Science + Psychology
BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2015
The Best American Series The next edition in a series praised as "undeniably exquisite" (Maria Popova), The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015 includes work from both award-winning writers and up-and-coming voices in the field.
INVENTOLOGY: HOW WE DREAM UP THINGS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD
Written by Kennedy, Pagan
Find out where great ideas come from. A father cleans up after his toddler and imagines a cup that won't spill. An engineer watches people using walkie-talkies and has an idea. A doctor figures out how to deliver patients to the operating room before they die.
MAN WHO WASN'T THERE: INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE STRANGE NEW SCIENCE OF THE SELF
Written by Ananthaswamy, Anil
*Nominated for the 2016 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award**An NBC News Notable Science Book of 2015**Named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2015**A Book of the Month for Brain HQ/Posit Science**Selected by Forbes as a Must Read Brain Book of 2015*
WEATHER EXPERIMENT: THE PIONEERS WHO SOUGHT TO SEE THE FUTURE
Written by Moore, Peter
In 1865 Admiral Robert FitzRoy locked himself in his dressing room and cut his throat. His grand meteorological project had failed. Yet only a decade later, FitzRoy's storm warning system and "forecasts" would return, the model for what we use today.
SO YOU'VE BEEN PUBLICLY SHAMED
Written by Ronson, Jon
Now a New York Times bestseller and from the author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame. 'It's about the terror, isn't it?' 'The terror of what?' I said. 'The terror of being found out.'
STRANGE CASE OF THE RICKETY COSSACK: AND OTHER CAUTIONARY TALES FROM HUMAN EVOLUTION
Written by Tattersall, Ian
In his new book The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack, human paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall argues that a long tradition of human exceptionalism in paleoanthropology has distorted the picture of human evolution.
ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION
Written by Darwin, Charles
Now in paperback, this richly illustrated edition of Charles Darwin's paradigm-shattering masterpiece brings Darwin's life and controversial theories into full view. Edited and with an introduction by award-winning science journalist David Quammen, it features more than 300 illustrations, including paintings, personal photographs, botanical and zoological studies, and newspaper engravings.
DO NO HARM: STORIES OF LIFE, DEATH, AND BRAIN SURGERY
Written by Marsh, Henry
The Instant New York Times best seller! Riveting. ... [Marsh] gives us an extraordinarily intimate, compassionate and sometimes frightening understanding of his vocation. - The New York Times Winner of the PEN Ackerley PrizeShortlisted for both the Guardian First Book Prize and the Costa Book Award
BOURGERY: ATLAS OF HUMAN ANATOMY AND SURGERY
Written by Sick, Henri
We owe a great debt to Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797-1849) for his Atlas of Anatomy, which was not only a massive event in medical history, but also remains one of the most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated anatomical treatises ever published.
BANG: A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE
Written by Moore, Patrick
With one big bang, the universe exploded into being 13.7 million years ago.