{"id":20895,"date":"2024-12-04T22:46:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/?p=20895"},"modified":"2024-12-04T23:34:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T23:34:49","slug":"ready-for-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/blog\/2024\/12\/ready-for-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"New in the collection &#8211; Christmas break"},"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=\"195\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ai-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\/12\/ai-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ai.jpg 339w\" 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=44313\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          The Coming Wave: AI, Power and the 21st Century&#039;s Greatest Dilemma (Bodley Head 2023)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Mustafa Suleyman<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. In a world of quantum computers, robot assistants and abundant energy, they will organize your life, operate your business, and run government services. None of us are prepared. In this groundbreaking book we learn how to think about the essential challenge of our age.<\/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\/12\/warm-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\/12\/warm-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/warm.jpg 339w\" 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=44308\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Warming Up: How Climate Change is Changing Sport (Bloomsbury Sigma 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Madeleine Orr<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">The world of sport has a new opponent: climate change. A world-leading sport ecologist, Madeleine interviews athletes, coaches, politicians and thought-leaders to learn more about the inevitable consequences for this trillion-dollar industry and how the sports world can fight back.<\/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=\"213\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wifi-213x300.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\/12\/wifi-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wifi.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44306\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Is This Wi-Fi Organic? A Guide to Spotting Misleading Science Online (Mango 2021)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Dave Farina<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">We live in the internet age, where scams, frauds, fake-news, fake stories, fake science, and false narratives are everywhere. With the knowledge base gained from Dave Farina\u2019s simple explanations, learn to spot misinformation and lies on the internet before they spot you.<\/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\/12\/tech-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\/12\/tech-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tech.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=44310\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism (Vintage 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Janis Varoufakis<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Capitalism is dead &#8211; welcome to technofeudalism. In his boldest and most far-reaching book, the visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech became the world&#8217;s feudal overlords \u2013 replacing capitalism with a fundamentally new system that enslaves our minds, defies democracy and rewrite the rules of global power.<\/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\/12\/games-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\/12\/games-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/games.jpg 339w\" 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=44312\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Playing with Reality: How Games Shape Our World (Allen Lane 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Kelly Clancy<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Neuroscientist and physicist Kelly Clancy argues, it\u2019s time we started taking games more seriously. In Playing With Reality, she chronicles the riveting and hidden history of games since the Enlightenment, weaving an unexpected path through military theory, biology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and the future of democracy.<\/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=\"186\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hyp-186x300.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\/12\/hyp-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hyp.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44307\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria (Granta Books 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Caroline Crampton<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">In this fascinating book, a survivor of a life-threatening illness chronicles the history of health anxiety and ponders whether it is a rational response to our flawed bodies.<\/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=\"186\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/acc-186x300.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\/12\/acc-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/acc.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44303\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Accidental: The Greatest (Unintentional) Science Breakthroughs (Robinson 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Tim James<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">From an untimely sneeze in a petri dish leading to the groundbreaking creation of antibiotics, to the incredible discovery of microwaves via melted chocolate, Accidental is a rip-roaring adventure through science gone wrong, and accidentally changing humanity for the better.<\/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=\"205\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/deep-205x300.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\/12\/deep-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/deep.jpg 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44309\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Mysteries of the Deep (The MIT Press 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By James Lawrence Powell<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Under the radar\u2014or, rather, sonar\u2014of most people and many scientists, for the last six decades ships have plied the world\u2019s oceans, mining the seafloor for its secrets\u2014and quietly resolving confounding geological mysteries.<\/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\/12\/dop-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\/12\/dop-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dop.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=44302\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Dopamine Detox: A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Get Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Independently published 2021)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Thibaut Meurisse<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Do you keep procrastinating? Do you feel restless and unable to focus on your work? Do you have trouble getting excited about major goals? If so, you might need a dopamine detox. In today\u2019s world where distractions are everywhere, the ability to focus has become more and more difficult to achieve. Dopamine Detox will help you lower your level of stimulation and regain focus,so that you can tackle your key tasks.<\/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\/12\/1984-197x300.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\/12\/1984-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1984.jpg 342w\" 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=44311\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          George Orwell&#039;s 1984: The Graphic Novel (Palazzo Editions Ltd 2022)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Maty\u00e1\u0161 Namai<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Originally published in 1949, this graphic novel edition of the dystopian classic &#8220;1984&#8221;, powerfully illustrated by Maty\u00e1\u0161 Namai, reveals Winston\u2019s fight against the Party in all its horror and futility.<\/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\/12\/weir-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\/12\/weir-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/weir.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=44304\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          The Weirdness of the World (Princeton University Press 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Eric Schwitzgebel<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">In The Weirdness of the World, philosopher Schwitzgebel argues that the answers to the fundamental questions lie beyond our powers of comprehension. We can be certain only that the truth \u2014 whatever it is \u2014 is weird. <\/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=\"187\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/disp-187x300.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\/12\/disp-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/disp.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44305\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Dispersals: On Plants, Borders and Belonging (Hamish Hamilton 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Jessica J. Lee<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Combining memoir, history, and scientific research in precise and poetic prose, Jessica J. Lee meditates on the question of how both plants and people come to belong &#8211; or not &#8211; as they border cross, and reveals how all our futures are more entwined than we might imagine.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary \">\n    <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n                <\/h3>\n  <\/article>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Christmas break we don&#8217;t propose any research textbooks &#8211; it&#8217;s time for break! Find out how climate change affects sport, how games we play influence humanity, how graphic interpretation of 1984 looks like, and many more&#8230;.<\/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-20895","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\/20895","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=20895"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20943,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20895\/revisions\/20943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20895"},{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=20895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}