W.W. Norton Summaries and Reviews

See all summaries and reviews from W.W. Norton at a glance.

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Hello World

Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
Hannah Fry
W.W. Norton, 2018
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In Search of Memory

The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
Eric R. Kandel
W.W. Norton, 2006
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Are We There Yet?

The American Automobile: Past, Present, and Driverless
Dan Albert
W.W. Norton, 2019
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Our America

A Hispanic History of the United States
Felipe Fernández-Armesto
W.W. Norton, 2014
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John J. Mearsheimer
W.W. Norton, 2014
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You Have More Influence Than You Think

How We Underestimate Our Power of Persuasion, and Why It Matters
Vanessa Bohns
W.W. Norton, 2021
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Faster, Higher, Farther

The Volkswagen Scandal
Jack Ewing
W.W. Norton, 2017
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Why You Eat What You Eat

The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food
Rachel Herz
W.W. Norton, 2017
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Arguing with Zombies

Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
Paul Krugman
W.W. Norton, 2020
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Swearing Is Good for You

The Amazing Science of Bad Language
Emma Byrne
W.W. Norton, 2018
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Mistrust

Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them
Ethan Zuckerman
W.W. Norton, 2021
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Super Pumped

The Battle for Uber
Mike Isaac
W.W. Norton, 2019
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The Triumph of Injustice

How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay
Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez
W.W. Norton, 2019
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Aroused

The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything
Randi Hutter Epstein M.D.
W.W. Norton, 2018
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Fareed Zakaria
W.W. Norton, 2020
9 Book

Symphony in C

Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything
Robert M. Hazen
W.W. Norton, 2019
9 Book

The Intelligence Trap

Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
David Robson
W.W. Norton, 2019
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The Pandemic Century

One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris
Mark Honigsbaum
W.W. Norton, 2019
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Grunt

The Curious Science of Humans at War
Mary Roach
W.W. Norton, 2016
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These Truths

A History of the United States
Jill Lepore
W.W. Norton, 2018
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Steven Pinker
W.W. Norton, 2009
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Machine, Platform, Crowd

Harnessing Our Digital Future
Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson
W.W. Norton, 2017
8 Book
Lynn Hunt
W.W. Norton, 2008
8 Book

The Management Myth

Debunking Modern Business Philosophy
Matthew Stewart
W.W. Norton, 2009
7 Book

The End of Alchemy

Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy
Mervyn King
W.W. Norton, 2016
8 Book

Superfandom

How Our Obsessions are Changing How We Buy and Who We Are
Zoe Fraade-Blanar and Aaron M. Glazer
W.W. Norton, 2017
8 Book

Gunfight

The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America
Adam Winkler
W.W. Norton, 2013
8 Book

The Shallows

What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Nicholas Carr
W.W. Norton, 2010
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Guns, Germs, and Steel

The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
W.W. Norton, 2005
8 Book

The Soul of Money

Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life
Lynne Twist
W.W. Norton, 2017
8 Book

The Nature Fix

Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
Florence Williams
W.W. Norton, 2017
9 Book

Indelible Ink

The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of America’s Free Press
Richard Kluger
W.W. Norton, 2016
8 Book

The China Challenge

Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power
Thomas J. Christensen
W.W. Norton, 2015
8 Book

How to Speak Money

What the Money People Say – and What It Really Means
John Lanchester
W.W. Norton, 2014
7 Book

The Rise and Fall of Nations

Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
Ruchir Sharma
W.W. Norton, 2016
9 Book

The End of Plenty

The Race to Feed a Crowded World
Joel K. Bourne Jr
W.W. Norton, 2015
9 Book

Pinpoint

How GPS Is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds
Greg Milner
W.W. Norton, 2016
8 Book

Platform Revolution

How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You
Geoffrey G. Parker et al.
W.W. Norton, 2016
8 Book

Economics Rules

The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science
Dani Rodrik
W.W. Norton, 2015
7 Book

Applied Minds

How Engineers Think
Guru Madhavan
W.W. Norton, 2015
9 Book

The Great Divide

Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
Joseph E. Stiglitz
W.W. Norton, 2015
9 Book

Data and Goliath

The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
Bruce Schneier
W.W. Norton, 2015
9 Book
Fareed Zakaria
W.W. Norton, 2015
9 Book

Misbehaving

The Making of Behavioral Economics
Richard H. Thaler
W.W. Norton, 2015
8 Book

Building a Better Teacher

How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone)
Elizabeth Green
W.W. Norton, 2014
9 Book

The Glass Cage

Automation and Us
Nicholas Carr
W.W. Norton, 2014
9 Book

Boomerang

Travels in the New Third World
Michael Lewis
W.W. Norton, 2012
9 Book

Flash Boys

A Wall Street Revolt
Michael Lewis
W.W. Norton, 2014