{"id":16601,"date":"2024-05-05T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/?p=16601"},"modified":"2024-05-05T20:02:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T20:02:26","slug":"new-in-the-collection-may-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/blog\/2024\/05\/new-in-the-collection-may-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"New in the collection (May 2024)"},"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 Literary Theory for Robots : how computers learned to write (Norton 2024) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Dennis Yi Tenen<\/p>\n

In highly original and effervescent prose with a generous dose of wit, Yi Tenen asks us to read past the artifice \u2014 to better perceive the mechanics of collaborative work. Something as simple as a spell-checker or a grammar-correction tool, embedded in every word-processor, represents the culmination of a shared human effort.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (Sage 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By John W. Creswell and J. David Creswell<\/p>\n

The sixth edition includes more coverage of community-based participatory research, comparisons of qualitative and quantitative research, an expanded glossary with basic terms, updated examples of social, behavioral, and health research, new coverage of ethical requirements, updated APA 7th edition coverage, and additional exercises aimed at research projects.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Pathogenesis : how germs made history (Torva 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Jonathan Kennedy<\/p>\n

How did an Indonesian volcano help cause the Black Death, setting Europe on the road to capitalism? How could 168 men extract the largest ransom in history from an opposing army of eighty thousand? And why did the Industrial Revolution lead to the birth of the modern welfare state? The latest science reveals that infectious diseases are not just something that happens to us, but a fundamental part of who we are.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss (Harvard Business Review Press 2022) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

Are you a good boss\u2014or a great one? Good bosses can handle the day-to-day work of running a team. Great bosses go beyond that, finding ways to help employees become better versions of themselves as people and professionals. But as a manager, how do you reach that next level? The HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss contains practical tips and advice to help you become a more well-rounded leader, one who sparks creativity, engagement, collaboration, and growth in your team. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n The evolution of agency : behavioral organization from lizards to humans (The MIT Press 2022) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Michael Tomasello<\/p>\n

In a bold new theoretical proposal, Michael Tomasello advances a typology of the main forms of psychological agency that emerged on the evolutionary pathway to human beings.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n The Einsteinian revolution : the historical roots of his breakthroughs (Princeton University Press 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Hanoch Gutfreund and J\u00fcrgen Renn<\/p>\n

Describing the origins and context of Einstein\u2019s innovative research, Gutfreund and Renn work to dispel the popular myth of Einstein as a lone genius who brought about a revolution in physics through the power of his own pure thought. We can only understand the birth of modern physics, they say, if we understand the long history of the evolution of knowledge.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n The experience machine : how our minds predict and shape reality (Allan Lane 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Andy Clark<\/p>\n

At the core of this research is the radical reimagination of the way our brains process sensory information. A landmark study of cognitive science, The Experience Machine is a grand vision that sketches the extraordinary explanatory power of the predictive brain for our lives, health, world, and society.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Out of Nothing (Nobrow Ltd 2018) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Daniel Locke<\/p>\n

Spanning millennia, Daniel Locke’s ambitious graphic novel explores humanity’s inherent ‘dreaming mind and its impact on our world. Surreal sequences take us from Gutenberg’s printing press to Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web via Picasso, Einstein, Grandmaster Flash and more. Locke shows hour our basic instinct to observe, record and connect has formed the basis for all human invention and progress.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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