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Perfectly irrational
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Dan Ariely |
The provocative follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Predictably IrrationalWhy can large bonuses make CEOs less productive?How can confusing directions actually help us?Why is revenge so import… |
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Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde describing disordered relationship between science and the …
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Robert Louis Stevenson,Dr. Andrej Poleev |
A conceptual book of metascience |
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An introduction to brain and behavior
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Bryan Kolb |
Drawing on their extensive experience in teaching and research, the authors explore the biological basis of behaviour, whilst emphasising clinical aspects of neuroscience and reinforcing its relation… |
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Elephant Don
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Caitlin O'Connell |
Meet Greg. He's a stocky guy with an outsized swagger. He's been the intimidating, yet sociable don of his posse of friends--including Abe, Keith, Mike, Kevin, and Freddie Fredericks--but one arid su… |
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Becoming a technical leader
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Gerald M. Weinberg |
A personalized guide to developing the qualities that make a successful technical leader. We all possess the ingredients for leadership, some better developed than others. The book focuses on the pr… |
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Phishing for phools
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George A. Akerlof |
Akerlof and Shiller argue that markets harm as well as help us. As long as there is profit to be made, sellers will systematically exploit our psychological weaknesses and our ignorance through manip… |
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Juvenile primates
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Michael Eric Pereira,Lynn A. Fairbanks |
"What is a juvenile? Why do primates take so long to grow up? What forces shape the behavior of juvenile primates, and how do experiences during these early years influence life as an adult? Juvenile… |
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Impulse
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David Lewis |
Our lives are shaped by the choices we make. Some are the result of careful reflection; most happen purely on impulse. In this book, chartered psychologist Dr David Lewis builds on his own ground bre… |
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A guide to whales, dolphins & porpoises
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Mark Carwardine,Erich Hoyt |
Explores the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and feeding habits of these underwater mammals. |
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Nerve Cells and Insect Behavior
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Kenneth D. Roeder |
The strike of a praying mantis's forelegs is so fast that, once they are set in motion, the mantis cannot control its aim. How does it ever manage to catch a fly? A moth negotiating the night air hea… |
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Baboons
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Louise Barrett |
Packed with fascinating facts and photographs of this group of "Old World" monkeys, this study of baboons examines the social habits and highly adapted diet of these powerfully built, aggressive yet … |
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When Culture and Biology Collide
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Euclid O. Smith |
"Why do we do things that we know are bad for us? Why do we line up to buy greasy fast food that is terrible for our bodies? Why do we take the potentially lethal risk of cosmetic surgery to have a s… |
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