Reading Matters 4:Overview

Acknowledgments

Introduction to the Second Edition

UNIT 1 Creativity

Chapter 1 Laughter:The Creative Force

The Science of Jokes

The Science of Laughter

How Laughter Works

Chapter 2 Our Creative Brain

From Birdby Bird

① Children Are Our Best Teachers,Part A

Special Talents,Part A

② Children Are Our Best Teachers,Part B

Special Talents,Part B

Mental Breakout

UNIT 2 Body Science:Moving in New Directions

Chapter 3 Aging

Reversing Human Aging

Second Thoughts on Extending Life Spans

Science Values Grandmothers

Chapter 4 Body Shape

How We Grew So Big

The Gorge-Yourself Environment

① Fitness:The One Hour/Day Way

Journey to Better Fitness Starts with 10,000 Steps

② Fitness:The Six Minutes/Day Way

Short Intensive Workouts Are Just as Effective as Long Sessions

UNIT 3 The Environment

Chapter 5 Natural Disasters

The Boxing Day 2004 Tsunami

How Hero Saved His Family from Killer Wave

Chapter 6 Urban Growth and Water Supply

The World Shortage of Water

①The Sinking City

Water Crisis as Mexico City Sinks Faster than Venice

②The Thirsty Kingdom

In Jordan,the Feared Mideast Water Shortage Is Already Reality

UNIT 4 The Age of Communications

Chapter 7 The Internet:Blessing or Curse

Invasion of Privacy

①Benefits of Online Crime?

Fighting Crime One Computer at a Time

②Friendship Online?

Web Friend or Faux?

Chapter 8 Cell Phones:Blessing or Curse

Cell Phone:A Convenience,a Hazard,or Both?

Cell Phones Have Transformed How We Communicate

A World of Difference

UNIT 5 Economics

Chapter 9 The Economics of Everyday Life

Is There Another Way to Pay?

Just Swipe It

Chapter 10 The Business of Ethics

How to Tell Right from Wrong

① The Rewards of Ethical Behavior

Is Ethics Its Own Reward?

②Mixing Business and Morals

Can Business and Morals Mix?

UNIT 6 The World of Man and Animals

Chapter 11 The Lives of Chimps:The Treatment of Animals

Chimpanzees in Africa

① The Animal in Our World:The Case in Favor

The Animal Rights Revolution

② The Animal in His World:Where Do Rights Lead?

Me Frodo,You Jane?

What's Fair is Fair,Even to a Monkey

Chapter 12 The Sole of Evolution

The Foot:Mother of Humanity

End of Foot Evolution?

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