Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst Robert M. Sapolsky
*The New York Times* bestseller“It’s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read.” —David P. Barash, *The Wall Street Journal*
"It has my vote for science book of the year.” — Parul Sehgal, The New York Ti...
Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control Kathleen Taylor
Throughout history, humans have attempted to influence and control the thoughts of others. Since the word 'brainwashing' was coined in the aftermath of the Korean War, it has become part of the popular culture and been exploited to create sensationa...
Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything Joshua Foer
Foer's unlikely journey from chronically forgetful science journalist to U.S. Memory Champion frames a revelatory exploration of the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives. On average, people squander forty days annually compensa...
The omnivore's dilemma: a natural history of four meals Michael Pollan
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to tab...
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature Matt Ridley
Sex is as fascinating to scientists as it is to the rest of us. A vast pool of knowledge, therefore, has been gleaned from research into the nature of sex, from the contentious problem of why the wasteful reproductive process exists at all, to how i...
Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty Nancy Etcoff
A provocative and thoroughly researched inquiry into what we find beautiful and why, skewering the myth that the pursuit of beauty is a learned behavior.
In Survival of the Prettiest , Nancy Etcoff, a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and ...
Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand
The green movement used to protect the earth from mankind; now they need to protect mankind from the earth. In Whole Earth Discipline, Stewart Brand argues that in order to do this, they urgently need to abandon much conventional environmental wisdo...
