BOOKS THAT ANSWER 
Q; 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 ) 
Qi Is this the only universe? 
Ai Reasoning from quantum 
theory, some scientists now believe 
there may be other universes in 
addition to our own— perhaps an 
infinite number of them! All of the 
universes, including ours, would be 
embedded in a mind-boggling entity 
called "superspace." 
(See Other Worlds ) 
1 7 1 The Tigris Expedition: In 
Search of Our Beginnings. Thor 
Heyerdahl. High adventure and 
danger in an archaeological search 
for our beginnings. 
(Pub price $17.95) 
123 Lucy: The Beginnings of 
Humankind. Donald Johanson and 
Maitland Edey. (Pub price $16.95) 
1 75 The Soul of a New Machine 
Tracy Kidder. (Pub price $12.95) 
1 7 6 The Hite Report on 
Male Sexuality Shere Hite 
(Pub price $19.95) 
190 Winning: The Psychology of 
Competition, Stuart H. Walker 
(Pub price $11.95) 
1 54 Toward Distant Suns. T. A. 
Heppenheimer. (Pub price $16.95) 
Nigel Calder 
THE COMET 
IS COMING! 
1 59 The Comet Is Coming! The 
Feverish Legacy of Mr. Halley Nigel 
Calder. (Pub price $12.95) 
1 24 The Origin of Consciousness in 
the Breakdown of the Bicameral 
Mind. Julian Jaynes 
(Pub price $12.95) 
149 Science and the Supernatural 
John Taylor. A distinguished 
physicist investigates psychic 
healing, telepathy, psychokinesis 
and other paranormal phenomena. 
(Pub price $10.95) 
134 Mathematics: The Loss of 
Certainty. Morris Kline 
(Pub price $19.95) 
185 Green Wisdom. Arthur W. 
Galston. (Pub price $12.95) 
1 20 The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An 
Overview of the New Physics. Gary 
Zukav. The new physics clearly 
explained, revealing its surprising 
relationship to Zen. 
(Pub price $12.95) 
106 Without Me You’re Nothing: 
The Essential Guide to Home 
Computers. Frank Herbert with 
Max Barnard. (Pub price $14.95) 
1 1 0 The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a 
Biology Watcher. Lewis Thomas 
(Pub price $8.95) 
108 On Human Nature. Edward O. 
Wilson. How human evolution is 
interwoven with human behavior. 
By the author of Sociobiology 
(Pub price $12.50) 
137 Archosauria: A New Look at 
the Old Dinosaur. John C. 
McLoughlin. (Pub price $10.95) 
1 1 1 Mathematical Circus. Martin 
Gardner. (Pub price $9.95) 
1 28 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) 
136 The Amateur Archaeologist's 
Handbook (Third Edition) 
Maurice Robbins with Mary B. 
Irving. (Pub price $12.95) 
182 Are We Alone? The Possibility 
of Extraterrestrial Civilizations. 
Robert T. Rood and James S. Trefil 
(Pub price $14.95) 
1 13 The Arbor House Treasury of 
Modern Science Fiction. Compiled 
by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. 
Greenberg. (Pub price $19.95) 
101 Mysteries of the Past. Text by 
Lionel Casson, Robert Claiborne, 
Brian Fagan and Walter Karp 
Editor: Joseph J. Thorndike, Jr. 
(Pub price $34.95) 
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) 
183 Basin and Range. John 
McPhee. (Pub price $10.95) 
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