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50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology by S.O. Lilienfeld, S.J. Lynn, J. Ruscio and B.L. Beyerstein
Psychologists team up to debunk popular urban legends in that field. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, 332 p., $26.95. 50 GREAT MYTHS OF POPULAR PSYCHOLOGY BY S.O. LILIENFELD, S.J. LYNN, J. RUSCIO AND B.L. BEYERSTEIN
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Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics by Amir Alexander
The Romantic Age zeitgeist profoundly influenced modern mathematicians, a science historian argues. DUEL AT DAWN: HEROES, MARTYRS, AND THE RISE OF MODERN MATHEMATICS BY AMIR ALEXANDER Harvard Univ. Press, 2010, 320 p., $28.95.
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Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast: A Field Guide by Peter Del Tredici
An exploration of the plant life that springs up amid chain-link fences and asphalt jungles. WILD URBAN PLANTS OF THE NORTHEAST: A FIELD GUIDE BY PETER DEL TREDICI Cornell Univ. Press, 2010, 374 p., $29.95.
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The Match: “Savior Siblings” and One Family’s Battle to Heal Their Daughter by Beth Whitehouse
A family medical crisis uncovers issues around reproductive technology. THE MATCH: “SAVIOR SIBLINGS” AND ONE FAMILY’S BATTLE TO HEAL THEIR DAUGHTER BY BETH WHITEHOUSE Beacon Press, 2010, 272 p., $24.95.
- Life
Briny deep basin may be home to animals thriving without oxygen
Creatures living deep in the Mediterranean without oxygen would be a remarkable first, biologists say.
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How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch
Kids can learn about climate change by reading scientists’ firsthand accounts from the field. Dawn Publications, 2010, 66 p., $11.95. HOW WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT OUR CHANGING CLIMATE BY LYNNE CHERRY AND GARY BRAASCH
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Jumping to conclusions can make for good decisions
Gary Klein, a psychologist and chief scientist at Applied Research Associates in Fairborn, Ohio, has for the past 25 years studied how people make real-life, critical decisions under extreme time pressure. In his 2009 book Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making (MIT Press), Klein discusses 10 surprising ways effective thinkers […]
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- Earth
A fresh look at Mount St. Helens
Nearly 30 years after the peak’s major eruption, recovery has just begun.
- Space
Newfound neighbor to solar system is a cool slacker
Researchers have found the closest brown dwarf to Earth and the coolest yet seen, raising the possibility that the nearest starlike body to the solar system may be a brown dwarf rather than a star.
- Health & Medicine
Walnuts may slow prostate cancer
More news from the American Chemical Society meeting.
