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William Labov, Who Studied How Society Shapes Language, Dies at 97
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Joseph Halpern from computer science, Jamie Robins and Sander Greenland from epidemiology, Chris Winship from sociology, and Don Rubin and
Dana Mackenzie • The Book of Why
The artist is a discoverer, not an inventor.
Elan Ullendorff • Thinking outside "outside the box"
Joseph Henrich uses leading-edge research in anthropology, psychology, economics and evolutionary biology to explore how changing family structures, marriage practices and religious beliefs in the Middle Ages shaped the Western mind, laying the foundations for the world we know today.
Joseph Henrich • The Weirdest People In The World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
creator of the Smithsonian Museum’s “Programs in Black Culture,” and one of the leading authorities on Black American music culture,
Leonard Brown • John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music
success of the Jamaica Project allowed the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Davenport, to announce plans for a global study to identify mixed-race individuals as a first step toward their elimination in favor of “racially pure stock.”8
Clyde W. Ford • Think Black: A Memoir
is the absolutists among these groups who have been anti-Semitic.