FiveBooks Newsletter 55
This week on FiveBooks, we invited autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen to
discuss books on [5]empathy’s role in our science and society, novelist
Imraan Coovadia to talk about [6]South African fiction, and Roman Catholic
scientist Kenneth Miller to give the [7]argument against creationism, among
more.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-baron-cohen-on-empathy
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/imraan-coovadia-on-south-african-fiction
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenneth-miller-on-arguments-against-creationism
Required reading next week includes interviews on wine, the cosmos and Cuba
… and journalism professor Jay Rosen picks five online articles on media in
the internet age.
Explore our full archive [8]here.
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
FiveBooks News
[9]Simon Baron-Cohen on Empathy
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-baron-cohen-on-empathy
Friday July 15
The autism expert tells us about the links between empathy and language, and
says our acts of cruelty to one another have at their root a failure to
empathise [10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-baron-cohen-on-empathy
[11]Ellen de Bruin on Women and Happiness
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ellen-de-bruin-on-women-and-happiness
Thursday July 14
The Dutch science journalist takes a light-hearted look at national
stereotypes, why Dutch women are happy, and what it means to be blonde
[12]Continue reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ellen-de-bruin-on-women-and-happiness
[13]Kenneth Miller on Arguments against Creationism
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenneth-miller-on-arguments-against-creationism
Wednesday July 13
The biology professor, and Catholic, tells us what we should read to
understand the battle being fought between scientists and creationists
[14]Continue reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenneth-miller-on-arguments-against-creationism
[15]Imraan Coovadia on South African Fiction
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/imraan-coovadia-on-south-african-fiction
Tuesday July 12
The South African novelist gives us an unvarnished view of the writer’s
life, and explains how literature told the story of apartheid and why comedy
is the easiest way to talk about race [16]Continue reading…
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/imraan-coovadia-on-south-african-fiction
[17]Gregory Long on Gardening
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gregory-long-on-gardening
Monday July 11
The president of the New York Botanical Garden tells us about the books that
all aspiring gardeners should have on their bookshelves, from reference
works to the most fun guide to making the best of your garden [18]Continue
reading…
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gregory-long-on-gardening
[19]Andy Stern on Bringing Change to America
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andy-stern-on-bringing-change-america
Sunday July 10
The former union boss shares his reading list for American progressives, and
tells us what makes a good leader and how it takes only a few committed
people to bring change [20]Continue reading…
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andy-stern-on-bringing-change-america
[21]The Unselfish Gene
Links:
21. http://b.rw/o0CUtY
Yochai Benkler | HBR | 4 July 2011
Superb essay challenging notion of innate human selfishness and the rational
actor theory. Biology, sociology, experimental economics, political science.
All contain powerful ideas about natural cooperation [22]More like this
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Featured Topic
[23]Football
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/topics/soccer
A collection of hand-picked articles and interviews with leading authorities
on the biggest sport in the world [24]Read on
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/topics/soccer
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[25]The Devil in Dover by Lauri Lebo
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/devil-dover-by-lauri-lebo
[26]Kenneth Miller says: _“For anyone looking for insight into the debate
about creationism you couldn’t pick a better book”_ [27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenneth-miller-on-arguments-against-creationism
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[28]Amnesty TV's Birthday Stunt
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/amnesty-tvs-birthday-stunt
"Thanks to Iran, Saudi Arabia, China for keeping us in business"
[29]More videos
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[30]Muhammad Ali, on ageing
Links:
30. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ricky-gervais/lifes-too-short-to-go-with-the-flow_b_895005.html
"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30
years of his life"
[31]More quotes
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
_@polit2k_ This media is corrupt – we need a Hippocratic oath for
journalists | George Monbiot | The Guardian –
http://goo.gl/KoiBD [33]#browsings
[34]More like this
Links:
33. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
34. http://thebrowser.com/browsings