April 2021 list by Dan Berube
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ADHD 2.0
by Edward M. Hallowell
The best-selling authors of Driven to Distraction draw on cutting-edge research into the less-recognized strengths of the ADHD mind, including the “variable attention trait,” to discuss career goals, positive relationships and the pros and cons of medication.
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Artificial Intelligence Revolution
by Robin Li
This look at how artificial intelligence and the emergence of a “smart society” will transform our everyday lives examines such topics as deep learning, big data and how AI will impact workers.
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Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters
by Deborah Stone
The award-winning author reveals the inescapable link between quantifying and classifying to explain how humanity's approaches to numbers shape every facet of perception, from political opinions to how we are evaluated at work.
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The Grizzly in the Driveway
by Robert Chaney
The book is rich with stories about grizzly encounters-mundane, scientific, sublime, terrifying, and sometimes a mix of each. Throughout, Chaney shows how myths of the grizzly bear shape our interactions with them.
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The Invention of Medicine: From Homer to Hippocrates
by Robin Lane Fox
A preeminent classics scholar argues that the Epidemics case histories of ancient Greece may have been written earlier by Hippocrates himself, a theory with widespread implications for the evolution of Western medicine.
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The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant
by Levison Wood
Ever since he was young, Levison Wood has been fascinated by elephants and their fight for survival. While trekking the Nile he finally saw these creatures up close, and in The Last Giants, he satisfies his lifelong desire to learn more about the majestic African elephant.
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Oceanology: The Secrets of the Sea Revealed
by Jamie Ambrose
Explains how life has adapted to the marine environment, including how a stonefish delivers its lethal venom and how a sponge sustains itself by sifting food from passing currents, while examining the physical forces and processes that shape the oceans, from global circulation systems and tides to undersea volcanoes and tsunamis.
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Social Chemistry: Decoding the Patterns of Human Connection
by Marissa King
King shows how anyone can build more meaningful and productive relationships based on insights from neuroscience, psychology, and network analytics. Conventional wisdom says it's the size of your network that matters, but social science research has proven otherwise.
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Wild Rituals
by Caitlin O'Connell
Through the lens of the animal kingdom, this remarkable book journeys into the desert, tundra, and rainforest to reveal the importance of rituals within the inner lives of wild animals, and how those same traditions can make us naturally more connected to ourselves and those around us.
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