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Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson, “Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body” (Avery, 2017)
Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson
Altered Traits:
Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
Avery, 2017

New Books in PsychologyNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Spiritual Practice and MindfulnessNew Books Network February 13, 2019 Diana Hill

Emotional Intelligence involves self awareness, self control, relationship management and social awareness. Being emotionally intelligent can make you a better leader, parent, friend and partner. In this episode, interview, cross-posted from the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock, Dr. Diana Hill interviews Dr. Goleman, a pioneer in the field of positive psychology, about... Read More
Jonathan Birch, “The Philosophy of Social Evolution” (Oxford UP, 2017)
Jonathan Birch
The Philosophy of Social Evolution

Oxford University Press, 2017

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Big IdeasNew Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Sociology February 11, 2019 Carrie Figdor

It seems to go against evolutionary theory for an individual to give up its own chances at reproducing in order to increase the fitness of others. Yet social behavior is found throughout nature, from bacteria and social insects to wolves, whales, and of course humans. What makes self-sacrifice to any... Read More
Peter Hotez, “Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel’s Autism: My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2018)
Peter Hotez
Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel’s Autism
My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network February 7, 2019 Jeremy Corr

Dr. Peter Hotez is a pediatrician-scientist who develops vaccines for neglected tropical diseases affecting the world’s poor. He is also the father of a daughter who was diagnosed with autism. The alleged link between vaccines and autism has long been disproven, but it is still a belief held onto by... Read More
Elliott Sober, “The Design Argument” (Cambridge UP, 2018)
Elliott Sober
The Design Argument

Cambridge University Press, 2018

New Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in SecularismNew Books Network January 28, 2019 Carrie Lynn Evans

The story goes: you are walking in the woods and see a wrist-watch on the ground; you don’t know how it got there or why it has come to be abandoned here, but you can surmise that someone somewhere designed and made it due to its complexity. This is the... Read More
Benoît Majerus, “From the Middle Ages to Today: Experiences and Representations of Madness in Paris” (Parigramme, 2018)
Benoît Majerus
From the Middle Ages to Today
Experiences and Representations of Madness in Paris
Parigramme, 2018

New Books in French StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychoanalysisNew Books in PsychologyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network January 16, 2019 Maia Woolner

With Paris as the organizing locus of his new book, Du moyen âge à nos jours, expériences et représentations de la folie à Paris [From the Middle Ages to Today, Experiences and Representations of Madness in Paris], Benoît Majerus uses an impressively wide range of visual sources, from religious images and... Read More