Research and Course Guides: New Titles on New Book Shelf: Sciences, Math

Chemistry

New Titles in Chemistry and Life Sciences

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QD, QH-QR

The Ingredients by Philip Ball
Call Number: QD466 .B25 2002
ISBN: 9780192841001
Publication Date: 2003-01-16
What is it made of? What is in it? We have become a society fascinated about composition, and for good reason. Lead in petrol shows up in the snow fields of the Antarctic; mercury poisons fish in South America. Radon from the earth poses health hazards in regions built on basaltic rocks, andnatural arsenic contaminates wells in Bangladesh. Calcium supplements combat bone-wasting diseases; iron alleviates anaemia.
The Mathematics of Life by Ian Stewart
Call Number: QH 323.5 .S742 2011
ISBN: 9780465022380
Publication Date: 2011-06-07
Biologists have long dismissed mathematics as being unable to meaningfully contribute to our understanding of living beings. Within the past ten years, however, mathematicians have proven that they hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of our world--and ourselves.
Biophysics by William Bialek
Call Number: QH505 .B455 2012
ISBN: 9780691138916
Publication Date: 2012-10-28
A physicist's guide to the phenomena of life Interactions between the fields of physics and biology reach back over a century, and some of the most significant developments in biology--from the discovery of DNA's structure to imaging of the human brain--have involved collaboration across this disciplinary boundary. s
The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars by Lixing Sun
Call Number: QH546 .S86 2023
ISBN: 9780691198606
Publication Date: 2023-04-04
A natural history of cheating from selfish genes to lying politicians Nature is rife with cheating. Possums play possum, feigning death to cheat predators. Crows cry wolf to scare off rivals. Amphibians and reptiles are inveterate impostors. Even genes and cells cheat. The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars explores the evolution of cheating in the natural world, revealing how dishonesty has given rise to wondrous diversity.
The Secret Wisdom of Nature by Peter Wohlleben; Jane Billinghurst (Translator)
Call Number: QH549.5 .W6413 2019
ISBN: 9781771643887
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
Nature is full of surprises: deciduous trees affect the rotation of the Earth, cranes sabotage the production of Iberian ham, and coniferous forests can make it rain. But what are the processes that drive these incredible phenomena? And why do they matter? In The Secret Wisdom of Nature, master storyteller and international sensation Peter Wohlleben takes readers on a thought-provoking exploration of the vast natural systems that make life on Earth possible.
The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Call Number: QH577 .M83 2022
ISBN: 9781982117351
Publication Date: 2022-10-25
The Song of the Cell is both panoramic and intimate--a masterpiece on what it means to be human.
The Mind of a Bee by Lars Chittka
Call Number: QL568.A6 C465 2022
ISBN: 9780691180472
Publication Date: 2022-07-26
A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees Most of us are aware of the hive mind--the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals?

General Sciences

New Titles General Science

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Pathologies of Motion by Kevis Goodman
Call Number: Q175.32.A47 G66 2023
ISBN: 9780300243963
Publication Date: 2023-01-17
An account of the overlapping development of medicine and aesthetics during the Enlightenment and Romantic eras that develops a critical method attentive to aesthetics and poetics as sites for historical thinking This book studies later eighteenth-century medicine, aesthetics, and poetics as overlapping forms of knowledge increasingly concerned about the relationship between the geographical movements of persons displaced from home and the physiological or nervous "motions" within their bodies and minds.
Machine Learning, Revised and Updated Edition by Ethem Alpaydin
Call Number: Q325.5 .A47 2021
ISBN: 9780262542524
Publication Date: 2021-08-17
A concise overview of machine learning--computer programs that learn from data--the basis of such applications as voice recognition and driverless cars. Today, machine learning underlies a range of applications we use every day, from product recommendations to voice recognition--as well as some we don't yet use everyday, including driverless cars. It is the basis for a new approach to artificial intelligence that aims to program computers to use example data or past experience to solve a given problem. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Ethem Alpaydin offers a concise and accessible overview of "the new AI."

Astronomy and Physics

New Titles in Physics and Astronomy

Library of Congress Call Number Range

QB-QC

Qed by Richard P. Feynman; A. Zee (Introduction by)
Call Number: QC793.5.P422 F48 2006
ISBN: 9780691125756
Publication Date: 2006-04-24
Celebrated for his brilliantly quirky insights into the physical world, Nobel laureate Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the general public.

