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On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review'Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?'
By JEANETTE WINTERSON
| BEST SELLERSBack PageSeeing Is UnbelievingBy PHILIP KITCHER
The conviction that science can resolve all questions is known as "scientism." Alex Rosenberg embraces the label.
TBRInside the ListBy GREGORY COWLES
Jonathan Haidt, whose book "The Righteous Mind" is at No. 6 on the hardcover nonfiction list, gets at people's moral beliefs by asking questions that might be heard at a seventh-grade slumber party.
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Book Review Podcast
This week, Jeanette Winterson discusses her new memoir; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Jonathan Haidt talks about his new book, "The Righteous Mind"; Charles McGrath revisits a golden age of golf; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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