{"id":24207,"date":"2025-05-02T20:34:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T20:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/?p=24207"},"modified":"2025-07-07T09:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T09:01:11","slug":"new-in-the-collection-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/blog\/2025\/05\/new-in-the-collection-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New in the collection (May 2025)"},"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=\"244\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/metag-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\/2025\/05\/metag-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/metag.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=44578\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Metaagenomics : Perspectives, Methods, and Applications (Academic Press 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Edited by Muniyandi Nagarajan<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">A diverse range of chapters from international experts offer an introduction to the field and examine methods for metagenomic analysis of microbiota, metagenomic computational tools, and recent metagenomic studies in various environments and clinical settings.<\/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\/2025\/05\/vali-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\/2025\/05\/vali-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/vali.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=44575\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          The Importance of Being Educable : A New Theory of Human Uniqueness (Princeton University Press 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Leslie Valiant<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Will the unique capability that has been so foundational to our achievements and civilization continue to drive our progress, or will we fall victim to our vulnerabilities? If we want to play to our species\u2019 great strength and protect our collective future, we must better understand and prioritize the vital importance of being educable.<\/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=\"211\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bish-211x300.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\/2025\/05\/bish-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bish.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44582\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Deep Learning: Foundations and Concepts (Springer 2023)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">by Christopher M. Bishop with Hugh Bishop<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the central ideas that underpin deep learning. It is intended both for newcomers to machine learning and for those already experienced in the field.<\/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\/2025\/05\/diab-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\/2025\/05\/diab-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/diab.jpg 347w\" 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=44579\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Type 1 Diabetes (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2025)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Edited by Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Kevan C. Herold, and Lori Sussel<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Celebrating the 100th year of the discovery of insulin, this book reviews advances, our understanding of the pathology of type 1 diabetes and its environmental and genetic triggers, the role of the immune system, and novel therapeutic approaches.<\/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=\"196\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bent-196x300.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\/2025\/05\/bent-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bent.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44583\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Extinctions : How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves (Thames &amp; Hudson Ltd 2023)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Michael Benton<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">This timely and original book lays out the latest scientific understanding of mass extinction on our planet, examining\u00a0how global warming, acid rain, ocean acidification, erupting volcanoes, and meteorite impact have affected conditions on Earth, and how life survived, adapted, and evolved.<\/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\/2025\/05\/att-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\/2025\/05\/att-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/att.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=44576\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          The Scientific Attitude : Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience (The MIT Press 2020)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Lee McIntyre<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Attacks on science have become commonplace. Claims that climate change isn\u2019t settled science, that evolution is \u201conly a theory,\u201d and that scientists are conspiring to keep the truth about vaccines from the public are staples of some politicians\u2019 rhetorical repertoire. In this book, Lee McIntyre argues that what distinguishes science from its rivals is what he calls \u201cthe scientific attitude\u201d\u2014caring about evidence and being willing to change theories on the basis of new evidence.<\/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\/2025\/05\/evol-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\/2025\/05\/evol-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/evol.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=44577\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Evolution Evolving : The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity (Princeton University Press 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Kevin lala et al.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">The scientific understanding of evolution is evolving too, with groundbreaking new ways of explaining evolutionary change. In this book, a group of leading biologists draw on the latest findings in evolutionary genetics and evo-devo, as well as novel insights from studies of epigenetics, symbiosis, and inheritance, to examine the central role that developmental processes play in evolution.<\/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=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/beasts-225x300.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\/2025\/05\/beasts-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/beasts.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44584\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Beasts at Bedtime : Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children&#039;s Literature (University of Chicago Press 2018)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Liam Heneghan<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Talking lions, philosophical bears, very hungry caterpillars, wise spiders, altruistic trees, companionable moles, urbane elephants: this is the magnificent menagerie that delights our children at bedtime. Within the entertaining pages of many children\u2019s books, however, also lie profound teachings about the natural world that can help children develop an educated and engaged appreciation of the dynamic environment they inhabit.<\/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=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/disc-300x300.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\/2025\/05\/disc-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/disc-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/disc.jpg 523w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44585\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"\">\n          Disciplined Entrepreneurship Startup Tactics: 15 Tactics to Turn Your Business Plan into a Business (Wiley 2024)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Paul Cheek<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">An invaluable resource for founders and entrepreneurs, Disciplined Entrepreneurship: Startup Tactics will benefit any professional working at an early-stage startup or launching new products looking for concrete solutions to the most common and difficult problems faced by young companies and the people who work in them.<\/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\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metagenomics, DL, extinctions, evolution&#038;development, startup tactics, environmental wisdom, defending science from pseudoscience,&#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-24207","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\/24207","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=24207"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25291,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24207\/revisions\/25291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24207"},{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=24207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}