Science + Psychology
SLOW DOWN: THE DEGROWTH MANIFESTO
Written by Saito, Kohei
A runaway bestseller in Japan and in the spirit of big idea books by Naomi Klein and Arundhati Roy, Saito delivers a bold and urgent call for a return to Marxism in order to stop climate change. Why, in our affluent society, are so many people living in poverty, without access to health care, working multiple jobs and still unable to make ends meet, with no good prospects for the futur
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND: A JOURNEY OF COSMIC DISCOVERY
Written by Walker, Lindsey Nyx
Linked to a special mini season of the award-winning StarTalk podcast, this enlightening illustrated narrative by the world's most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor. No one can make the mysteries of the universe more comprehensible and fun than Neil deGrasse Tyson.
LAST DAYS OF THE DINOSAURS: AN ASTEROID, EXTINCTION, AND THE BEGINNING OF OUR WORLD
Written by Black, Riley
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writing." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
THINKING 101: HOW TO REASON BETTER TO LIVE BETTER
Written by Ahn, Woo-Kyoung
"An INVALUABLE RESOURCE to anyone who wants to think better." --Gretchen Rubin Award-winning YALE PROFESSOR Woo-kyoung Ahn delivers "A MUST-READ--a smart and compellingly readable guide to cutting-edge research into how people think." (Paul Bloom) "A FUN exploration." --Dax Shepard Psychologist Woo-kyoung Ahn devised a course at Yale call
STRANGERS TO OURSELVES: UNSETTLED MINDS AND THE STORIES THAT MAKE US
Written by Aviv, Rachel
One of the top ten books of the year at The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, Vulture/New York magazine
PUTTING OURSELVES BACK IN THE EQUATION: WHY PHYSICISTS ARE STUDYING HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS AND AI TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
Written by Musser, George
"This is a delightful account of one of the deepest and most fascinating explorations going on today at the frontier of our knowledge." --Carlo Rovelli, bestselling author of The Order of Time and Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB
Written by Rhodes, Richard
Rhodes tells, for the first time, in rich human, political and scientific detail, the complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan. 128 photos.
101 THINGS I LEARNED(R) IN PSYCHOLOGY SCHOOL
Written by Bono, Tim
Why do we think, feel, and act the way we do? A professor and expert consultant on psychological health ponders these questions and more in this thought-provoking, illustrated guide. Psychology is one of the most popular undergraduate majors.
COMING WAVE: TECHNOLOGY, POWER, AND THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY'S GREATEST DILEMMA
Written by Suleyman, Mustafa
An urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that a wave of fast-developing technologies poses to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance--from a cofounder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind "A fascinating, well-written, and important book."--Yuval Noah Harari