{"id":11056,"date":"2023-08-01T07:16:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T07:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/?p=11056"},"modified":"2024-05-14T12:39:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T12:39:12","slug":"new-in-the-collection-august-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/blog\/2023\/08\/new-in-the-collection-august-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"New in the collection (August 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An overview of selected new books in Szil\u00e1rd Library, with a word from their authors, reviewers and publishers<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n \n The microstress effect : how little things pile up and create big problems (Harvard Business Review Press 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon<\/p>\n

Microstress is the hidden epidemic of small moments of anxiety that infiltrate both our work and personal lives. Drawing on fresh research, Rob Cross and Karen Dillon will teach you how to recognize and manage the most common forms of microstress, and even remove some from your life.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Distrust: big data, data-torturing, and the assault on science (Oxford University Press 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Gary Smith<\/p>\n

There is no doubt science is currently suffering from a credibility crisis. Using a wide range of entertaining examples, this fascinating book examines the impacts of society’s growing distrust of science, and ultimately provides constructive suggestions for restoring the credibility of the scientific community.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n The raven's hat : fallen pictures, rising sequences, and other mathematical games (The MIT Press 2021) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Jonas Peters and Nicolai Meinshausen<\/p>\n

This book presents a series of engaging games that seem unsolvable, but can be solved when they are translated into mathematical terms. The games allow readers, including university students or anyone with high school-level math, to experience the joy of mathematical discovery.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n The human condition ( The University of Chicago Press 2018) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Hannah Arendt<\/p>\n

The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. The problems Arendt identified then\u2014diminishing human agency and political freedom, the paradox that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions\u2014continue to confront us today.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Grain & noise : artists in synthetic biology labs (Transcript 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

Edited by Markus Schmidt<\/p>\n

The collaboration between scientists and artists in the form of Artist-in-Lab residencies may not only cause a productive disturbance for a day’s work in the laboratory, but also reveal new ways of understanding. These stories, where chemistry labs, tobacco plants, genetically edited bacteria, and new-to-nature enzymes collide with music, photography, film, and visual arts, infuse the ongoing dialogue between art and sciences with grain, noise, and synergies.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Resisting AI : an anti-fascist approach to artificial intelligence (Bristol University Press 2022) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

by Dan McQuillan<\/p>\n

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society. Instead of helping to address our current crises, AI causes divisions that limit people\u2019s life chances, and even suggests fascistic solutions to social problems. This book provides an analysis of AI\u2019s deep learning technology and its political effects and traces the ways that it resonates with contemporary political and social currents.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n The phantom scientist (The MIT Press 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Robin Cousin<\/p>\n

A mind-bending graphic novel about isolated institute laid out in a Fibonacci sequence, hidden deep in the forest. Twenty-four labs. Twenty-four researchers. Until one of them disappears . . . The Phantom Scientist is part thriller, part mystery, part systems theory\u2014and all enthralling. The tale slyly draws together linguistics, biology, astrophysics, and robotics in a mind-bending puzzle that will thrill and inform readers.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Ending epidemics : a history of escape from contagion (The MIT Press 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Richard Conniff<\/p>\n

Richard Conniff recounts the moments of inspiration and innovation, decades of dogged persistence, and, of course, periods of terrible suffering that stir individuals, institutions, and governments to act in the name of public health. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With rain and mist or sunny days, the best companion for the summer holidays are books: choose among science&arts, science&comic, science& games, challenges of science and modern society and microstress handling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8023],"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-11056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-new-books"],"acf":[],"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11056"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16807,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11056\/revisions\/16807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11056"},{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=11056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}