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Microbiology / 6th edition
An Evolving Science
2023 || Paperback || Joan L. Slonczewski e.a. || Norton & Company
The Sixth Edition of Microbiology: An Evolving Science inspires students to engage with the most cutting-edge research in the field through new digital tools and a transparent pedagogical framework. New research examples from two themes-the microbiome and global impacts-show students why microbiology is exciting and relevant, while an objectives-led framework helps them understand and apply concepts before, during, and after class.
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Going Infinite
The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
2024 || Hardcover || Michael Lewis || Norton & Company
When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side?
In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer this question, taking readers into the mind...
The Biology of Cancer / 3rd edition
International student edition
2023 || Paperback || Robert A. Weinberg || Norton & Company
Incorporating the most important advances in the rapidly-evolving field of cancer biology, this book remains the defining course text on its subject. Students, instructors, researchers, and clinicians the world over admire its authoritative content, clear explanations, extensive full-color art program, and pedagogical features that promote a deep conceptual understanding of the science through the lens of fascinating tales of scientific discovery.
Misbehaving - The Making of Behavioral Economics
The Making of Behavioral Economics
2019 || Paperback || Richard H. Thaler || Norton & Company
Nobel laureate Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans-predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth-and change the way we think about economics, ourselves, and our world.
Traditional economics assumes rational actors. Early in his research, Thaler realized these Spock-like automatons were nothing lik...
Cognition / 8th Edition
Exploring the Science of the Mind
2022 || Paperback || Daniel Reisberg || Norton & Company
With new digital tools for retrieval practice and active learning, the Eighth Edition is more effective and engaging than ever. Four exciting features deliver a dynamic, interactive introduction to cognitive psychology today: New InQuizitive science-based adaptive assessmentA pedagogical programme based on the "testing effect"New ZAPS 3.0 Interactive LabsAuthor-created Norton Teaching Tools and a new online Applying Cognitive Psychology reader
"They Say / I Say" / 6th edition
2024 || Paperback || Gerald Graff e.a. || Norton & Company
The essential little book that students love for demystifying academic writing, reading, and research.
Millions of students love "They Say / I Say" because it offers lively and practical advice they can use throughout their college career (and beyond). Now, students can learn how to connect their "I Say" to broader public conversations through a new chapter "In My Experience," and they will engage more deeply with their assigned readings thanks to new co-author Laura Davies's work on both a d...
Janeway's Immunobiology / 10th edition
2022 || Paperback || Kenneth Murphy e.a. || Norton & Company
Immunobiology is the premier text for immunology at the advanced undergraduate, graduate and medical school levels. Beginning students appreciate the book's clear writing and informative illustrations, while advanced students and working immunologists value its comprehensive scope. Every chapter is reviewed with experts to ensure accuracy, authority, currency and depth. The Tenth Edition is supported by InQuizitive, Norton's award-winning, easy-to-use adaptive learning tool that helps student...
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Atoms and Ashes
A Global History of Nuclear Disasters
2024 || Paperback || Serhii Plokhy || Norton & Company
Almost 145,000 Americans fled their homes in and around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in late March 1979, hoping to save themselves from an invisible enemy: radiation. The reactor at the nearby Three Mile Island nuclear power plant had gone into partial meltdown, and scientists feared an explosion that could spread radiation throughout the eastern United States. Thankfully, the explosion never took place-but the accident left deep scars in the American psyche, all but ending the nation's love aff...