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 Reading Matters 4: Overview

 Acknowledgments

 Introduction to the Second Edition

UNIT 1 Creativitg

 Chapter 1  Laughter: The Creative Force

The Science of Jokes

The Science of Laughter

How Laughter Works

 Chapter 2  Our Creative Brain

From Bird bg Bird

1 Children Are Our Best Teachers, Part A

 SpeciaITalents, Part A

2 Chitdren Are Our Best Teachers, Part B

 SpeciaITalents, Part B

Mental Breakout

UNIT 2 Bodg Science: Moving in New Directions

 Chapter 3  Aging

Reversing Human Aging

Second Thoughts on Extending Life Spans

Science Values Grandmothers

 Chapter 4  Bodg Shape

How UJe GreuJ So Big

The Gorge-Yourself Environment

1 Fitness: The One Hour / Dag Wag

 Journeg to Better Fitness Starts with 10,000 Steps

2 Fitness: The Six Minutes / Dag Wag

 Short Intensive Workouts Are Just as Effective as Long Sessions

UNIT 3 The Environment

 Chapter 5  Natural Disasters

The Boxing Day 2oo4 Tsunami

How Hero Saved His FamiLU from Kilter Wave

 Chapter 6  Urban Growth and Water Supply

The Wortd Shortage of Water

1 The Sinking City

 Water Crisis as Mexico City Sinks Faster than Venice

2 The Thirsty Kingdom

 In Jordan, the Feared Mideast Water Shortage Is Already Reality

UNIT 4 The Age of Communications

 Chapter 7  The Znternet: BLessing or Curse

Invasion of Privacy

1 Benefits of OnLine Crime?

 Fighting Crime One Computer at a Time

2 Friendship Ontine?

 Web Friend or Faux?

 Chapter 8  Celt 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 Evergdag Life

Is There Another Way to Pay?

Just Swipe It

 Chapter 10  The Business of Ethics

How to TetL Right from Wrong

1 The Rewards of Ethicat Behavior

 Is Ethics Its Own Reward?

2 Mixing Business and Morals

 Can Business and Morats Mix?

UNIT 6 The WorLd of Man and Animals

 Chapter 11  The Lives of Chimps: The Treatment of Animals

Chimpanzees in Africa

1 The Animalin Our World: The Case in Favor

 The Animal Rights Revolution

2 The Animalin His World: Where Do Rights Lead?

 Me Frodo, You Jane?

What's Fair is Fair, Even to a Monkeg

 Chapter 12  The Sole of Evolution

The Foot: Hother of Humanity

End of Foot Evolution?

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