Galton . 
(Pub price $19.95) 
158 Time Warps. John Gribbin 
A fascinating discussion of 
time— its history in human 
thought, current scientific 
knowledge and the possibilities 
of such things as time travel, 
parallel universes and 
reincarnation. (Pub price $13.95) 
128 The Micro Millennium 
Christopher Evans. A fascinating 
analysis of the computer 
revolution and the dramatic 
impact it will have on our lives. 
(Pub price $10.95) 
125 Maps of the Mind. Charles 
Hampden-Turner. (Pub price $14.95) 
157 Notebooks: B. F. Skinner. 
Edited and with an Introduction 
by Robert Epstein 
(Pub price $15.95) 
123 Lucy: The Beginnings of 
Humankind. Donald Johanson and 
Maitland Edey. (Pub price $16.95) 
132 A Fossil-Hunter's Notebook: 
My Life with Dinosaurs and 
Other Friends. Edwin H Colbert 
(Pub price $15.95) 
1 16 Dolphins, Whales and 
Porpoises: An Encyclopedia of 
Sea Mammals. David J. Coffey 
(Pub price $17.95) 
109 A Golden Thread: 2500 
Years of Solar Architecture and 
Technology. Ken Butti and 
John Perlin. (Pub price $15.95) 
131 Hans Bethe: Prophet of 
Energy. Jeremy Bernstein. 
(Pub price $12.95) 
1 53 Wildlife of the Deserts 
Frederic H. Wagner 
(Pub price $18.95) 
1 24 The Origin of Consciousness 
in the Breakdown of the 
Bicameral Mind. Julian Jaynes 
(Pub price $12.95) 
129 The Illustrated Origin of 
Species. Charles Darwin. Abridged 
and Introduced by Richard E. 
Leakey. (Pub price $25) 
101 Mysteries of the Past. Lionel 
Casson, Robert Claiborne, Brian 
Fagan and Walter Karp 
Editor: Joseph J. Thorndike, Jr. 
(Pub price $34.95) 
