NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 27, 2012
"Lucid and concise descriptions and analyses of an active, creative mind fully engaged with the natural world."
A bright, brisk assessment of the scientific interests and contributions of the Sage of Monticello.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 27, 2012
"A stimulating modern rejoinder to Joseph Schumpeter's notion of creative destruction."
Engineer and trend-watcher Taleb builds on his best-selling hit
The Black Swan (2007) to limn a world of uncertainty and chaos.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 19, 2012
"A spirited nurturist polemic."
Cognitive Science editorial board member Prinz (Philosophy/City Univ. of New York;
The Emotional Construction of Morals, 2008, etc.) tackles an age-old debate, making an argument for "the primacy of nurture over nature."
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 15, 2012
"Harried schoolteacher? Worried parent? Self-defined math klutz? All could profit from the text, but there is enough sophistication and wry humor in Potter's approach to appeal to more savvy readers of any age."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"A fascinating exercise in futurology."
A pioneering developer of optical character recognition and text-to-speech software explores the possibility of creating a synthetic neocortex that could surpass the human mind.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Despite an occasionally confusing narrative structure, the authors provide an instructive snapshot of Rwanda today."
A mostly optimistic assessment of the small East African nation nearly destroyed by genocide during the first half of the 1990s.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"A fascinating chronicle of an important chapter in fundamental science."
A leading particle physicist explains why the official confirmation of the existence of the elusive Higgs Boson ("the God Particle") was a world-changing scientific milestone.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Longtime readers of popular science will find much that is familiar, but this is a fine introduction for beginners."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"A profound celebration of the human spirit."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"A provocative approach that should give pause to consumers as well as marketers."
The executive vice president of ad agency Deutsch LA argues that successful advertising depends on recognizing "the subtleties of nonverbal communication, body language, and unconscious micro-expressions of emotions."
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"A well-written, occasionally humorous book most appropriate for specialists but useful for general readers as well."
A rewarding memoir about the learning, training and life experience required to achieve mastery in the venture economy.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Edifying bathroom reading."
A mostly entertaining, random assemblage of inventions or discoveries (the safety pin, the Internet) sorted by day and year, reflecting advances that led to patents or widespread adoption.
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