Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aim by: Dr. Samantha Nutt, founder of War Child
Review by: Susy Lam, MSc. Candidate
“Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid” is a mesmerizing, terrifyingly truthful book about international development and aid, providing …
Still Alice by: Dr. Lisa Genova
Review by: Chelsea Lowther
As a scientist in training I am acutely aware that my single greatest asset is my mind. Everything we (academics) do on a daily basis requires Herculean cognitive effort. Whether …
Cognition in Major Depressive Disorder by: Roger S. McIntyre, Danielle S. Cha, and Joanna K. Soczynska
Review by: Jacqueline Veras & Danielle S. Cha
Cognition in Major Depressive Disorder is a concise pocketbook that provides its readers with an articulate …
Brain on Fire Author: Susannah Cahalan
Review By: Chelsea Lowther
We first meet Susannah Cahalan, a bright aspiring journalist at a prominent New York newspaper, facing the mundane problem of bed bugs in her new downtown apartment. However, not all …
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
303 pages
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
3.5 Stars
Review by: Rebecca M. Ruddy
In Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach explores the many ways human cadavers …
By Benjamin Mora
Sir Karl Popper stands as one of the greatest philosophers of science to have ever lived. Popper’s seminal text The Logic of Scientific Discovery is among the most influential works of 20th century philosophy. Originally published in …
By Winny Li
Her unquenchable curiosity doesn’t simply end at the strange lives of our body’s post-mortem and the possibility of an afterlife. In Bonk, Mary Roach forays into the provocative and perhaps most arousing subject of all: sex, and …
Review By: Jill Cates
Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science by Dr. Atul Gawande
A public health researcher, Rhodes Scholar, Harvard Medical School (HMS) graduate, former government health policy adviser, and staff writer for The New Yorker, Dr. …
Reviewed by: Brett Jones
Touched with Fire, by Kay Redfield Jamison
“We of the craft are all crazy, some are affected by gaity, others by melancholy, but all are more or less touched.” This quote by Lord Byron referring to …
By: Aaron Kucyi
Scientific research is often viewed as a means to an end. The goal may be to develop an effective medical therapy, to enhance our quality of life, or to keep us safe and secure. Practical Science is …
