Book Reviews

The ultimate scientific FAQ collection for expecting parents! “The Seed Of Intelligence“, the second book in the Your Baby’s Developing Brain series by Dr. Chong Chen, research scientist at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan, takes an in-depth look at what makes for optimal nutrition and a healthy lifestyle for expecting mothers and how to

A great resource for expecting parents and brain development enthusiasts, Dr. Chong Chen’s newest book, “Psychology For Pregnancy“, is where you will discover which healthy baby steps need to be taken before, during, and after the pregnancy period in order to ensure a newborn’s best physical and psychological start into this world.

Scientific data to nourish the motivation for physical fitness with the goal to power up and boost mental activities? Yes, please! “Fitness Powered Brains“ by Dr. Chong Chen, research scientist at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan, offers a collection of data that support the importance of physical exercise in psychological well-being and mental productivity

You will never think about the 24-hour day the same way once you finish reading this book! Jean Paul Zogby’s “The Power of Time Perception” is the mother lode when it comes to up-to-date, evidence-based information on how we experience time and what can be done in order to enhance the satisfaction of having lived

For all you curiosity-driven and knowledge-thirsty fellow mammals, I bring great news! 🙂 Essential theoretical and practical information about animal and human cognition, behavior and neurochemical dynamics, along with strategies to create your path to neurochemical happiness, is now available in new book formats: “Science of Positivity” and “Habits of a Happy Brain“, authored by Dr.

“Wow“. An academic, reverence-, gratitude-, and newly-replenished-inspiration-filled “Wow”. This is what best describes my overall, unmediated reaction after reading “Scientists Making A Difference” – a great new book published in August by Cambridge University Press that I was lucky enough to be invited to review and thus be able to witness the early moments in the development

“The Humans” was one of my holiday reads. It is a book I would’ve probably never picked up to read based on its 4th cover description. It was given to me as a present and because it was different than what I would usually choose to read, I took it as a challenge and started

“The Atheist’s Mass” is a short story written by Honoré de Balzac in 1836, that was later included in “The Human Comedy (orig. “La Comédie Humaine”), a comprehensive novel and short story collection. Although a short text (around 20 pages long), this story contains a variety of powerful messages, ranging from social aspects to morals

  “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1892. It depicts the experience of a woman who, while spending Summer together with her husband and his sister in a beautiful colonial mansion, struggles to deal with the monotonous daily life she is constrained to live as a result of

I could not believe how flat I found “Flatland”… at least in the beginning. This 19th-century satirical novella is a wonderful depiction of the social shortcomings of the Victorian Era and a skilled mathematical introduction into the world of multi-dimensions, but regarding the writing style, I found it rather monotonous. Literarily, it’s a flop. Philosophically,