{"id":1640,"date":"2022-02-02T18:24:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T18:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2024-05-14T12:59:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T12:59:11","slug":"new-in-the-collection-february-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/blog\/2022\/02\/new-in-the-collection-february-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"New in the collection (February 2022)"},"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 Open Science: the Very Idea (Springer, 2022) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

by Frank Miedema<\/p>\n

In this book it is argued that Open Science is a truly and historically unique movement, and it translates the analysis of the problems of science into major institutional actions of system change in order to improve academic culture and the impact of science, engaging all actors in the field of science and academia.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n The Evolution of Senescence in the Tree of Life (Cambridge University Press, 2017) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

edited by Richard P. Shefferson, Owen R. Jones and Roberto Salguero-G\u00f3mez<\/p>\n

The existing theories on the evolution of senescence assume that senescence is inevitable in all organisms. However, it is shown that this is not necessarily true. This book brings new interdisciplinary perspectives and a complete overview of recent developments and controversies surrounding the topic of ageing and life history traits and populations. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Complexity : a Guided Tour (Oxford University Press, 2009) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

by Melanie Mitchell<\/p>\n

Leading complex systems scientist Melanie Mitchell provides an overview of the ideas underlying complex systems science, and with interdisciplinary strategies seek to explain how large-scale complex, organized, and adaptive behavior can emerge from simple interactions among myriad individuals.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n The New Climate War : the Fight to Take Back Our Planet (Scribe, 2021) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

by Michael E. Mann <\/p>\n

Mann draws the battle lines between the people and the polluters–fossil fuel companies, right-wing plutocrats, and petrostates. And he outlines a plan for forcing our governments and corporations to make real change. This book will reach, inform, and enable citizens everywhere to join this battle for our planet.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry (Macmillan international, 2021) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

by David L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox and Aaron Hoskins<\/p>\n

Renowned authors have focused this eighth edition around the fundamental principles to help students understand and navigate the complex discipline of biochemistry with a clear and coherent presentation. Coverage of recent discoveries and the most up-to-date research provide fascinating context for learning.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n How Not to Study a Disease : the Story of Alzheimer's (MIT Press, 2021) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

by Karl Herrup<\/p>\n

Neurobiologist Karl Herrup explains why the Alzheimer’s discoveries of the 1990s didn’t bear fruit. He offers a roadmap that points us in a new direction, with changes from the drug development process, to the mechanisms of support for basic research, to the often-overlooked role of the scientific media.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n The Maternal Imprint : the Contested Science of Maternal-Fetal Effects (University of Chicago Press, 2021) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

by Sarah S. Richardson <\/p>\n

Tracing a genealogy of ideas about heredity and maternal-fetal effects, this book offers a critical analysis of conceptual and ethical issues\u2014in particular, the staggering implications for maternal well-being and reproductive autonomy\u2014provoked by the striking rise of epigenetics and fetal origins science in postgenomic biology today.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Among February arrivals, topics include how to drive changes for Open Science, new insights on evolution of senescence, cure development for Alzheimer’s, and mesenchymal cell populations in the bone marrow, newest edition of Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, and more.<\/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-1640","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\/1640","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=1640"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16839,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640\/revisions\/16839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1640"},{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=1640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}