Redefining Reality - The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science

Barabasi, Albert-Laszlo. Linked: The New Science of Networks. Cambridge,
MA: Perseus, 2002. A generally accessible discussion of the ways in which
interconnected systems affect what seem to be independent entities. Barabasi
argues that phenomena that seem random are not once we adopt a larger
systemic perspective in which chaotic systems are actually well governed by
basic rules.
Bell, E. T. Men of Mathematics. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1937. A
classic text in the history of mathematics; offers biographical accounts of the
the 20 th century.
Bernays, Edward. Propaganda. New York: Ig, 2005. Reminiscent of
Machiavelli’s The Prince, this is a discussion about the ways in which
human psychology can be intentionally manipulated to gain and secure
wealth and power.
Blum, Deborah.
Affection. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2002. A biography of
psychologist Harry Harlow; sheds light on his life and his famous work
on the effects of the childhoods of rhesus monkeys on their ultimate
development as well-adjusted or maladjusted adults.
Bowler, Peter J. . Berkeley: University
of California Press, 1983. A history of the concept of evolution from pre-
Darwinian to post-Darwinian accounts by one of the preeminent historians
Bradbury, Ray. “A Sound of Thunder.” In
Stories. New York: William Morrow, 2005. Bradbury’s famous story about
time-traveling dinosaur hunters whose carelessness leads to changes in the
course of history.
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