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.

Award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science of child development have been overlooked. The authors discuss the inverse power of praise, why insufficient sleep adversely affects kids' capacity to learn, why white parents don't talk about race, why kids lie, why evaluation methods for "giftedness" and accompanying programs don't work, and why siblings really fight.

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.

“Brimming with stories of sacrifice, courage, commitment and, sometimes, failure, the book will support anyone pondering a major life choice or risk without force-feeding them pat solutions.”—Publishers Weekly In What Should I Do with My Life? Po Bronson tells the inspirational true stories of people who have found the most meaningful answers to that great question. With humor, empathy, and insight, Bronson writes of remarkable individuals—from young to old, from those just starting out to those in a second career—who have overcome fear and confusion to find a larger truth about their lives and, in doing so, have been transformed by the experience. What Should I Do with My Life? struck a powerful, resonant chord on publication, causing a multitude of people to rethink their vocations and priorities and start on the path to finding their true place in the world. For this edition, Bronson has added nine new profiles, to further reflect the range and diversity of those who broke away from the chorus to learn the sound of their own voice.

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.

La empresa de Lloyd Acheson, Omega Logic, necesita un chip de próxima generación para mantener su precio de acciones. Hank Menzinger ha malgastado las reservas de efectivo de su laboratorio de investigación en una oferta pública inicial fallida y necesita el apoyo de Omega Logic para salvar su institución. Pero el último chip del maestro diseñador de chips Francis Benoit para Omega fue simplificado por el software, y ha prometido que no volverá a suceder. Nuevo en el laboratorio de investigación está Andy Caspar, un joven ingeniero que sueña con convertirse en un legendario "ironman", uno de los pocos ingenieros cuyos avances tecnológicos les han asegurado un lugar en la historia. Andy comienza a trabajar en un nuevo proyecto, sin darse cuenta de la medida en que está atrapado en la lucha de poder de los hombres mayores. La historia revela el lado brutal y absurdo de la industria, mientras Andy avanza con su sueño pero es traicionado en cada giro.

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.