Social Scientists

すぐ「海外では～」と言い出す人に使えるインテリ悪口「鹿鳴館精神を身につけてる」、憶えた言葉をすぐ使いたがる人用のインテリ悪口「ボキャブラリーをスタックで管理してるのかよ」･･････等々

For curiosity seekers of aerospace and structural science, how did it all start? Here is the story of a forgotten stress engineer whose philosophy, calculations, and outspoken opinions saved many lives. Greatest Generation story lovers, World War II hounds, and family members caring for aging parents think of Mister B as a national treasure. When a relative inserts herself into the physicist's personal space, the old man decides to teach his new helper some life lessons of his own, specifically that his newest design is to live forever.

Clever and accessible, Generation Robot isn’t just for the serious, scientific reader―it’s for everyone interested in robotics and technology since their science-fiction origins. By looking back at the future she once imagined, analyzing the plugged-in present, and speculating on what is on the horizon, Terri Favro allows readers the chance to consider what was, what is, and what could be. This is a captivating book that looks at the pop-culture of our society to explain how the world works―now and tomorrow.

In einer Zeit voller Möglichkeiten sind wir ständig auf der Suche: nach Erfüllung, nach uns selbst, Menschen, die uns auffangen und unserem Platz in der Welt. In Die Suche nach Zuhause nimmt uns Marie Luise Ritter mit auf eine persönliche Reise - einen Sommer lang in Paris, mitten hinein in Fragen, die uns alle bewegen.

Die Autorin, die in ihrer Vergangenheit selbst von einer Essstörung betroffen war, liefert mit diesem Buch einen grundlegenden, komprimierten Einblick in das Thema. Mithilfe ihrer drei Avatare Rexi, Limi und Eati, die stellvertretend für die drei Varianten der Essstörung stehen, zeigt Michaela Schubert in einer oft schockierenden Direktheit sämtliche Alltagsfacetten einer solchen Krankheit auf.

Psycholoog en bestsellerauteur Thijs Launspach probeert met zijn partner jaren kinderen te krijgen en belandt er zelfs voor in een vruchtbaarheidstraject. Terwijl zijn relatie aan een zijden draadje hangt, probeert hij te dealen met alle verdriet en frustratie. Een eerlijk boek vol wrange humor, dat troost biedt aan koppels die lijden aan verminderde vruchtbaarheid, en dan vooral de 'manvormige aanhangsels' onder hen.

Pensada como una obra destinada a "suscitar la reflexión sobre el presente y el futuro del país", se ha convertido en un libro clásico. Obra de síntesis, pero a la vez de ideas, en sus páginas no sólo se encuentran hechos sino también interpretaciones que generan polémicas y opiniones encontradas. Fue actualizada por el autor poco antes de su muerte en 1977.

Der Lebensrückblick eines außergewöhnlichen Mannes: Ralf Dahrendorf, den viele durch seine öffentlichen Gespräche mit Rudi Dutschke 1968 erinnern werden, lässt sein Leben Revue passieren - von seiner Kindheit im Nazi-Deutschland als Sohn eines sozialdemokratischen Widerstandskämpfers über sein Studium bis zum Beginn seiner Karriere als Wissenschaftler, Politiker und Journalist. Dieses "Patchwork", wie er das, was er dem Leser damit bot, nannte, bietet ungewöhnliche Einblicke in das Leben einer großen Persönlichkeit.

Referred to as "the father of psychoanalysis", Sigmund Freud is credited with championing the "talking cure" and charting the human unconscious. Both revered and reviled, he was a brilliant innovator but also a man of troubling contradictions, sometimes tyrannical, often misrepresenting the course and outcome of his treatments to make the "facts" match his theories.

Jim Lucey has been working for more than 25 years with patients suffering from mental health problems. When people at their most vulnerable present to his room at St Patrick’s University Hospital, Dublin, they reveal their fears, traumas and very real human predicaments. Most of the assessments described in this audiobook took place in this room. While the patients’ stories are diverse, one common theme emerges - that of recovery.

