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The Frontal Cortex
Organization, Networks, and Function
ISBN: 9780262549530
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
An in-depth investigation of the structure, neuronal mechanisms, and computations of the frontal lobe that enable higher-level thought.
Jobs, Health, and the Meaning of Work
ISBN: 9780262548694
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
A first-of-its-kind analysis using public health and economics research to illuminate how jobs affect our well-being.
Tornado of Life
A Doctor's Journey through Constraints and Creativity in the ER
ISBN: 9780262548427
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 18, 2024
Stories from the ER: a doctor shows how empathy, creativity, and imagination are the cornerstones of clinical care.
Sex and the Planet
What Opt-In Reproduction Could Do for the Globe
ISBN: 9780262547987
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 28, 2024
What if human reproduction was always elective? A prominent bioethicist speculates about the possibilities—and the likely consequences.
Crowded Out
The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare
ISBN: 9780262548038
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 21, 2024
An eye-opening investigation into charitable crowdfunding for healthcare in the United States—and the consequences of allowing healthcare access to be decided by the digital crowd.
Underbelly
Childhood Diarrhea and the Hidden Local Realities of Global Health
ISBN: 9780262547765
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 14, 2024
An unsettling exploration of the hidden power dynamics of global health, seen through the lens of childhood diarrhea and its treatment within the Guatemalan context.
The Heart of the Brain
The Hypothalamus and Its Hormones
ISBN: 9780262551939
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 30, 2024
How hormonal signals in one small structure of the brain—the hypothalamus—govern our physiology and behavior.
The Human Disease
How We Create Pandemics, from Our Bodies to Our Beliefs
ISBN: 9780262048859
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 9, 2024
How the very fact of being human makes us vulnerable to pandemics—and gives us the power to save ourselves.
Inducing Immunity?
Justifying Immunization Policies in Times of Vaccine Hesitancy
ISBN: 9780262547796
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 26, 2024
Why immunization must be made mandatory in times of vaccine hesitancy, and how we can design and implement immunization policies in a practical, trustworthy, and democratic way.
The Frontal Cortex
Organization, Networks, and Function
ISBN: 9780262549530
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
An in-depth investigation of the structure, neuronal mechanisms, and computations of the frontal lobe that enable higher-level thought.
Jobs, Health, and the Meaning of Work
ISBN: 9780262548694
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
A first-of-its-kind analysis using public health and economics research to illuminate how jobs affect our well-being.
Tornado of Life
A Doctor's Journey through Constraints and Creativity in the ER
ISBN: 9780262548427
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 18, 2024
Stories from the ER: a doctor shows how empathy, creativity, and imagination are the cornerstones of clinical care.
Sex and the Planet
What Opt-In Reproduction Could Do for the Globe
ISBN: 9780262547987
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 28, 2024
What if human reproduction was always elective? A prominent bioethicist speculates about the possibilities—and the likely consequences.
Crowded Out
The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare
ISBN: 9780262548038
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 21, 2024
An eye-opening investigation into charitable crowdfunding for healthcare in the United States—and the consequences of allowing healthcare access to be decided by the digital crowd.
Underbelly
Childhood Diarrhea and the Hidden Local Realities of Global Health
ISBN: 9780262547765
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 14, 2024
An unsettling exploration of the hidden power dynamics of global health, seen through the lens of childhood diarrhea and its treatment within the Guatemalan context.
The Heart of the Brain
The Hypothalamus and Its Hormones
ISBN: 9780262551939
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 30, 2024
How hormonal signals in one small structure of the brain—the hypothalamus—govern our physiology and behavior.
The Human Disease
How We Create Pandemics, from Our Bodies to Our Beliefs
ISBN: 9780262048859
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 9, 2024
How the very fact of being human makes us vulnerable to pandemics—and gives us the power to save ourselves.
Inducing Immunity?
Justifying Immunization Policies in Times of Vaccine Hesitancy
ISBN: 9780262547796
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 26, 2024
Why immunization must be made mandatory in times of vaccine hesitancy, and how we can design and implement immunization policies in a practical, trustworthy, and democratic way.