Math

New Titles in Math

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Oxford Figures by John Fauvel (Editor); Raymond Flood (Editor); Robin Wilson (Editor)
Call Number: QA14.G73 O947 2013
ISBN: 9780199681976
Publication Date: 2013-12-01
This is the story of the intellectual and social life of a community, and of its interactions with the wider world. For eight centuries mathematics has been researched and studied at Oxford, and the subject and its teaching have undergone profound changes during that time. This highly readableand beautifully illustrated book reveals the richness and influence of Oxford's mathematical tradition and the fascinating characters that helped to shape it.The story begins with the founding of the University of Oxford and the establishing of the medieval curriculum, in which mathematics had an important role. The Black Death, the advent of printing, the Civil War, and the Newtonian revolution all had a great influence on the development of mathematicsat Oxford.
Weighing the Odds by David Williams
Call Number: QA273 .W626 2001
ISBN: 9780521803564
Publication Date: 2001-08-02
Statistics do not lie, nor is probability paradoxical. You just have to have the right intuition. In this lively look at both subjects, David Williams convinces mathematics students of the intrinsic interest of statistics and probability, and statistics students that the language of mathematics can bring real insight and clarity to their subject.
Poincare's Prize by George G. Szpiro
Call Number: QA43 .S985 2008
ISBN: 9780452289642
Publication Date: 2008-07-29
The amazing story of one of the greatest math problems of all time and the reclusive genius who solved it In the tradition ofFermat's EnigmaandPrime Obsession, George Szpiro brings to life the giants of mathematics who struggled to prove a theorem for a century and the mysterious man from St. Petersburg, Grigory Perelman, who fi nally accomplished the impossible.

Agriculture and the Environment

New Titles in Agriculture and the Environmental Sciences

Library of Congress Call Number Range

S, GE

Under the Henfluence by Tove Danovich
Call Number: SF487.3 .D36 2023
ISBN: 9781572843219
Publication Date: 2023-03-28
An immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and culture reporting by a journalist who accidentally became obsessed with her flock. Since first domesticating the chicken thousands of years ago, humans have become exceptionally adept at raising them for food.

Physiology and Neuroscience

New Titles in Neuroscience

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Brain and Behavior by Bob Garrett; Gerald Hough
Call Number: QP360 b.G375 2022
ISBN: 9781544373485
Publication Date: 2021-01-25
In Brain & Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience, authors Bob Garrett and Gerald Hough showcase the ever-expanding body of research into the biological foundations of human behavior through a big-picture approach.
No Self, No Problem by Chris Niebauer
Call Number: QP360 .N4996 2019
ISBN: 9781938289972
Publication Date: 2019-09-01
In this groundbreaking book, Niebauer writes that the latest research in neuropsychology is now confirming a fundamental tenet of Buddhism, what is called Anatta, or the doctrine of "no self." Niebauer writes that our sense of self, or what we commonly refer to as the ego, is an illusion created entirely by the left side of the brain. Niebauer is quick to point out that this doesn't mean that the self doesn't exist but rather that it does so in the same way that a mirage in the middle of the desert exists, as a thought rather than a thing. His conclusions have significant ramifications for much of modern psychological modalities, which he says are spending much of their time trying to fix something that isn't there. What makes this book unique is that
Leading with Your Upper Brain by Michael E. Frisina (Contribution by); Robert W. Frisina (Contribution by)
Call Number: QP360.5 .F75 2022
ISBN: 9781640553279
Publication Date: 2023-02-01
It's never been this urgent to build employee relationships that spark higher brain thinking and the skills to connect with people to encourage their highest performance. In other words, it's vital to engage team members' upper brains, which control critical reasoning, judgment, and creativity. When that positive connection is lacking, leaders risk provoking team members' lower brains--which govern fear and survival behaviors--and creating a toxic workplace. Research shows that a leader's behavior is the most important predictor of a team's success.
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
Call Number: QP425 .W44 2017
ISBN: 9781501144318
Publication Date: 2017-10-03
Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when we don't sleep.
Where We Meet the World by Ashley Ward
Call Number: QP431 .W37 2023
ISBN: 9781541600850
Publication Date: 2023-03-28
In Where We Meet the World, biologist Ashley Ward takes readers on a breathtaking tour of how our senses function. Ward looks at not only the five major senses--vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch--but also a host of other senses, such as balance and interoception, the sense of the body's internal state.