In How Are You?, therapist Therese Rosenblatt shares her privileged front-row seat into the hearts and minds of her patients, to report on what is actually going on inside real peoples' heads from the dark, early days of the pandemic through its long, drawn-out progression. Dr. Rosenblatt then trains her own attuned eyes and ears onto herself, sharing some of her own experiences, challenges, and unexpected pleasures as she navigates this new world together with her patients.

In April 1962, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy hosted 49 Nobel Prize winners - along with many other prominent scientists, artists, and writers - at a famed White House dinner. Held at the height of the Cold War, the dinner symbolizes a time when intellectuals were esteemed, divergent viewpoints could be respectfully discussed at the highest level, and the great minds of an age might all dine together in the rarefied glamour of "the people's house."

Marijuana has been illegal in the United States since 1937. Yet, thanks in large part to a loosely connected underground world of breeders, dealers, and smokers, there are currently more than 2000 varieties available. And since 1996, when California first passed legislation allowing for legalized medical marijuana, the underground has slowly surfaced, pushing what was once a decentralized, lawless world closer to the corporate world of business, agriculture, and pharmaceuticals.

Franny K. Stein isn't a fan of glamour. She doesn't style her hair, the thought of wearing makeup makes her want to gag, and she couldn't care less about wearing dressy dresses when she'd much prefer her lab coat. But sometimes Franny wonders if her mom wishes she were different. Which gives Franny an idea...for an experiment! What if she can turn the beauty products her mom loves into something more exciting? Every experiment has its experimental error, and when Franny's hair takes on a life of its own, Franny must save the day (and her hair).

Every day, scientists conduct pioneering experiments with the potential to transform how we live. Yet it isn't every day you hear from the scientists themselves! Now, award-winning author Jim Al-Khalili and his team of top-notch experts explain how today's earthshaking discoveries will shape our world tomorrow - and beyond. Pull back the curtain on genomics, robotics, AI, the Internet of Things, synthetic biology, transhumanism, interstellar travel, colonization of the solar system, teleportation, and much more.

An inspiring collection of essays, in which Albert Einstein addresses the topics that fascinated him as a scientist, philosopher, and humanitarian. Divided by subject matter - “Science,” “Convictions and Beliefs,” “Public Affairs,” etc. - these essays consider everything from the need for a “supranational” governing body to control war in the atomic age, to freedom in research and education, to Jewish history and Zionism, to explanations of the physics and scientific thought that brought him world recognition.

SIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939) es conocido por ser el fundador del psicoanálisis, una teoría sobre cómo funciona la mente y un método para ayudar a las personas a resolver sus problemas mentales. Desarrolló una nueva visión de la existencia humana que socavó los valores culturales de su época, por lo que en un inicio despertó una gran hostilidad. Pero a medida que el psicoanálisis se difundió, Freud consiguió seguidores en todo el mundo.

Eine spannende Reise in 100 Biografien: Menschen, die die Welt verändert haben. So lebendig kann Geschichte klingen: Manfred Mai erzählt von Entdeckern, Erfindern, religiösen und politischen Anführern, von Philosophen und Künstlern, die mit ihrer Fantasie und ihrem Mut, mit ihren Ideen und Taten die Welt veränderten. Wie haben sie damals gelebt? Was hat sie bewegt? Welche Bedeutung haben sie für uns heute noch?

Over the course of nearly half a century, five American presidents - three Democrats and two Republicans - have relied on the financial acumen, and the integrity, of Paul A. Volcker. During his tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, when he battled the Great Inflation of the 1970s, Volcker did nothing less than restore the reputation of an American financial system on the verge of collapse.

Max Weber, Gründer der modernen Soziologie, nahm es 1919, kurz nach dem ersten Weltkrieg, auf sich, in Zeiten von politischem Chaos und Revolutionsphantasien nicht nur das politische Geschehen in Deutschland zu analysieren, sondern die grundsätzliche Frage zu beantworten, welche Charaktereigenschaften und Ansichten für einen Menschen, der die Politik als Berufung sieht, nötig sind. Besonders interessant und geradezu zeitlos in der Analyse ist Webers Unterscheidung zwischen "Gesinnungsethik" und "Verantwortungsethik" - Begriffe, die noch heute Politiker in wahre Zwickmühlen bringen können.