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Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing by Christopher A. Bail
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Category: Non Fiction | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
A revealing look at how user behaviour is powering deep social divisions online — and how we might yet defeat political tribalism on social mediaIn an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use socia ...Show more
Delicious: The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human by Rob Dunn, Monica Sanchez
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Category: Natural History | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
A savoury account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolutionNature, it has been said, invites us to eat by appetite and rewards by flavour. But what exactly are flavours? Why are some so pleasing while others are not? Delicious is a supremely entertaining foray into the heart of such q ...Show more
Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons - From the Mathematics of Heat to the Development of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable by Paul J. Nahin
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Category: Science | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
An entertaining mathematical exploration of the heat equation and its role in the triumphant development of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable Heat, like gravity, shapes nearly every aspect of our world and universe, from how milk dissolves in coffee to how molten planets cool. The heat equation, a cor ...Show more
In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio: The Stories, Voices, and Key Insights of the Pioneers Who Shaped the Way We Invest by Andrew W. Lo, Stephen R. Foerster
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Category: Business & Economics | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
How the greatest thinkers in finance changed the field and how their wisdom can help investors today.Is there an ideal portfolio of investment assets, one that perfectly balances risk and reward? In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio examines this question by profiling and interviewing ten of the most pro ...Show more
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life by John Kaag
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Category: Science | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
From the celebrated author of American Philosophy: A Love Story and Hiking with Nietzsche, a compelling introduction to the life-affirming philosophy of William James In 1895, William James, the father of American philosophy, delivered a lecture entitled "Is Life Worth Living?" It was no theoretical que ...Show more
The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds by Mark Humphries
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Category: Science | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
The story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our brains workWe see the last cookie in the box and think, can I take that? We reach a hand out. In the 2.1 seconds that this impulse travels through our brain, billions of neurons communicate with one another, sending blips of voltage through ...Show more
When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves by Steven Nadler, Lawrence Shapiro
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Category: Non Fiction | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
Why the tools of philosophy offer a powerful antidote to today's epidemic of irrationality There is an epidemic of bad thinking in the world today. An alarming number of people are embracing crazy, even dangerous ideas. They believe that vaccinations cause autism. They reject the scientific consensus on ...Show more
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