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Trying Biology
University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 30.00In Trying Biology , Adam R. Shapiro convincingly dispels many conventional assumptions about the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial. Most view it as an event driven primarily by a conflict between science and religion. Countering this, Shapiro shows the importance of timing: the Scopes trial occurred at a crucial moment in the history of biology... more...
Leonardo's Foot
Bellevue Literary Press 2013; US$ 16.95Step right up for a toe-curling cultural biography of humanity?s earthbound extremity! more...
The Nature and Nurture of Love
University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 36.00The notion that maternal care and love will determine a child’s emotional well-being and future personality has become ubiquitous. In countless stories and movies we find that the problems of the protagonists—anything from the fear of romantic commitment to serial killing—stem from their troubled relationships with their mothers... more...
Permanent Present Tense
Penguin Books Ltd 2013; Not AvailableIn Permanent Present Tense Suzanne Corkin tells the incredible story of the amnesiac Henry Gustave Molaison - known only as H.M. until his death in 2008 - and what he taught medical science, neuroscience and the world. In 1953, at the age of twenty-seven, Molaison underwent an experimental psychosurgical procedure intended to alleviate his... more...
Permanent Present Tense
Basic Books 2013; US$ 28.99In 1953, 27-year-old Henry Gustave Molaison underwent an experimental ?psychosurgical? procedure?a targeted lobotomy?in an effort to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. The outcome was unexpected?when Henry awoke, he could no longer form new memories, and for the rest of his life would be trapped in the moment. But Henry?s tragedy would prove a... more...
Brilliant Blunders
Simon & Schuster 2013; US$ 26.00WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. Nobody?s perfect. Not even some of the greatest geniuses in history, as Mario Livio tells us in this marvelous story of scientific error and breakthrough. Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein were all brilliant scientists. Each made groundbreaking contributions to his... more...
Brilliant Blunders
Simon & Schuster 2013; Not AvailableDrawing on the lives of five renowned scientists, Mario Livio shows how even these geniuses made major mistakes and how their errors were an essential part of the process of achieving scientific breakthroughs. We all make mistakes. Nobody is perfect. And that includes five of the greatest scientists in history?Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord... more...
Brilliant Blunders
Simon & Schuster 2013; Not AvailableDrawing on the lives of five renowned scientists, Mario Livio shows how even these geniuses made major mistakes and how their errors were an essential part of the process of achieving scientific breakthroughs. We all make mistakes. Nobody is perfect. And that includes five of the greatest scientists in history?Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord... more...
Does Science Need a Global Language?
University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 18.00In early 2012, the global scientific community erupted with news that the elusive Higgs boson had likely been found, providing potent validation for the Standard Model of how the universe works. Scientists from more than one hundred countries contributed to this discovery—proving, beyond any doubt, that a new era in science had arrived, an era... more...
Life at the Center of the Energy Crisis
World Scientific Publishing Company 2013; US$ 49.00Life at the Center of the Energy Crisis: A Technologist's Search for a Black Swan describes the story of the author's work and struggles in the field of energy research. The author's experience in the field spans from work with Admiral Rickover and the Nuclear Navy to research with NASA designing propulsion for spacecraft to travel... more...









