Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing
“Top Dog” exposes the hidden factors behind every sort of win and loss–from bringing home a gold medal in Olympic swimming to bombing the SAT. Exploring the psychology of rankings, the neuroscience of mistakes, and the DNA of fearlessness, “Top Dog”‘s filled with cutting-edge science.
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The Future
From the former vice president and #1 “New York Times”-bestselling author comes a frank and clear-eyed assessment of six critical drivers of global change in the decades to come. Gore identifies the emerging forces that are reshaping the world.
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Moonwalking with Einstein
An instant bestseller that is poised to become a classic, “Moonwalking with Einstein” recounts Foer’s yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top “mental athletes.” He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist’s trade to transform our understanding …
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Design in Nature
How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization In this groundbreaking book, Adrian Bejan takes the recurring patterns in nature–trees, tributaries, air passages, neural networks, and lightning bolts–and reveals how a single principle of physics, the Constructal Law, accounts for the evolution of these and all …
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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of adding one more …
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