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The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness‎

Oren Harman - 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - Limited preview
Describes the intellectual journey of eccentric American genius George Price, who tried to answer the evolutionary riddle of why people are nice, and eventually gave away all his belongings and took his own life in a squatters flat. 15 Reviews - Write review
 

Intimate matters: a history of sexuality in America‎

John D'Emilio, Estelle B. Freedman - 1988 - Psychology - Limited preview
The first full length study of the history of sexuality in America, Intimate Mattersoffers trenchant insights into the sexual behavior of Americans, from colonial times to today. D'Emilio and Freedman give us a deeper understanding of how ... 13 Reviews - Write review
 

The Numerati‎

Stephen Baker - 2009 - Mathematics - Limited preview
In a study of the mathematical modeling of humankind, a financial journalist offers a provocative study of the Numerati, an elite, global cadre of mathematicians and computer scientists, and how their analyses and predictions are transforming the ... 28 Reviews - Write review
 

Great and desperate cures: the rise and decline of psychosurgery and other ...‎

Elliot S. Valenstein - 1986 - Medical - Snippet view
2 Reviews - Write review
 

A history of psychiatry: from the era of the asylum to the age of Prozac‎

Edward Shorter - 1997 - Medical - Limited preview
"PPPP . . . To compress 200 years of psychiatric theory and practice into a compelling and coherent narrative is a fine achievement . . . . What strikes the reader [most] are Shorter's storytelling skills, his ability to conjure up the ... 16 Reviews - Write review
 

Women of the asylum: voices from behind the walls, 1840-1945‎

Jeffrey L. Geller, Maxine Harris - 1994 - Medical - Snippet view
25 Reviews - Write review
 

50 great myths of popular psychology: shattering widespread misconceptions ...‎

Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn - 2009 - No preview available
6 Reviews - Write review
 

The mismeasure of man‎

Stephen Jay Gould - 1996 - Education - Limited preview
The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve. 217 Reviews - Write review
 

Why people believe weird things: pseudoscience, superstition, and other ...‎

Michael Shermer - 2007 - No preview available
261 Reviews - Write review
 

 

How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age‎

Theodore Schick, Lewis Vaughn, Martin Gardner - 2010 - No preview available
30 Reviews - Write review

 

 

The Demon-haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark‎

Carl Sagan - 2008 - No preview available
772 Reviews - Write review
 

Innumeracy: mathematical illiteracy and its consequences‎

John Allen Paulos - 2000 - No preview available
159 Reviews - Write review
 

 


 

Friedman, T. L.

(2007). The World is Flat, 3.0: A Brief History of the 21st Century.Picador. "Weaving new information into his overall thesis, and answering the questions he has been most frequently asked by parents across the country, this third edition also includes two new chapters–on how to be a political activist and social entrepreneur in a flat world; and on the more troubling question of how to manage our reputations and privacy in a world where we are all becoming publishers and public figures." Read more

 

(2005). The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. "With his inimitable ability to translate complex foreign policy and economic issues, Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century; what it means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals; and how governments and societies can, and must, adapt." Read more

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Keltner, D. (2009). Born to be good: The science of a meaningful life.  Norton.

From the publisher:  "Born to be Good grows out of Dacher Keltner's postgraduate work with Paul Ekman, a pioneer in the study of facial expressions. Revealing the unspoken language of every facial movement, bodily gesture, and vocal tone, often with fascinating illustrations, Keltner charts the highly coordinated patterns of behavior that have been honed by thousands of generations of evolution and that enable individuals to bring the good in others to completion. With studies that are thought-provoking (Is laughing at death a good sign for long-term happiness?) and unconventional (What can studying goose bumps tell us about our spiritual capacities?) Keltner shows how happiness is found in the rich landscape of positive emotions that until recently remained mysterious to science."

 

For a review from the New York Times:  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/books/19masl.html?ref=firstchapters

 


 

 

Lilienfeld, S. O., Lynn, S. J., Ruscio, J., & Beyerstein, B. L. (2009) 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior. Wiley-Blackwell.

 

Addressing some of the myths that are passed on through psychology, US News and World Report asked their readers to weigh in on 10 of them, here are their results, including an interview with author Lilienfeld.  

 

 


 

 

Sapolsky, R. M. (2005). Monkeyluv and other essays on our lives as animals. Schribner.

 

From the publisher:  "In these essays - updated for this volume - Robert Sapolsky once again applies his curiosity, compassion,  and generous insight into the human condition to make a case or the science of behavioral biology that tells us who we are, why we are, and how we are."

 

For a review from the New York Times:  http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/books/review/06shreeve.html

 

 

 

 

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