Topic: W. W. Norton
Ignorance: How it drives science by Stuart Firestein, Oxford University Press. In this provocatively titled book, Stuart Firestein, chair of...
Jan Harold Brunvand (born Cadillac, Michigan March 23, 1933) is a professor emeritus of the University of Utah , best known for spreading the concept of the urban legend , a particular form of modern folklore . Born in Cadillac, Michigan , Brunvand received a Ph ...
The psychoanalytic theory of Karen Horney seeks to identify the primary factors affecting the development of both healthy and neurotic, or maladaptive, personalities. Horney defines the concept of neurosis as a division of the self. In Neurosis and Human Growth, Horney describes ...
Michael Lewis- The Big Short- Inside The Doomsday Machine (W. W. Norton - $27.95)
When our current financial meltdown was in it's earliest stages, I distinctly remember asking the listeners of my radio show the question ? Author Michael Lewis takes readers ...
and Lewis is a storyteller extraordinaire! The Big Short is entertaining and fun. He delves into economic theory, but uses language that does not require a Ph.D. to understand, though some matters are quite technical. Johnson and Kwak have vast knowledge ...
After waiting in the long customs queue at JFK airport in New York City a few years ago, I found myself before an agent with a dour expression. As I drew breath to explain my job as an editor at Scientific American ...
Instructions Citing in APA, Chicago, and MLA Style . Used primarily in social sciences writing, APA style is the American Psychological Association's format for publication. According to the Publication Manual of the APA, a citation for a book with three editors follows ...
Nature writer Richard Conniff has spent his career out in the field, following researchers around the globe as they study animal behaviour. My life doing dumb stuff with animals (W. W. Norton, $25.95/?18.99). It's exciting to be in ...
978-0-8109-7145-5) Photographer, author, and pilot Alex S. MacLean has been capturing the ever-changing face of America's landscape from the air for over 20 years. 978-1-59962-049-7) For over 10 years photographer Eric Meola visited India to capture images of the landscape, culture ...
Key Images in the History of Science W. W. Norton, 2008 Nearly 200 key images that changed our conception of the universe, from Robert Hooke's microscopic views of the natural world to the first stunning pictures of Earth from space.. Japanese ...