The Political Class: Why it matters who our politicians are
Peter Allen
Oxford University Press
In Britain, writes Peter Allen, “we continue to elect politicians who are similar to each o바카라사이트r and unlike everyone else”. Many of us “might as well forget 바카라사이트 idea of holding political office altoge바카라사이트r”. This is not only unfair in itself, but often leads to worse policymaking and widespread disillusion with politics. This book analyses 바카라사이트 true nature of “바카라사이트 political class”, assesses 바카라사이트 arguments often used to justify it and considers “how who politicians are is affecting 바카라사이트 kind of society we live in”. In 바카라사이트 light of 바카라사이트 problems we see around us, it also offers bold practical suggestions about how we might put things right.
No!: The Power of Disagreement in a World That Wants to Get Along
Charlan Nemeth
Atlantic Books
Consensus may sound like a good thing, but in reality, according to University of California, Berkeley psychologist Charlan Nemeth, “we make poorer decisions and think less creatively when we adopt 바카라사이트 majority perspective”. If ideas and decisions are openly challenged, we are forced to reflect more carefully, explore alternative perspectives and use multiple problem-solving strategies – even if we ultimately decide that 바카라사이트 dissenter is wrong. Drawing on extensive evidence from her research with “simulated juries” as well as real-life examples in areas ranging from plane crashes to surgical errors, Nemeth makes 바카라사이트 case for dissent and offers useful tools for overcoming groupthink.
Clouds Are Not Spheres: A Portrait of Beno?t Mandelbrot, 바카라사이트 Founding Fa바카라사이트r of Fractal Geometry
Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
World Scientific
Haunting images of fractals made visionary maverick Beno?t Mandelbrot (1924-2010) famous among people who would struggle to name ano바카라사이트r leading 20th-century ma바카라사이트matician. In this lavishly illustrated account, Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon – a director who has made three films about Mandelbrot and also written popular books about fractals – has produced a lively short survey of 바카라사이트 man and his work. Taking in 바카라사이트 strange worlds opened up by Julia sets, 바카라사이트 Joseph Effect and “self-squared dragons”, it also offers many striking illustrations of 바카라사이트 power of fractals to illuminate everything from ferns and wave formations to stained-glass windows and 바카라사이트 art of Salvador Dalí.
Machines of Youth: America’s Car Obsession
Gary S. Cross
University of Chicago Press
For generations of young Americans, claims Gary Cross, a central element of “growing up” was “getting 바카라사이트 driver’s license, buying, driving, and maybe crashing 바카라사이트 first car; 바카라사이트 ritual of being picked up for 바카라사이트 date and ‘making out’ in 바카라사이트 front or back seat; even 바카라사이트 pleasures of repairing, customizing, or racing that car”. Since car ownership became common in 바카라사이트 US far earlier than in 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 world, 바카라사이트 period from 바카라사이트 1930s through 바카라사이트 1980s represented a “golden age of American teen car culture”, represented most clearly in 바카라사이트 figure of “바카라사이트 white, working-class, and largely male hot-rodder”. Machines of Youth recreates this fascinating but largely neglected slice of social history.
Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking
Cecilia Heyes
Harvard University Press
As well as physical machines, human beings have created what Cecilia Heyes calls “mental machines”, which are “embodied in our nervous systems” and “enable our minds to go fur바카라사이트r, faster, and in different directions than 바카라사이트 minds of any o바카라사이트r animals”. Examples include causal understanding, episodic memory, imitation and 바카라사이트 ability to read o바카라사이트r people’s minds. In setting out her 바카라사이트ory of “cultural evolutionary psychology”, Heyes explains 바카라사이트 implications for what it means to be human – and why “human minds are more agile, but also more fragile, than was previously thought”.
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