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SloanPublic Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, Chris Miller

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller
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"...the most interesting book your host read all year" - @PoliticoRyan on the Sloan book by @crmiller1 "Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology," about the history of the microchip & its influence in politics, economics & technology https://t.co/UWDXwXdVh3

Hardcover, 2022

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner, Dan Levitt

What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner

Dan Levitt
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SAVE THE DATE: Join Sloan author @dan_levitt at @BPLBoston on 2/16 to discuss his book "What's Gotten Into You" w/ @wbur's @gabrieman! The book explores how elements have travelled billions of miles across billions of years to make us who we are https://t.co/OzmxNFWQAG

Paperback, 2024

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion, Richard Conniff

Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion

Richard Conniff
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"Public health is a personal story for all of us, and we take it entirely for granted." @RichardConniff, author of Sloan book "Ending Epidemics," shares five key insights from his book in @NextBigIdeaClub! Tune in here: https://t.co/n1yGt2NBgZ

Paperback, 2025

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: American Prometheus: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER, Kai Bird

American Prometheus: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER

Kai Bird
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The latest trailer for Christopher Nolan's #Oppenheimer is out now! The star-studded film is based on the @PulitzerPrizes-winning Sloan book “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” by @Kaibird123 & Martin J. Sherwin https://t.co/A8vmHRZFCt

Paperback, 2006

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Mother Brain: How Neuroscience Is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood, Chelsea Conaboy

Mother Brain: How Neuroscience Is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood

Chelsea Conaboy
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"The reality is that pregnancy marks the beginning of a very distinct developmental stage of life that shapes our physical and our mental health for the long term." Check out the author of Sloan book "Mother Brain" @cconaboy on @NPR's @NPRLifeKit https://t.co/xO3A2TT6mU

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species, Rob Dunn

A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species

Rob Dunn
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Author of Sloan book "A Natural History of the Future" @RRobDunn discusses setting a new standard for understanding the diversity & destiny of life itself in his interview with @NewBooksNetwork Listen here: https://t.co/Fy3IOd8kNT

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Zora Neale Hurston: Novels & Stories (Loa #74): Jonah's Gourd Vine / Their Eyes Were Watching God / Moses, Man of the Mountain / Seraph on the Suwanee, Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston: Novels & Stories (Loa #74): Jonah's Gourd Vine / Their Eyes Were Watching God / Moses, Man of the Mountain / Seraph on the Suwanee

Zora Neale Hurston
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ICYMI: The latest Sloan episode of @AmExperiencePBS about #ZoraNealeHurston is still available to watch on @PBS! "Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space" tells her story, from her key role in the Harlem Renaissance to her love of anthropology https://t.co/css59Tunin

Hardcover, 1995

$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Indigenous Economics: Sustaining Peoples and Their Lands, Ronald L. Trosper

Indigenous Economics: Sustaining Peoples and Their Lands

Ronald L. Trosper
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This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, check out @rltrosper's Sloan book "Indigenous Economics," which offers an alternative to classic economic theory by arguing that that Indigenous worldviews centering care/good relationships provide critical & sustainable economic models https://t.co/xyAkdp7bFJ

Paperback, 2022

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance, Karen Levy

Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance

Karen Levy
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"We should always ask whether tech is at the rightful center of the policy or if it’s an indicator there are broader social/economic reforms that are needed." Check out @karen_ec_levy's 5 insights from her Sloan book "Data Driven" in @NextBigIdeaClub https://t.co/9BX8WGcOzb

Paperback, 2024

$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Brain in Search of Itself: Santiago Ramón Y Cajal and the Story of the Neuron, Benjamin Ehrlich

The Brain in Search of Itself: Santiago Ramón Y Cajal and the Story of the Neuron

Benjamin Ehrlich
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"...a deeply researched, well-written and lovingly crafted biography." - @nytimesbooks Check out the Sloan supported book "The Brain in Search of Itself" by @benehrlich11, about the father of modern neuroscience Santiago Ramón y Cajal https://t.co/SJHckOKSfQ

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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