David Samson: 7 books

How can your tongue get you arrested? What dessert is as smart as the average adult? What's louder: A jet plane at take-off or a hippo having sex? In the form of a lively and eccentric course catalog, Useless Knowledge, the brainchild of the creator of the wildly successful Useless Knowledge...

The phase of American architectural history we call 'mid-century modernism,' 1940-1980, saw the spread of Modern Movement tenets of functionalism, social service and anonymity into mainstream practice. It also saw the spread of their seeming opposites. Temples, arcades, domes, and other traditional...

Discussions of key ethical dilemmas in mental health care, including consent, trauma and violence, addiction, confidentiality, and therapeutic boundaries. This book discusses some of the most critical ethical issues in mental health care today, including the moral dimensions of addiction, patient...

Learn the signs that prove he’s worth your time with this insightful and practical guide that takes the mystery out of first dates and impressions. Separate the cream from the creeps! You think your date is warm, considerate, and terribly charming. But how can you tell if he’s really your...

Techniques of Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy was first published in 1967. In the three decades since, the techniques associated with vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy have been greatly expanded. Originally published as two volumes in the serial "Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences," Vacuum...

Climate change is a global concern of special relevance to Southeast Asia, a region that is both vulnerable to the effects of climate change and a rapidly increasing emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs). This study focuses on five countries of Southeast Asia that collectively account for 90% of regional...

Berlin als Großstadt und Metropole ist schon oft besungen, verdichtet und beschrieben worden. Nun zieht die Berliner Poetry-Slam-Szene nach, eine der lebendigsten Deutschlands, und widmet dem "Dicken B" eine eigene Textsammlung – passend zum 25. Jubiläum von Poetry Slam in Deutschland....