Most diet books are about food. The Hungry Brain, by neuroscientist and obesity researcher Stephan Guyenet, is fascinating because it is about behavior. The brain, Guyenet argues, is the most important part of the body if we want to understand why we gain weight and how we lose it. Nutrition is one field I struggle […]
Book Club: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (August 2018)
This month we read The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn. If you would like to stream audio on your browser, click here listen on Soundcloud. American historian and philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn was a leading contributor to the change of focus in the philosophy and sociology of science in the 1960s. Born in […]
Book Club: The Wizard And The Prophet (June 2018)
This month we read The Wizard And The Prophet by Charles C. Mann. If you would like to stream audio on your browser, click here listen on Soundcloud. Like many great books, this one works on multiple levels. On a first level, it’s a story of two men: Norman Borlaugh and William Vogt with different […]
Book Club: The Selfish Gene (May 2018)
This month we read The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. If you would like to stream audio on your browser, click here listen on Soundcloud About the book: Evolution by natural selection is a topic that many people either champion or dismiss, but far fewer really understand. As one of the fundamental patterns of nature, I […]
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