Science + Psychology
REDUCTIONISM IN ART AND BRAIN SCIENCE: BRIDGING THE TWO CULTURES
Written by Kandel, Eric
Are art and science separated by an unbridgeable divide? Can they find common ground? In this new book, neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel, whose remarkable scientific career and deep interest in art give him a unique perspective, demonstrates how science can inform the way we experience a work of art and seek to understand its meaning.
CURVOLOGY: THE ORIGINS AND POWER OF FEMALE BODY SHAPE
Written by Bainbridge, David
Few things are as tantalizing as a woman's curves...and yet, humans are the only mammals on earth whose females have curvy bodies. Why? And what does this unique body shape mean for us?
DO NO HARM: STORIES OF LIFE, DEATH, AND BRAIN SURGERY
Written by Marsh, Henry
Named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cut into the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason? How do you live with the consequences of performing a potentially lifesaving operation when it all goes wrong?
KINGDOM OF SPEECH
Written by Wolfe, Tom
The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong. Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate.
JAMES LOVELOCK: THE EARTH AND I
Written by Sedláček, Tomás
"We are buried beneath mountains of fast-accumulating data. In such circumstances, this book, rather than adding to the data load, aims to offer real understanding." --James Lovelock
LANGUAGE INSTINCT
Written by Pinker, Steven
"A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." -- New York Times Book ReviewThe classic work on the development of human language by the world's leading expert on language and the mind
HOW THE MIND WORKS
Written by Pinker, Steven
In this Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestseller, one of the world's leading cognitive scientists tackles the workings of the human mind. What makes us rational--and why are we so often irrational? How do we see in three dimensions? What makes us happy, afraid, angry, disgusted, or sexually aroused? Why do we fall in love?
SEVEN BRIEF LESSONS ON PHYSICS
Written by Rovelli, Carlo
The New York Times bestseller from the author of The Order of Time and Reality Is Not What It Seems, Helgoland, and Anaximander "One of the year's most entrancing books about science."--The Wall Street Journal "Clear, elegant...a whirlwind tour of some of the biggest ideas in physics."--The New York Times Book Review
HALLUCINATIONS
Written by Sacks, Oliver
"Illuminate[s] the complexities of the human brain and the mysteries of the human mind." --The New York Times To many people, hallucinations imply madness, but in fact they are a common part of the human experience.
MUSICOPHILIA: TALES OF MUSIC AND THE BRAIN (REVISED, EXPANDED)
Written by Sacks, Oliver
Revised and Expanded
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