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David Philip Miller, “The Life and Legend of James Watt” (U Pittsburgh Press, 2019)
David Philip Miller
The Life and Legend of James Watt
Collaboration, Natural Philosophy, and the Improvement of the Steam Engine
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019

New Books in BiographyNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network August 13, 2019 Mark Klobas

For all of his fame as one of the seminal figures of the Industrial Revolution, James Watt is a person around whom many misconceptions congregate. In The Life and Legend of James Watt: Collaboration, Natural Philosophy, and the Improvement of the Steam Engine (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019), David Philip... Read More
Shai Lavi, “Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel: Socio-legal, Political and Empirical Analysis” (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Shai Lavi ed., et al.
Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel
Socio-legal, Political and Empirical Analysis
Cambridge University Press, 2019

New Books in Israel StudiesNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society August 12, 2019 Renee Garfinkel

Once upon a time, or so we’ve been told, medical ethics were confined to the patient-doctor relationship. As long as doctors were true to their Hippocratic oaths, as long as they acted with compassion and wisdom, then all expectations were met. Life is more complicated today, and so is healthcare:... Read More
Samir Okasha, “Agents and Goals in Evolution” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Samir Okasha
Agents and Goals in Evolution

Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network August 9, 2019 Carrie Figdor

Evolutionary biologists standardly treat organisms as agents: they have goals and purposes and preferences, and their behaviors and adaptive traits contribute to the achievement of their goals. This explanatory practice brings evolutionary biology into conceptual contact with rational choice theory, which provides models of how people make decisions and act... Read More
Vanessa Heggie, “Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration” (U Chicago Press, 2019)
Vanessa Heggie
Higher and Colder
A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration
University of Chicago Press, 2019

New Books in HistoryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in SportsNew Books Network July 26, 2019 Michael F. Robinson

Vanessa Heggie talks about the history of biomedical research in extreme environments. Heggie is a Fellow of the Institute for Global Innovation at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration (University of Chicago Press, 2019). During the long... Read More
David R. Montgomery, “Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life” (W. W. Norton, 2018)
David R. Montgomery
Growing a Revolution
Bringing Our Soil Back to Life
W. W. Norton & Co., 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Big IdeasNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in FoodNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network July 26, 2019 Christopher Gambino

In Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life (W. W. Norton & Co., 2018), Dr. David R. Montgomery portrays hope amidst the backdrop that for centuries, agricultural practices have eroded the soil that farming depends on, stripping it of the organic matter vital to its productivity. Once a self-proclaimed... Read More
John D. Hawks, “Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story” (National Geographic, 2017)
Lee Berger and John D. Hawks
Almost Human
The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story
National Geographic, 2017

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in ArchaeologyNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network July 19, 2019 Michael F. Robinson

John D. Hawks talks about new developments in paleoanthropology – the discovery of a new hominid species Homo Naledi in South Africa, the Neanderthal ancestry of many human populations, and the challenge of rethinking anthropological science’s relationship with indigenous peoples and the general public. Hawks is the Vilas-Borghesi Achievement Professor... Read More
Paul Sutter, “Your Place in the Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence” (Prometheus, 2018)
Paul M. Sutter
Your Place in the Universe
Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence
Prometheus, 2018

New Books in Big IdeasNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network July 18, 2019 Jim Stein

In Your Place in the Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence (Prometheus, 2018), Paul Sutter presents an in-depth yet accessible tour of the universe for lay readers, while conveying the excitement of astronomy. How is a galaxy billions of lightyears away connected to us? Is our home nothing more than... Read More