An Existential Study in Sanity and MadnessFirst published in 1960, this watershed work aimed to make madness comprehensible, and in doing so revolutionized the way we perceive mental illness. Using case studies of patients...R. Laing
Penguin Books Ltd
martes, 2 de marzo de 2021
Freud's epoch-making insights revolutionized our perception of the self, forming the foundation for psychoanalysis; here he presents his theory of an innate 'death drive' - arguing...Sigmund Freud
Penguin Books Ltd
martes, 2 de marzo de 2021
This new translation of The Future of an Illusion is for the first time paired with Oskar Pfister's powerful response, "The Illusion of a Future" (1928).Sigmund Freud
Penguin Books Ltd
martes, 2 de marzo de 2021
This is Freud?s groundbreaking study of a wealthy young Russian man, subject to psychotic episodes and neuroses. Through the patient?s dream of childhood wolves, Freud was able to ...Freud, Sigmund
Penguin
martes, 2 de marzo de 2021
In his most extraordinary book, Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. These are case studies of...Sacks, Oliver
Pan Books
sábado, 27 de febrero de 2021
Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and HappinessOffering a groundbreaking study of the application of the science of choice, a guide that uses colorful examples from all aspects of life demonstrates how it is possible to design ...Richard H. Thaler Cass R....
Penguin Books Ltd
jueves, 18 de febrero de 2021
Simple to ComplexPresents instructions for folding thirty-nine origami models, from geometrical figures to an elephant--each made from a single sheet of paper--that emphasize the mathematical princ...John Montroll
Dover Publications
miércoles, 17 de febrero de 2021
How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100Uses interviews with numerous top scientists to offer a vision of the year 2100 and how the science of the day will shape society and the everyday lives of people.Michio Kaku
Vintage
viernes, 12 de febrero de 2021
"A startling view of man, stripped of the facade we try so hard to hide behind." In view of man's awesome creativity and resourcefulness, we may be inclined to regard him as descen...Desmond Morris
Dell
miércoles, 10 de febrero de 2021
Bad Genes Or Bad Luck?Discusses the causes and mechanisms of extinction, drawing on the fields of paleontology and statistics to chronicle the histories of extinct speciesDavid M. Raup
New York : W.W. Norton, c1991.
miércoles, 3 de febrero de 2021
A study of what would happen to Earth if the human presence was removed examines our legacy for the planet, from the objects that would vanish without human intervention to those t...Alan Weisman,
Picador
miércoles, 3 de febrero de 2021
The Story of a NumberIn this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor protrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number e.Eli Maor
Princeton University Press, 1994.
miércoles, 3 de febrero de 2021
How the Human Brain Defies Replication, Medication, and ExplanationA respected journalist explores the fields of science that try to explain the mysteries of the human mind, arguing that science has done little to plumb the depths of our minds and...John Horgan
New York ; Simon & Schuster, 2000.
miércoles, 3 de febrero de 2021
Biology, History and the Evolutionary FutureThis study is an attempt to bring genetics and evolution more into the public domain. It looks at genetic engineering and the social issues it raises, as well as considerations of ...Steve Jones
London : Flamingo, 2000.
miércoles, 3 de febrero de 2021
Evolution Beyond Natural SelectionTaking a close-up look at the complexities of evolution, the author of Virus X and The Forgotten Plague explores the role of interaction among species in promoting the diversity of...Frank Ryan
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002.
miércoles, 3 de febrero de 2021
Taming the InfiniteThis visually stunning volume takes the reader on an illustrated tour of mathematics across cultures and civilizations, bringing to life a world of important ideas and-rarely suppo...Ian Stewart
QUERCUS
miércoles, 3 de febrero de 2021
MRI from Picture to Proton presents the basics of MR practice and theory in a unique way: backwards! The subject is approached just as a new MR practitioner would encounter MRI: st...Donald W. McRobbie Elizab...
Cambridge University Press
miércoles, 3 de febrero de 2021
The Big IdeaLooks at ideas and achievements in science, including microfilm, the telephone, noble gases, and the parachute, as were reported in the pages of Scientific American.David H. Levy Scientific ...
Pocket Books
miércoles, 3 de febrero de 2021
A BiographyThe Universe: A Biography makes cosmology accessible to everyone. John Gribbin navigates the latest frontiers of scientific discovery to tell us what we really know about the histo...John Gribbin
Allen Lane
miércoles, 3 de febrero de 2021
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