Social Sciences And Humanities – alle Bücher, CDs und LPs, Seite 7

Ben Lamm
The Elements of Civilization

By the cofounder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences, which recently gained global headlines for reviving the extinct dire wolf --- the first of many planned "de-extinction" projects, including wool…

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N Katherine Hayles
Bacteria to AI

"Humans are driving the planet toward catastrophe, and yet humans are the only species capable of taking positive actions on a global scale to prevent collapse. For N. Katherine Hayles, human hubris …

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Daniel R Brooks, Salvatore J Agosta
A Darwinian Survival Guide

How humanity brought about the climate crisis by departing from its evolutionary trajectory 15,000 years ago---and how we can use evolutionary principles to save ourselves from the worst outcomes.Despite …

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Jo Marchant
In Search of Now

What is Now? This immediate moment, what we're experiencing right now ... it bathes us like air, or gravity. Yet when we try to grasp this quality, to scrutinize it or bring it into focus, it vanishes, sl…

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Mark O'Connell
Year Science Changed Everything

In 1957, 6,000 scientists from 66 nations achieved the impossible: they erased political borders for 18 months to unlock Earth's greatest mysteries---and changed science forever.The International Geophysi…

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Madeleine Beekman
The Origin of Language

In a radical new story about the birth of our species, The Origin of Language argues that it was not hunting, fighting, or tool-making that forced early humans to speak, but the inescapable need to care f…

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William Von Hippel
The Social Paradox

From the author of The Social Leap comes this thought-provoking exploration into humans' two core evolutionary needs, for connection and autonomy, how the modern world has thrown them out of whack, and ho…

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Matt Ridley
Birds, Sex and Beauty

"In all animals, mating is a deal. But few creatures behave as if sex is a simple transaction. Many treat it with reverence, suspicion, angst and violence. In the case of the Black Grouse, the bird a…

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Robert M Hazen, Michael L Wong
Time's Second Arrow

In Time's Second Arrow, Robert M. Hazen and Michael L. Wong overturn more than a century of scientific canon, arguing that there must be a second "arrow of time"-a heretofore missing law of natu…

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Andrew Alden,
Deep Oakland

Now in paperback: This San Francisco Chronicle bestseller and California Book Award finalist drills down into Oakland's geological history and its impacts on the city's urban present."This book has t…

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Madeleine Beekman
The Origin of Language

In a radical new story about the birth of our species, The Origin of Language argues that it was not hunting, fighting, or tool-making that forced early humans to speak, but the inescapable need to care f…

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David R Samson
The Sleepless Ape

How the unique sleep habits of early humans fostered survival, innovation, and social evolution---and how this evolutionary legacy holds insights into how we sleep todayDespite sleep's critical role in ma…

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Lucy Inglis
Born

*An Amazon Editors' Picks: Best History books of October*A groundbreaking history of childbirth filled with medical, political, and social triumphs, Born is the story of how we give birth set against the …

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Thomas Levenson
So Very Small

"Two out of three soldiers who perished in the Civil War died of infected wounds, typhoid, and other infectious diseases. But no doctor truly understood what was happening to their patients. Twenty y…

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Austin Lim
Horror on the Brain

A fascinating exploration of the science and psychology behind fear, madness, and the haunting stories that linger in our mindsScientists throughout centuries have mined the depths of humanity looking for…

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Philip J Senter
The Real Story of Dinosaurs and Dragons

Are there dinosaurs in the Bible? Are dragon legends based on human encounters with fire-breathing dinosaurs?A vast and ever-growing body of literature proclaims that the answer to both these questions is…

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Megan Poole
Listening to Beauty

A moving study of how encounters with beauty advance scientific discovery. Our attempts to understand the world are always more than simply rational. Our bodies learn through lived experience, our natural…

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John Waller
Breeding

Presents a historical backdrop to current debates about heredity, sex and race.

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Susan Dominus
The Family Dynamic

"Investigative journalist Susan Dominus profiles six families with several exceptionally accomplished children in order to tease apart the various factors that might have led to their success, includ…

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Chris Hables Gray
Virus Is a Language

On how Generative AI and cults such as QAnon spread digitally and culturally follow the same rules as biological viruses.Viruses can be biological, digital, or cultural. All share basic viral properties t…

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