NB Science, Technology & Society  📚

Why don't we die daily? In THE HUMAN BODY IN THE AGE OF CATASTROPHE (@UChicagoPress) Stefanos Geroulanos & @totomcgee explore how scientists working during & after WWI responded to that thorny problem in light of the challenges of wound shock. #ListenUP https://newbooksnetwork.com/stefanos-geroulanos-and-todd-meyers-the-human-body-in-the-age-of-catastrophe-brittleness-integration-science-and-the-great-war-u-chicago-press-2018/ …pic.twitter.com/0Hk4zcKIsb

THE MISMEASURE OF MINDS (@uncpressblog) traces how research around such concepts as learned helplessness, deferred gratification, hyperactivity & emotional intelligence migrated into pop culture & govt policy. Listen to Michael E. Staub's NBN interview https://newbooksnetwork.com/michael-e-staub-the-mismeasure-of-minds-debating-race-and-intelligence-between-brown-and-the-bell-curve-unc-press-2018/ …pic.twitter.com/QUwQiqtc2y

DISCOGNITION (@RepeaterBooks) looks at #SciFi narratives--in some cases reading philosophical or scientific literature as speculative fiction--to raise important questions about consciousness & sentience. Don't miss @CarlaNappi's interview with @shaviro https://newbooksnetwork.com/steven-shaviro-discognition-repeater-books-2016/ …pic.twitter.com/GbiVJZS3en

Fine tuning has received attention from physicists, philosophers & the media. @zachary_ardern chats with A FORTUNATE UNIVERSE authors @lukebarnesastro & @Cosmic_Horizons. They elaborate on the concept with memorable examples from the world of #physics https://newbooksnetwork.com/geraint-f-lewis-and-luke-a-barnes-a-fortunate-universe-life-in-a-finely-tuned-cosmos-cambridge-up-2016/ …pic.twitter.com/hNV4q5YQme

New episode! Listen to @CarrieLynnLand's conversation w/evolutionary biologist/psychologist David Barash whose new book, THROUGH A GLASS BRIGHTLY (@OxUniPress,) explores the process by which science has cut humanity “down to size" & how we've responded. https://newbooksnetwork.com/david-p-barash-through-a-glass-brightly-using-science-to-see-our-species-as-we-really-are-oxford-up-2018/ …pic.twitter.com/VV5Bx6hkam

IS THAT BIG NUMBER? (@OUPAcademic) author @ACAElliott joins us. This book helps us realize not only the relative magnitudes of many of the numbers that surround us, but also why our understanding of the universe often comes down to numbers. #AppliedMath https://newbooksnetwork.com/andrew-c-a-elliott-is-that-a-big-number/ …pic.twitter.com/FHF0ujuHNu

 Televisions are both less visible and more present than ever today. In THE JOY OF SETS (@ReaktionBooks), @KingstonUni professor Chris Horrocks traces the cultural history of the TV set. Tune in (we couldn't resist) to his NBN interview with @nbierma https://newbooksnetwork.com/chris-horrocks-the-joy-of-sets-a-short-history-of-the-television-reaktion-press-2017/ …pic.twitter.com/zQPlJTfdKK

RUSSIAN SCIENCE FICTION LITERATURE AND CINEMA (@ASP_Boston) presents #scifi not only in terms of aesthetic inspirations & experimentations, but also in terms of political contestations & existential crises. Tune in as author Anindita Banjerjee joins us https://newbooksnetwork.com/anindita-banerjee-russian-science-fiction-literature-and-cinema-a-critical-reader-academic-studies-press-2018/ …pic.twitter.com/6kcdXX6MY0

Both a history of science & a history of #Islam, THE LIGHTHOUSE AND THE OBSERVATORY (@cambUP_History) looks at how #astronomy tied together the state & religious practice in Ottoman #Egypt. out @danielalecstolz's conversation w/@NAMansour26 #HistSci https://newbooksnetwork.com/daniel-stolz-the-lighthouse-and-the-observatory-islam-and-science-and-empire-in-late-ottoman-egypt-cambridge-up-2018/ …pic.twitter.com/iEjT80pPnc

Focusing on the public right to hear, NETWORKED PRESS FREEDOM (@mitpress) explores the competing values & publics journalists must negotiate to provide objective news & to build trust. Author & @USCAnnenberg professor @ananny joins @WilkieMonica #ReadUP https://newbooksnetwork.com/mike-ananny-networked-press-freedom-creating-infrastructures-for-a-public-right-to-hear-mit-press-2018/ …pic.twitter.com/RaJugf0wPX

A trio of @AmherstCollege professors have assembled THE LIVES OF GUNS (@OUPAcademic), a volume of essays that considers new ways of thinking about American narratives of ballistic weapons. @stephenpimpare has Jonathan Obert & Andrew Poe on the #podcast https://newbooksnetwork.com/j-obert-a-poe-a-sarat-eds-the-lives-of-guns-oxford-up-2018/ …pic.twitter.com/nmwohSwuze

@bethwindisch interviews co-editor @NKFinney & contributor @BrianLaslie about REDEFINING THE MODERN MILITARY (@USNIBooks), a collection of essays examining military professionalism & ethics in light of major changes to modern warfare. Hear the podcast https://newbooksnetwork.com/nathan-k-finney-and-tyrell-o-mayfield-redefining-the-modern-military-the-intersection-of-profession-and-ethics-naval-institute-press-2018/ …pic.twitter.com/6az504CllJ