Social Aspects category: 6049 books
Evolution for Everyone
How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
What is the biological reason for gossip?
For laughter? For the creation of art?
Why do dogs have curly tails?
What can microbes tell us about morality?
These and many other questions are tackled by renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. With stories...
Zucked
Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
The New York Times bestseller about a noted tech venture capitalist, early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg, and Facebook investor, who wakes up to the serious damage Facebook is doing to our society - and sets out to try to stop it.
If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would...
El perfil emocional de tu cerebro
Claves para modificar nuestras actitudes y reacciones
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Del mismo modo que cada uno de nosotros tiene una huella dactilar única, también cada
persona posee una forma personal y exclusiva de sentir y reaccionar a cuanto le ocurre, un
perfil emocional individualizado que forma parte de lo que somos y nos diferencia de los demás. Un perfil constituido...
The Poetic Species
A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Provides a manifesto for activists in education and conservation—as Wilson and Hass explain how the close observation of nature, which is central to both poetry and science, can rouse the conservationist in all of us, the conversation becomes a powerful treatise on the necessity of achieving consilience...
by Guido Galeano Vega
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Alpha Male, The Leader. This concept is furthermore applied, within the nature or the animal social system. In modern societies, it is also applied to define, certain types of people, which are characterized by their leadership ability.
How We Got to Now
Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Farsighted, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas.
In this illustrated history, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks,...
Other Minds
The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus. In captivity, octopuses...
by Jean Anyon
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
There was only one Karl Marx, but there have been a multitude of Marxisms. This concise, introductory book by internationally renowned scholar Jean Anyon centers on the ideas of Marx that have been used in education studies as a guide to theory, analysis, research, and practice. Marx and Education...
by Fareed Zakaria
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the world’s most valuable educational tradition.
The liberal arts are under attack. The governors of Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have all pledged that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing the...
Artificial Unintelligence
How Computers Misunderstand the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers always get it right.
In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted...
Future Hype
The Myths of Technology Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2006
Everyone knows that today's rate of technological change is unprecedented. With technological breakthroughs from the Internet to cell phones to digital music and pictures, everyone knows that the social impact of technology has never been as profound. Future Hype surveys the past few hundred years...
by A. D. Thibeault
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
A full executive summary of Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary, and cutting...
The Power of Onlyness
Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
**An 800-CEO-READ Staff Pick
Shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award
A Financial Times Business Book of the Month
“For any would-be activists who hear the voice: ‘not me’ or ‘not now,’ Merchant makes the strong case for ‘yes you’ and ‘yes now’—and even shows...
by Abraham Flexner, Robbert Dijkgraaf
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
A short, provocative book about why "useless" science often leads to humanity's greatest technological breakthroughs
A forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent...