Po Bronson Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

In Decoding the World, Po Bronson and Arvind Gupta-two renegade venture capitalists from Silicon Valley-take everyday news headlines and decode them, leading us on a journey through their twisted and highly entertaining view of the world. Each chapter is prefaced with a real-world headline ripped from today's chaotic news cycle: Trump's trade war. Dying bees. Rogue planets. Beyond Meat. Glaciers melting. Bronson and Gupta then decipher what's really going on behind these headlines, and why. What they offer is first-hand experience in funding technologies to solve these problems, most of which involve genetic engineering. But what the authors then do with that premise is always surprising and unexpected. In one paragraph they are ripping it down to the bare bones physics or chemistry, and in the very next paragraph invoking history, philosophy, or psychology-while using literary devices borrowed from the surrealists, along with storylines from popular movies. The narrative holds a tightrope suspense, as we wonder what they'll do next, or what brazen thing they'll say. Decoding the World is the kind of book you get when you give two guys $40 million, a world full of messy big problems, a genetics laboratory to play in, and a set of Borges' collected works. After looking through their lens, you'll never see the world the same.

Explores the physiological and behavioural science around what makes us succeed or fail. Discusses the stress response and the results of numerous scientific studies. Regales stories to compare stress reactions and brain function in competitive environments, from sky diving to the work place.

Nagrodzeni dziennikarze naukowi Po Bronson i Ashley Merryman pokazują, że wiele współczesnych strategii wychowawczych w rzeczywistości przynosi odwrotne skutki, ponieważ kluczowe aspekty nauki o rozwoju dzieci zostały pominięte. Autorzy omawiają odwrotną moc pochwał, dlaczego niewystarczająca ilość snu negatywnie wpływa na zdolność dzieci do nauki, dlaczego biali rodzice nie rozmawiają o rasie, dlaczego dzieci kłamią, dlaczego metody oceny "uzdolnień" oraz towarzyszące im programy nie działają, a także dlaczego rodzeństwo naprawdę się kłóci.

In 'Ouders opgelet!' worden baanbrekende, nieuwe inzichten geboden over de psychologie van het opvoeden. Op vlotte wijze en aan de hand van anekdotes behandelen de auteurs onderwerpen zoals: * Waarom hebben complimenten vaak een averechtse werking? * Hoe komt het dat ouders onbewust hun kinderen leren discrimineren? * Hoe kun je het beste omgaan met rebelse tieners? * Waarom liegen kinderen? * Wat is het verband tussen slaapgebrek, overgewicht en schoolprestaties? * Wat moet je doen als broers en zussen voortdurend ruzie maken? * Kun je een kind zelfbeheersing bijbrengen? * Hoe help je een kind het best met leren praten? De antwoorden op deze vragen zijn vaak tegenintuïtief: veel van onze algemeen geaccepteerde wijsheden blijken door de wetenschap achterhaald. 'Ouders opgelet!' biedt talrijke handvatten voor het opvoeden van kinderen, maar bovenal een meer begripvolle manier om met ze om te gaan.

Po Bronson's new book tackles the biggest, most threatening, most obvious question that anyone has to face, 'what should I do with my life?' It is a problem, he explains, that is increasingly encountered not just by the young but by people who have half their lives or more behind them. With the intoxicating days of the 80s and 90s behind us and the world entering recession, many people are being forced to confront their real aims and desires. And the modern route to self, discovery, Bronson suggests, is to trade what you have for a completely different way of life. Bronson's book is a fascinating account of finding and following people who have uprooted their lives and fought with these questions in radical ways. From the investment banker who gave it all up to become a catfish farmer in Mississippi, to the chemical enginner from Walthamstow who decided to become a lawyer in his sixties, and the institutional investor who gave up his job and moved, disastrously, to Germany on a whim; these stories of individual dilemma and dramatic - and sometimes unsuccessful - gambles are bound up with Bronson's account of his own search for a calling.

As a novelist and writer for Wired and other publications, Po Bronson has earned a reputation as the most exciting and authentic literary voice to emerge from Silicon Valley. In his national bestseller The Nudist on the Late Shift he tells the true story of the mostly under-thirty entrepreneurs and tech wizards, immigrants and investors, dreamers and visionaries, who see the Valley as their Mecca. Taking us inside the world of these newcomers, brainiacs, salespeople, headhunters, utopians, plutocrats, and innovators as they transform our culture, The Nudist on the Late Shift is a defining portrait of a new generation in the whirl of an information revolution and an international gold rush. Po Bronson is the author of two novels and one book of nonfiction. Bombardiers, a dark satire of high finance, was an international bestseller that was translated into twelve languages. The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, soon to be a feature film from 20th Century Fox, is a comedy of Silicon Valley. His third bestseller, The Nudist on the Late Shift and Other True Tales of Silicon Valley, demonstrates that Bronson's wit and imagination apply as well to nonfiction as to fiction.

Lloyd Acheson's firm, Omega Logic, needs a next-generation chip to keep his stock price propped up. Hank Menzinger squandered his research lab's cash reserves in a failed IPO and needs Omega Logic's support to save his institution. But master chip designer Francis Benoit's last chip for Omega was dumbed-down by software, and he's vowed to never let it happen again. New at the research lab is Andy Caspar, a young engineer who dreams of becoming a legendary "ironman" - one of the handful of engineers (like those behind Netscape, Apple, and Intel) whose technological breakthroughs have secured them a place in history. Andy begins work on a new project, not realizing the extent to which he's caught up in the power struggle of the older men. The story reveals the brutal, absurd side of the industry, as Andy pushes forth with his dream but is betrayed at every turn.

From the author of the #1 "New York Times" bestseller "What Should I Do with My Life"?, "Bombardiers" is Po Bronson's first novel, a devastating satire of the business world told through the lens of a crazed and colorful group of salespeople forced to push increasingly absurd financial products.