{"id":17217,"date":"2024-06-03T06:20:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T06:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/?p=17217"},"modified":"2024-06-03T14:29:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:29:37","slug":"new-in-the-collection-june-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/blog\/2024\/06\/new-in-the-collection-june-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"New in the collection (June 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 Empowering women in STEM : working together to inspire the future (CRC Press 2024) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

Edited by Sanya Mathura<\/p>\n

This book showcases how everyone’s journey is different, some may have unexpected twists and turns while others appear to conform to the “normal” rules outlined by society. By offering a front-row seat on a journey that takes many different paths, this book provides advice that can lead to a STEM career with or without having a STEM background.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n The man who organized nature : the life of Linnaeus (Princeton University Press 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Gunnar Broberg<\/p>\n

A new biography offering a vivid portrait of life and work of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), known as the father of modern biological taxonomy, formalized and popularized the system of binomial nomenclature used to classify plants and animals. Drawing on a wide range of previously unpublished sources-including diaries and personal correspondence-as well as new research, it presents revealing and original accounts of his family life, the political context in which he pursued his work, and his eccentric views on sexuality.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n The scientific method : a guide to finding useful knowledge (Cambridge University Press 2022) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By J. Scott Armstrong and Kesten C. Green<\/p>\n

The book’s themes for improving scientific practice are generated from earthy checklists, all concerned to improve compliance with the substantive content of science. It results in checklists for eleven user categories, from researchers to courts. The checklists all derive from key elements of the scientific method, summarized by eight criteria.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n This is your brain on music : understanding a human obsession (Penguin Books 2019) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Daniel J. Levitin<\/p>\n

From Mozart to the Beatles, neuroscientist, psychologist and internationally-bestselling author Daniel Levitin reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born and explains why music can offer such an emotional experience.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Presentation Zen : simple ideas on presentation design and delivery (New Riders 2020) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Garr Reynolds<\/p>\n

Garr Reynolds tackles storytelling through slides and shares his approach to effective presentation design. Draw inspiration from fresh examples Combine design principles with Zen simplicity Create simpler, more effective presentations that will motivate your audiences Garr offers techniques for cutting through the noise and distractions of modern life and truly engaging with your audiences in a meaningful way. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Critical reading and writing for postgraduates (Sage 2021) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Mike Wallace & Alison Wray<\/p>\n

Practical and engaging, Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates is bursting with tools for analysing texts and structuring critical reviews, helping you to gradually build your skills beyond undergraduate level and gain confidence in your ability to critically read and write.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Bioethics and the posthumanities (Routledge 2022) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

Edited by Danielle Sands<\/p>\n

This interdisciplinary volume explores how posthumanist approaches can illuminate current issues in bioethics and uses posthumanism to look critically at the humanism underpinning de-extinction science, considers the ways in which technology is re-framing our social and political imaginaries, and asks about the identification of future posthumans.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n How not to be wrong : the power of mathematical thinking (Penguin Books 2015) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Jordan Ellenberg<\/p>\n

Using the mathematician’s methods and hard-won insights-minus the jargon-professor and popular columnist Jordan Ellenberg guides general readers through his ideas with rigor and lively irreverence, infusing everything from election results to baseball to the existence of God and the psychology of slime molds with a heightened sense of clarity and wonder.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Untangling complex systems : a grand challenge for science (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group 2019) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Pier Luigi Gentili<\/p>\n

This book is an account of a marvelous interdisciplinary journey the author made to understand properties of the complex systems.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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Empowering women in STEM, a new biography of Carl Linnaeus, the role of music in human evolution, effective presentation design and critical reading, bioethics and the posthumanities – browse our latest arrivals<\/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-17217","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\/17217","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=17217"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17293,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17217\/revisions\/17293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17217"},{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=17217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}