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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

2022-06-02 / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Competitive Thinking, Complex Realities, Cultures, Disasters and Tragedies, Emotions, Environmental Science, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Hidden Motives, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Mental Health, Numbers and Mathematics, Opinions, Other People Exist, Over-all Health, Physical Health, Planning, Quantity vs Quality, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Technology, The News Media, THINKING, This or That Thinking, What Should Be / By Brian Kirwan

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

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The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. From the Space Shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA’s new space capsule, Mary Roach takes us on the surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth.

Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Competitive Thinking, Complex Realities, Cultures, Disasters and Tragedies, Emotions, Environmental Science, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Hidden Motives, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Mental Health, Numbers and Mathematics, Opinions, Other People Exist, Over-all Health, Physical Health, Planning, Quantity vs Quality, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Technology, The News Media, THINKING, This or That Thinking, and What Should Be

Author: Mary Roach

Website: Link

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Publishing Date: 2011-04-04

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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

2022-06-02 / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Complex Realities, Cultures, Emotions, Evolution, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Hidden Motives, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Medical Experts, Mental Health, Opinions, Other People Exist, Over-all Health, Physical Health, Planning, Pride & Shame, Regrets, Relationships, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Technology, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By Brian Kirwan

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Book Decription:

In Bonk, the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Why doesn’t Viagra help women-or, for that matter, pandas? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? Mary Roach shows us how and why sexual arousal and orgasm-two of the most complex, delightful, and amazing scientific phenomena on earth-can be so hard to achieve and what science is doing to make the bedroom a more satisfying place.

Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Complex Realities, Cultures, Emotions, Evolution, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Hidden Motives, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Medical Experts, Mental Health, Opinions, Other People Exist, Over-all Health, Physical Health, Planning, Pride & Shame, Regrets, Relationships, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Technology, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

Author: Mary Roach

Website: Link

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Publishing Date: 2009-04-06

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

2022-06-02 / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Empathy, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Negative Thinking, Other People Exist, Planning, Quantity vs Quality, Regrets, Relationships, Science, Social Skills, Societies, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By Brian Kirwan

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Book Decription:

Impossible (and irreverent) as it may sound, Roach has written a book about corpses that’s both lively and fresh. She traveled around the globe to conduct her forensic investigations, and her findings are wryly intelligent. While the myriad uses for cadavers recounted are often graphic, Roach imbues her subject with a sense of dignity, choosing to emphasize the oddly noble purposes corpses serve, from organ donation to lifesaving medical research.

Readers will come away convinced of the enormous debt that we, the living, owe to the study of the remains of the dead. And while it may not offer the answer to the ancient mystery we were hoping for, Stiff offers a strange sort of comfort in the knowledge that, in a sense, death isn’t necessarily the end.

Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Empathy, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Negative Thinking, Other People Exist, Planning, Quantity vs Quality, Regrets, Relationships, Science, Social Skills, Societies, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

Author: Mary Roach

Website: Link

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Publishing Date: 2004-05-17

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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

2022-05-24 / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Biases, Blame, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Environmental Science, Evolution, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Planning, Power, Quantity vs Quality, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Societies, THINKING, This or That Thinking, What Should Be / By Brian Kirwan

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

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Roach tags along with animal-attack forensics investigators, human-elephant conflict specialists, bear managers, and “danger tree” faller blasters. Intrepid as ever, she travels from leopard-terrorized hamlets in the Indian Himalaya to St. Peter’s Square in the early hours before the pope arrives for Easter Mass, when vandal gulls swoop in to destroy the elaborate floral display. She taste-tests rat bait, learns how to install a vulture effigy, and gets mugged by a macaque.

Combining little-known forensic science and conservation genetics with a motley cast of laser scarecrows, langur impersonators, and trespassing squirrels, Roach reveals as much about humanity as about nature’s lawbreakers. When it comes to “problem” wildlife, she finds, humans are more often the problem—and the solution. Fascinating, witty, and humane, Fuzz offers hope for compassionate coexistence in our ever-expanding human habitat.

Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Biases, Blame, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Environmental Science, Evolution, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Planning, Power, Quantity vs Quality, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Societies, THINKING, This or That Thinking, and What Should Be

Author: Mary Roach

Website: Link

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Publishing Date: 2021-09-14

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Mary Roach

2022-05-24 / BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Environmental Science, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Lying, Negative Thinking, Opinions, Other People Exist, Planning, Power, Quantity vs Quality, Relationships, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Technology, The Scientific Method, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By Brian Kirwan

Mary Roach

Biography:

Mary Roach is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, including STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; GULP: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, and PACKING FOR MARS: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. Her new book FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law, debuts in September 2021. Mary’s books have been published in 21 languages, and her second book, SPOOK, was a New York Times Notable Book. Mary has written for National Geographic, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, and the Journal of Clinical Anatomy, among others. She was a guest editor of the Best American Science and Nature Writing series and an Osher Fellow with the San Francisco Exploratorium and serves as an advisor for Orion and Undark magazines. She has been a finalist for the Royal Society’s Winton Prize and a winner of the American Engineering Societies’ Engineering Journalism Award, in a category for which, let’s be honest, she was the sole entrant.

