Science + Psychology
EINSTEIN'S MASTERWORK: 1915 AND THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
Written by Gribbin, John
In 1915, Albert Einstein presented his masterwork to the Prussian Academy of Sciences, a theory of gravity, matter, space and time: the General Theory of Relativity.
CLOCKWORK FUTURES: THE SCIENCE OF STEAMPUNK AND THE REINVENTION OF THE MODERN WORLD
Written by Schillace, Brandy
Airships and electric submarines, automatons and mesmerists? Welcome to the wild world of steampunk. It is all speculative? Or is it? Meet the intrepid souls who pushed Victorian technology to its limits and paved the way for our present age. The gear turns, the whistle blows, and the billows expand with electro-mechanical whirring.
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE: HERITAGE AND ADAPTATION
Written by Unschuld, Paul U
A leading authority explains the ideas and practice of Chinese medicine from its beginnings in antiquity to today. Paul U. Unschuld describes medicine's close connection with culture and politics throughout Chinese history.
THEORY THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING: "ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES" AS A WORK IN PROGRESS
Written by Lieberman, Philip
Few people have done as much to change how we view the world as Charles Darwin. Yet On the Origin of Species is more cited than read, and parts of it are even considered outdated. In some ways, it has been consigned to the nineteenth century.
ORIGINS OF CREATIVITY
Written by Wilson, Edward O
In this profound and lyrical book, one of our most celebrated biologists offers a sweeping examination of the relationship between the humanities and the sciences: what they offer to each other, how they can be united, and where they still fall short. Both endeavours, Edward O. Wilson reveals, have their roots in human creativity--the defining trait of our species.
MOST IMPROBABLE JOURNEY: A BIG HISTORY OF OUR PLANET AND OURSELVES
Written by Alvarez, Walter
Big History, the field that integrates traditional historical scholarship with scientific insights to study the full sweep of our universe, has so far been the domain of historians. Famed geologist Walter Alvarez--best known for the "Impact Theory" explaining dinosaur extinction--has instead championed a science-first approach to Big History.
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY: TRAVELING THE WORLD TO FIND THE GOOD DEATH
Written by Doughty, Caitlin
Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Here to Eternity is an immersive global journey that introduces compelling, powerful rituals almost entirely unknown in America.
DARWIN'S BACKYARD: HOW SMALL EXPERIMENTS LED TO A BIG THEORY
Written by Costa, James T
James T. Costa takes readers on a journey from Darwin's childhood through his voyage on the HMS Beagle where his ideas on evolution began.
ARITHMETIC
Written by Lockhart, Paul
Because evolution endowed humans with a complement of ten fingers, a grouping size of ten seems natural to us, perhaps even ideal. But from the perspective of mathematics, groupings of ten are arbitrary, and can have serious shortcomings. Twelve would be better for divisibility, and eight is smaller and well suited to repeated halving.
GENESIS REVISITED
Written by Sitchin, Zecharia
Modern Technology . . . or Knowledge of the Ancients? Space travel . . . Genetic engineering . . . Computer science . . . Astounding achievements as new as tomorrow. But stunning recent evidence proves that as these ultramodern advances were known to our forfathers millions of yrsterdays ago . . . as early as 3,000 years before the birth of Christ!
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