Killers in the brain : essays in science and technology from the Royal Institution / edited by P. Day.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

172 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

The philosopher's tree : Faraday today at the Royal Institution / Peter Day -- The fossils of the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian "explosion" : their implications for evolution / Simon Conway Morris -- Brain killers : understanding degenerative diseases of the brain / Nancy J. Rothwell -- The science of Murphy's law / Robert A.J. Matthews -- God, time, and cosmology / Russell Stannard -- The human singing voice / David M. Howard -- Asthma and allergy : disorders of civilization / Stephen T. Holgate -- El Niño and its significance / Crispin Tickell.