Main expertice: BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Environmental Science, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Lying, Negative Thinking, Opinions, Other People Exist, Planning, Power, Quantity vs Quality, Relationships, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Technology, The Scientific Method, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

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Works of Mary Roach

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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

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The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness

2022-05-09 / BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Emotions, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Mental Health, Negative Thinking, Other People Exist, Planning, Pride & Shame, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Teachers and Mentors, The Scientific Method, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By Brian Kirwan

The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness

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Offering herself up as a human guinea pig in a series of thoroughly unscientific experiments, Poundstone tries out a different get-happy hypothesis in each chapter of her data-driven search. She gets in shape with taekwondo. She drives fast behind the wheel of a Lamborghini. She communes with nature while camping with her daughter, and commits to getting her house organized (twice!). Swing dancing? Meditation? Volunteering? Does any of it bring her happiness? You may be laughing too hard to care.

The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness is both a story of jumping into new experiences with both feet and a surprisingly poignant tale of a single working mother of three children (not to mention dozens of cats, a dog, a bearded dragon lizard, a lop-eared bunny, and one ant left from her ant farm) who is just trying to keep smiling while living a busy life.

The queen of the skepticism-fueled rant, Paula Poundstone stands alone in her talent for bursting bubbles and slaying sacred cows.

Categories: BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Emotions, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Mental Health, Negative Thinking, Other People Exist, Planning, Pride & Shame, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Teachers and Mentors, The Scientific Method, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

Author: Paula Poundstone

Website: Link

Publisher: Algonquin Books

Publishing Date: 2017-05-09

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Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse

2022-05-09 / BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Complex Realities, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Negative Thinking, Other People Exist, Pride & Shame, Relationships, Social Skills, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By Brian Kirwan

Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse

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With his signature acerbic wit and hilarious voice, twenty-something author, blogger, and entrepreneur Shane Burcaw is back with an essay collection about living a full life in a body that many people perceive as a tragedy. From anecdotes about first introductions where people patted him on the head instead of shaking his hand, to stories of passersby mistaking his able-bodied girlfriend for a nurse, Shane tackles awkward situations and assumptions with humor and grace.

On the surface, these essays are about day-to-day life as a wheelchair user with a degenerative disease, but they are actually about family, love, and coming of age.

Categories: BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Complex Realities, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Negative Thinking, Other People Exist, Pride & Shame, Relationships, Social Skills, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

Author: Shane Burcaw

Website: Link

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Publishing Date: 2019-04-28

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Holy Hierarchy: The Religious Roots of Racism In America

2022-05-09 / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Lying, Other People Exist, Politics, Power, Pride & Shame, Race and Racism, Religious Thinking, Rewards and Punishments, Societies, The News Media, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By Brian Kirwan

Contradiction: A Question of Faith and Holy Hierarchy: The Religious Roots of Racism In America

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Expert: Jeremiah Camara

Website: Link

Release Date: 2018-01-01

Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Lying, Other People Exist, Politics, Power, Pride & Shame, Race and Racism, Religious Thinking, Rewards and Punishments, Societies, The News Media, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

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Kate Davis

2022-05-08 / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Power, Race and Racism, Rewards and Punishments, Societies, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By Brian Kirwan

Kate Davis

Biography:

Kate Davis is an American director, producer and editor. She is best known for Southern Comfort (2001), and Traffic Stop (2017) for which she received Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject nomination with husband David at the 90th Academy Awards. More recently she and her husband, David Heilbroner, directed Say Her Name, a documentary about the life and death of Sandra Bland.

Main expertice: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Power, Race and Racism, Rewards and Punishments, Societies, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

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Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

2022-05-08 / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Negative Thinking, Opinions, Other People Exist, Power, Race and Racism, Rewards and Punishments, Social Skills, Societies, The News Media, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By Brian Kirwan

Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

Expert: Kate Davis

Website: Link

Release Date: 2018-11-09

Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Negative Thinking, Opinions, Other People Exist, Power, Race and Racism, Rewards and Punishments, Social Skills, Societies, The News Media, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

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