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Released: May 28, 2013
"Scholarly essays packed with closely reasoned arguments from the author and fellow academics, plus extensive historical analyses of thinkers from Aristotle to Spinoza to Malcolm Gladwell. Patient readers with a taste for philosophy will find that reading this book is a stimulating experience."
Why do some people behave honorably and others badly? This has been a core question since the dawn of philosophy, and Ravven (Religious Studies/Hamilton Coll.; co-editor:
Jewish Themes in Spinoza's Philosophy, 2002) discusses the possibilities.
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Released: June 1, 2013
"Carlson tends to academic dryness and to a fondness for the smallest of details. Though Tesla deserves such serious treatment, his book is likelier to appeal to specialists than general readers."
A scholarly, critical, mostly illuminating study of the life and work of the great Serbian inventor.
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Released: June 3, 2013
"A witty critique of scientific overreach that celebrates the totality of human achievement."
White (English/Illinois State Univ.;
Barbaric Heart: Faith, Money, and the Crisis of Nature, 2009 etc.) disputes the triumphalism of neuroscientists, evolutionary psychologists and geneticists who proclaim "the victory of science and reason over religion."
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Released: June 4, 2013
"A novel idea about the origins of the human mind but long-winded and repetitious in its development."
A new answer to the question of why Homo sapiens are the only species to have developed a brain with complex mental abilities.
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Released: June 4, 2013
"A valuable contribution to the neuroscience bookshelf."
Psychiatrist Satel (Yale Univ. School of Medicine;
When Altruism Isn't Enough: The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors, 2009, etc.) and psychologist Lilienfeld (Psychology/Emory Univ.; co-editor:
Case Studies in Clinical Psychology, 2013, etc.) take up the cudgels against what they call "neurocentrism."
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Released: June 4, 2013
"An inspiring, informative affirmation of human potential combined with an overview of historical developments in standardized tests, cognitive psychology and current research."
Cognitive psychologist Kaufman (Psychology/New York Univ.; co-author:
Mating Intelligence Unleashed: The Role of Mind in Sex, Dating and Love, 2013, etc.) describes how he overcame a learning disability and defied expectations despite doing poorly on IQ tests.
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Released: June 4, 2013
"A useful guidebook for those desiring success through shrewd networking."
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Released: June 4, 2013
"A straightforward, relevant discourse on the pernicious nature of online intimidation."
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Released: June 11, 2013
"An eye-opening, absorbing, complex story of scientific achievement in the face of overwhelming odds."
A hard-hitting attack on current drug policy by Hart (Psychology and Psychiatry/Columbia Univ.), a neuroscientist who grew up on the streets of one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods.
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Released: June 11, 2013
"A fascinating treatment of a complex subject."
Martin, the curator of biological anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago, examines reproduction from "the basic biology of sperms and eggs up to the complexities of birth control and assisted reproduction."
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Released: June 18, 2013
"A rousing good read, strong on human interest and filled with appalling and amazing data."
A pull-no-punches attack on the hucksterism of alternative medicine and an exposé of the federal government's failure to regulate the vitamin and supplement industry.
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Released: June 25, 2013
"A useful update on recent developments in biomimicry and an intriguing case for innovative green technology that goes beyond sustainability."
