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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Top 10 science and tech books for December: Brains, refrains and immortal souls


Now you can tell how your mind works, how music affects it and what will happen to it after you die


Top Brain, Bottom Brain: Surprising Insights into How You Think


Stephen Kosslyn and G Wayne Miller


Shedding light on the "left brain vs. right brain" theory, and how our brains work.


Beyond the God Particle


Leon M Lederman and Christopher T Hill


The importance of the Higgs boson, the future of particle physics, and mysteries of the universe yet to be found.


Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality


Max Tegmark


Explore cosmology and discover the nature of reality through mathematics.


Drugged: The Science and Culture Behind Psychotropic Drugs


Richard J Miller


A history of psychotropic drugs, and their roles in virtually every culture.


The Story of Medicine: From Bloodletting to Biotechnology


Mary Dobson


Charting the ways in which we have fought disease and injury over the millennia.


Ask a Science Teacher: 250 Answers to Questions You've Always Had About How Everyday Stuff Really Works


Larry Scheckel


Phenomena with logical scientific explanations.


We Are Our Brains: A Neurobiography of the Brain, From the Womb to Alzheimer's


DF Swaab


Explore the intricate inner workings that determine our potential.


Uncharted: Big Data as a Lens on Human Culture


Erez Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel


How the vast generation of information is allowing for new understanding our world.


Physics of the Soul: The Quantum Book of Living, Dying, Reincarnation and Immortality


Amit Goswami


Using quantum physics to explore metaphysical theories.


On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind


Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis


Exploring the integral role of repetition and "hooks" in music and language.





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