Science + Psychology
UNSETTLED: WHAT CLIMATE SCIENCE TELLS US, WHAT IT DOESN'T, AND WHY IT MATTERS
Written by Koonin, Steven E
Surging sea levels are inundating the coasts. Hurricanes and tornadoes are becoming fiercer and more frequent. Climate change will be an economic disaster. You've heard all this presented as fact. But according to science, all of these statements are profoundly misleading.
KEEP SHARP: BUILD A BETTER BRAIN AT ANY AGE
Written by Gupta, Sanjay
Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp with this science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline by neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Throughout our life, we look for ways to keep our minds sharp and effortlessly productive. Now, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr.
SHAME MACHINE: WHO PROFITS IN THE NEW AGE OF HUMILIATION
Written by O'Neil, Cathy
A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America's "shame industrial complex" in the age of social media and hyperpartisan politics--from the New York Times bestselling author of Weapons of Math Destruction Shame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool: When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or predatory corporat
STOLEN FOCUS: WHY YOU CAN'T PAY ATTENTION--AND HOW TO THINK DEEPLY AGAIN
Written by Hari, Johann
Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening--and how to get our attention back. In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes.
BITTERSWEET: HOW SORROW AND LONGING MAKE US WHOLE
Written by Cain, Susan
In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bittersweet outlook on life, and why we've been so blind to its value. With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight.
OTHERLANDS: JOURNEYS IN EARTH'S EXTINCT ECOSYSTEMS
Written by Halliday, Thomas
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microbial life 550 million years ago, by a brilliant young paleobiologist
TERRA FORMA: A BOOK OF SPECULATIVE MAPS
Written by Gregoire, Axelle
Charting the exploration of an unknown world--our own--with a new cartography of living things rather than space available for conquest or colonization. This book charts the exploration of an unknown world: our own.
SUPERNOVA
Written by Graur, Or
A concise illustrated introduction to the history and physics of supernovae, the brilliant explosions of stars; with striking color illustrations.
GOD EQUATION: THE QUEST FOR A THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Written by Kaku, Michio
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The epic story of the greatest quest in all of science--the holy grail of physics that would explain the creation of the universe--from renowned theoretical physicist and author of The Future of the Mind and The Future of Humanity
EMOTIONAL: HOW FEELINGS SHAPE OUR THINKING
Written by Mlodinow, Leonard
We've all been told that thinking rationally is the key to success. But at the cutting edge of science, researchers are discovering that feeling is every bit as important as thinking. You make hundreds of decisions every day, from what to eat for breakfast to how you should invest, and not one of those decisions would be possible without emotion.
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