New Books in Science

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episode 65: Anna Weltman, "Supermath: The Power of Numbers for Good and Evil" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)


Weltman surveys a number of ways this conception of mathematics has informed scientific undertakings and public policies, not to mention our everyday behaviors, and makes a powerful case for reevaluating its assumptions...


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 December 1, 2020  1h47m
 
 

episode 29: Soraya de Chadarevian, "Heredity Under the Microscope: Chromosomes and the Study of the Human Genome" (U Chicago Press, 2020)


What are chromosomes? And what does it mean to treat them as visual objects?


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 November 24, 2020  52m
 
 

episode 267: K. C. Smith and C. Mariscal, "Social and Conceptual Issues in Astrobiology" (Oxford UP, 2020)


Social and Conceptual Issues in Astrobiology focuses on the emerging scientific discipline of astrobiology, exploring many of the humanistic issues this multidisciplinary field is generating.


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 November 23, 2020  1h11m
 
 

episode 100: Jimena Canales, "Bedeviled: A Shadow History of Demons in Science" (Princeton UP, 2020)


Just as the demon-haunted world was being exorcized by the enlightening power of reason, a new kind of demon mischievously materialized in the scientific imagination itself....


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 November 16, 2020  44m
 
 

episode 117: Gina Rippon, "Gender and our Brains: How New Neuroscience Explodes the Myths of the Male and Female Minds (Vintage, 2020)


Are there any meaningful neurological differences between men and women? And if so, what are they?


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 November 16, 2020  39m
 
 

episode 55: Alfred S. Posamentier, "The Joy of Geometry" (Prometheus, 2020)


Alfred S. Posamentier's The Joy of Geometry (Prometheus, 2020) is a book for someone who has taken geometry but wants to go further...


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 November 11, 2020  57m
 
 

episode 81: Hugh Raffles, "The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time" (Pantheon Books, 2020)


At once an examination of geology, a biography of monuments, and a meditation on the connection between personal loss and massive loss, Hugh Raffles’ 'The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time' (Pantheon Books, 2020) is a truly beguiling book...


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 November 4, 2020  1h11m
 
 

episode 8: M. Bekoff and J. Pierce, "The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age" (Beacon Press, 2017)


A compelling argument that the time has come to use what we know about the fascinating and diverse inner lives of other animals on their behalf...


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 November 3, 2020  1h5m
 
 

episode 7: I. Newkirk and G. Stone, "Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries about Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion" (Simon and Schuster, 2020)


In the last few decades, a wealth of new information has emerged about who animals are—intelligent, aware, and empathetic. Studies show that animals are astounding beings with intelligence, emotions, intricate communications networks, and myriad abilities...


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 October 30, 2020  49m
 
 

episode 149: Gina Rippon, "Gender and Our Brains: How New Neuroscience Explodes the Myths of the Male and Female Minds" (Vintage, 2020)


Rippon presents the latest evidence which finally proves that brains are like mosaics comprised of both male and female components, and that they remain plastic, adapting throughout the course of a person’s life...


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 October 27, 2020  1h7m