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Ungifted Scott Barry Kaufman Child prodigies. Gifted and Talented Programs. Perfect 2400s on the SAT. Sometimes it feels like the world is conspiring to make the rest of us feel inadequate. Those children tapped as possessing special abilities will go on to achieve great things, while the rest of... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-06-04 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Human Spark Jerome Kagan As infants we are rife with potential. For a short time, we have before us a seemingly infinite number of developmental paths. Soon, however, we become limited to certain paths as we grow into unique products of our genetics and experience. But what factors account for... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-06-04 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Probably Approximately Correct Leslie Valiant From a leading computer scientist, a unifying theory that will revolutionize our understanding of how life evolves and learns. How does life prosper in a complex and erratic world? While we know that nature follows patterns -- such as the law of gravity -- our everyday... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-06-04 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Brainwashed Scott O. Lilienfeld , Sally Satel This provocative account of our obsession with neuroscience brilliantly illuminates what contemporary neuroscience and brain imaging can and cannot tell us about ourselves, providing a much-needed reminder about the many factors that make us who we are. What can't... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-05-16 ePub 10,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
For God, Country, and Coca-Cola Mark Pendergrast For God, Country and Coca-Cola is the unauthorized history of the great American soft drink and the company that makes it. From its origins as a patent medicine in Reconstruction Atlanta through its rise as the dominant consumer beverage of the American century, the... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-05-14 ePub 12,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
“A Problem from Hell” Samantha Power Winner of the Pulitzer Prize From the New York Times bestselling author and former US Ambassador to the UN, an impassioned critique of America’s repeated failure to stop genocides around the world “An angry, brilliant, fiercely useful, absolutely essential... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-05-14 ePub 12,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Thinking About Crime James Q. Wilson As crime rates inexorably rose during the tumultuous years of the 1970s, disputes over how to handle the violence sweeping the nation quickly escalated. James Q. Wilson redefined the public debate by offering a brilliant and provocative new argument—that criminal... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-05-14 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Permanent Present Tense Suzanne Corkin In 1953, 27-year-old Henry Gustave Molaison underwent an experimental "psychosurgical" procedure -- a targeted lobotomy -- in an effort to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. The outcome was unexpected -- when Henry awoke, he could no longer form new memories, and for... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-05-14 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Supersymmetry and Beyond Gordon Kane The epic story of the quest to uncover a fully unified theory of physics, revised to reflect the possible discovery of the Higgs Boson. Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-05-14 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor Richard R. Beeman In 1768, Philadelphia physician Benjamin Rush stood before the empty throne of King George III, overcome with emotion as he gazed at the symbol of America's connection with England. Eight years later, he became one of the fifty-six men to sign the Declaration of... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-05-07 ePub 9,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Surfaces and Essences Douglas R Hofstadter , Emmanuel Sander Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize -- winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-04-23 ePub 18,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Shadow Warrior Randall B. Woods World War II commando, Cold War spy, and CIA director under presidents Nixon and Ford, William Egan Colby played a critical role in some of the most pivotal events of the twentieth century. A quintessential member of the greatest generation, Colby embodied the moral and... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-04-09 ePub 9,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Nature's Fortune Jonathan S Adams , Mark R Tercek What is nature worth? The answer to this question -- which traditionally has been framed in environmental terms -- is revolutionizing the way we do business. In Nature's Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and former investment banker, and science writer... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-04-09 ePub 13,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Bending Toward Justice Gary May When the Fifteenth Amendment of 1870 granted African Americans the right to vote, it seemed as if a new era of political equality was at hand. Before long, however, white segregationists across the South counterattacked, driving their black countrymen from the polls... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-04-09 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The End of Sex Donna Freitas Hookup culture dominates the lives of college students today. Most students spend hours agonizing over their hopes for Friday night and, later, dissecting the evenings' successes or failures, often wishing that the social contract of the hookup would allow them to ask... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-04-02 ePub 13,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Math on Trial Coralie Colmez , Leila Schneps In the wrong hands, math can be deadly. Even the simplest numbers can become powerful forces when manipulated by politicians or the media, but in the case of the law, your liberty -- and your life -- can depend on the right calculation.In Math on Trial, mathematicians... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-03-12 ePub 13,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Turnaround Peter Blair Henry Thirty years ago, China seemed hopelessly mired in poverty, Mexico triggered the Third World Debt Crisis, and Brazil suffered under hyperinflation. Since then, these and other developing countries have turned themselves around, while First World nations, battered by... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-03-12 ePub 13,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Red Rover Roger Wiens For centuries humankind has fantasized about life on Mars, whether it’s intelligent Martian life invading our planet (immortalized in H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds) or humanity colonizing Mars (the late Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles). The... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-03-12 ePub 13,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Intellectuals and Race Thomas Sowell Thomas Sowell's incisive critique of the intellectuals' destructive role in shaping ideas about race in AmericaIntellectuals and Race is a radical book in the original sense of one that goes to the root of the problem. The role of intellectuals in racial strife is... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-03-12 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Free to Learn Peter Gray "A lightning bolt of a book" makes the case for why self-directed learning — "unschooling" — is the best way to get kids to learn (Lenore Skenazy) In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that in order to... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2013-03-05 ePub 12,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
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