Posts Tagged ‘psychology’
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Science Under Siege : defending science, exposing pseudoscience / edited by Kendrick Frazier, Prometheus, 2009
This is a compilation of articles by Carl Sagan, Martin Gardner, and other leading thinkers, about the importance of debunking pseudoscience and discussion of the paranormal.
- Science and Skeptical Inquiry
- Critical Inquiry and Public Controversies
- Understanding Pseudoscience, Investigating Claims: University Prayer Study, Anomalous Cognition, PEAR , Energy Healing , “Dr.” Bearden’s Vacuum Energy, the “Fake Moon Flight”, Magnet Therapy, Oxygen Is Good, Camp Chesterfield, How to “Haunt” a House
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Tags: psychology, science
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
Fantasy Freaks and gaming geeks : an epic quest for reality among role players, online gamers, and other dwellers of imaginary realms / Ethan Gilsdorf, Lyons, 2009
Here is a tour of the gaming subculture. 300 pages, hardcover.
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Tags: games, psychology
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
Information Obesity / Andrew Whitworth, Chandos, 2009
This book will interest university staff who teach social sciences, and policy makers concerned with information literacy.
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Tags: education, psychology
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Big Questions in Ecology and Evolution, Thomas Sherratt, Oxford University Press 2009
The field of ecology is advancing rapidly. This book attempts to make research understandable to the layman. It is more about evolution than ecology. Of local interest: the author is a Carleton professor. 300 pages.
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Tags: biology, psychology, science
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
What’s next? : Dispatches on the Future of Science / edited by Max Brockman, Vintage Books, 2009
This little compilation of essays is interesting and readable. Almost half of it is about how our minds work. 200 pages.
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Tags: 5-stars, psychology, science
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
Lost in Cyburbia : how life on the net has created a life of its own / James Harkin, Knopf, 2009
A book about social networking. 250 pages, hardcover.
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Tags: psychology, social
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Think Smart : a Neuroscientist’s Prescription for improving your brain’s performance / Richard Restak, Riverhead Books, 2009
Here is a very readable book on how the brain works, and how it improves or degrades based on your mental activities and diet. There is no ‘junk science’ here. Medical science is advancing fast with the use of fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging). 275 pages, hardcover.
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Tags: biology, education, psychology, science
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Infotopia : how many minds produce knowledge / Cass R. Sunstein, Oxford University Press, 2006
Much can be learned from how wikis, prediction markets and open source can generate correct information based on input from many people. “This extraordinary work synthesizes the latest in how we know, with the latest in what the web has become, to map more compellingly than any other book the promise and risk of the information society.”
–Lawrence Lessig
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Tags: 5-stars, law, psychology
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Pragmatic thinking and learning : refactor your wetware / by Andy Hunt, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2008.
Here is a book about how the brain works, written by programmers for programmers. It is general, and will be interesting to anyone trying to learn to think better. The ‘pragmatic’ movement joined with others in 2001 to form the ‘agile manifesto’.
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Tags: agile, psychology
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
The Cambridge handbook of expertise and expert performance / edited by K. Anders Ericsson, Cambridge University Press, 2006
A compilation of academic papers on how to train and educate experts . Yikes, 900 pages!
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Tags: education, psychology
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