{"id":19803,"date":"2024-10-18T20:52:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/?p=19803"},"modified":"2024-10-19T20:31:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T20:31:56","slug":"new-in-the-collection-october-2024-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/blog\/2024\/10\/new-in-the-collection-october-2024-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New in the collection (October 2024, #2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An overview of selected new books in Szil\u00e1rd Library, with a word from their authors, reviewers and publishers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/catal-199x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/catal-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/catal.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44253\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          The Catalyst: RNA and the quest to unlock life&#039;s deepest secrets (Norton &amp; Company 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Thomas R. Cech<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">In a series of breathtaking discoveries, the biochemist Thomas R. Cech and a diverse cast of brilliant scientists have revealed that RNA\u2014long overlooked as the passive servant of DNA\u2014sits at the center of biology\u2019s greatest mysteries: How did life begin? What makes us human? Why do we get sick and grow old?<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/comg-209x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/comg-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/comg.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44255\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Computational Genomics With R (Chapman &amp; Hall\/CRC 2023)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Altuna Akalin<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Computational Genomics with R provides a starting point for beginners in genomic data analysis and also guides more advanced practitioners to sophisticated data analysis techniques in genomics. The book covers topics from R programming, to machine learning and statistics, to the latest genomic data analysis techniques.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cisp-204x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cisp-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cisp.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44154\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Scientifically speaking : how to speak about your research with confidence and clarity (Practical Inspiration Publishing 2021)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Jo Filshie Browning<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Science matters, and it&#8217;s more important than ever for scientists and physicians to be heard. But there&#8217;s a challenge. To get people to listen, you can&#8217;t communicate in writing alone anymore. You need to speak up and be seen &#8211; on stage, online, and on camera. To do this well, you need to master the art of influential speaking &#8211; which is something you probably weren&#8217;t taught at university or medical school.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/self-199x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/self-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/self.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44252\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Selfish Genes to Social Beings: A cooperative history of life (Oxford University Press 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Jonathan Silvertown<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Amid the violence and brutality that dominates the news, it&#8217;s hard to think of ourselves as team players. But cooperation, Jonathan Silvertown argues, is a fundamental part of our make-up, and deeply woven into the whole four-billion-year history of life.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/vis-198x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/vis-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/vis.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44257\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Foundations of Visual Communication: How Visuals Appear in Daily Life (Routledge 2023)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Yvonne Eriksson and Anette G\u00f6thlund<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Drawing upon theories from visual studies, critical visual culture studies, and cognitive psychology, and with a special focus on gender and ethnicity, this book gives students a theoretical foundation for future work as visual communicators.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rig-244x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rig-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rig.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44248\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Rigor and Reproducibility in Genetics and Genomics: peer-reviewed, published, cited (Academic Press 2023)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Edited by Douglas F. Dluzen, Monika Schmidt and George P. Patrinos<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Here, active geneticists, clinicians, and bioinformaticists offer practical solutions for a variety of challenges associated with several modern approaches in genetics and genomics. Emphasis is placed on rigor and reproducibility throughout, with each section containing laboratory case-studies covering step-by-step protocols, best practices, and common pitfalls.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/clim-195x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/clim-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/clim.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44256\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Minds, Brains and Bodies (Allen Lane 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Clayton Aldern<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Drawing on seven years of ground-breaking research, award-winning journalist and neuroscientist Aldern documents a burgeoning public health crisis that has gone largely unreported. Eco-anxiety, he shows us, is just the tip of the iceberg. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ellfr-189x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ellfr-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ellfr.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44254\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Cell-Free Circulating DNA: Purification and Analysis Techniques (World Scientific 2022)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Kristina Warton and Goli Samimi<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">This book provides an in-depth summary of the technical issues impacting cell-free DNA purification from blood plasma and analysis in a cancer context, including design of PCR assays, sequencing library preparation and methylation analysis. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/nex-197x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/nex-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/nex.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44250\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Fern Press 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Yuval Noah Harari<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">NEXUS is the thrilling account of how we arrived at this moment, and the urgent choices we must now make to survive \u2013 and to thrive. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bohr-200x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bohr-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bohr.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44258\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Suspended in Language: Niels Bohr&#039;s life, discoveries, and the century he shaped (G.T. 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