Deakin Lecture 2008 - Biology, Technology and Ethics
The Brain That Changes Itself
$35.00 (Trade paperback / Scribe Publications )
An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging. It is, instead, able to change its own structure and function, e... More »
Neuroscience Of Psychotherapy
$44.95 (Hardcover book / W W Norton )
For years, the brain has been viewed as a relatively static entity, determined by the interaction of genetic preprogramming and early childhood experience. In contrast to this view, recent theoretical perspectives and te... More »
New Frontiers In Science And Technology Studies
$46.95 (Paperback book / Polity Press )
Steve Fuller has a reputation for setting the terms of debate within science and technology studies. In his latest book, New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies he charts the debates likely to be of relevance in ... More »
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
$25.00 (Trade paperback / Picador )
An illuminating book about the power of music, from the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. More »
Proust And The Squid The Story And Science Of The Reading Brain
$35.00 (Hardcover book / Icon Books )
We were never born to read, says Maryanne Wolf. No specific genes ever dictated reading's development. Human beings invented reading only a few thousand years ago. And with this invention, we changed the very organisatio... More »
Portrait Of The Brain
$49.95 (Hardcover book / Yale Univ Pr )
In this compelling book, neurologist Adam Zeman tells the stories of patients with a variety of neurological disorders, some familiar (epilepsy, chronic fatigue, stroke, memory loss) and others relatively mysterious (nar... More »
I Am A Strange Loop
$45.00 (Hardcover book / Basic Books )
Who are you really? Self-knowledge can be difficult, let alone knowing the minds of others, but Douglas Hofstadter has made it his life’s work to study the philosophy and science behind what it is to think, perceive, ima... More »
When The Air Hits Your Brain Tales From Neurosurgery
$20.95 (Paperback book / W W Norton )
With poignant insight and humor, When the Air Hits Your Brain chronicles one man’s evolution from naïve and ambitious young intern to world-class neurosurgeon. In electrifying detail, Frank Vertosick Jr. describes some o... More »
First Robots Rack N Roll
$70.00 (Paperback book / Rockport Books )
The second annual book highlighting the creativity and process behind 30 winning robot designs from the 18th annual, international FIRST Robotics Competition. The FIRST organization, founded by Dean Kamen (inventor of th... More »
Mindful Brain Reflection And Attunement In The Cultivation Of Well Being
$44.95 (Hardcover book / W W Norton )
Three human experiences have been documented as promoting well-being: secure attachment, mindfulness meditation, and effective psychotherapy. In his first professional book since the publication of "The Developing Mind" ... More »
Anxious Brain The Neurobiological Basis Of Anxiety Disordersand How To Effectively Treat Them
$42.95 (Hardcover book / W W Norton )
When it comes to anxiety, knowledge is a calming power. Therapists and the clients they treat benefit from understanding how anxiety is generated in the brain, how it can become panic or unbounded worry, and how the brai... More »
How The Mind Works
$26.95 (Paperback book / Penguin )
In this brilliant and controversial book, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading cognitive scientists, explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, interact, enjoy the arts and ... More »
Revolution In Mind Creation Of Psychoanalysis
$45.00 (Paperback book / Melb Univ Press )
A masterful history of one of the most important movements of our time, Revolution in Mind is a brilliant, engaging, and radically new work—the first ever to fully account for the making of psychoanalysis. In a sweeping ... More »
Science And Ethics
$45.00 (Paperback book / Cambridge Univ Pres )
In Science and Ethics, Bernard Rollin examines the ideology that denies the relevance of ethics to science. Providing an introduction to basic ethical concepts, he discusses a variety of ethical issues that are relevant ... More »
Recreating Medicine Ethical Issues At The Frontiers Of Medicine
$24.95 (Paperback book / Rowman & Littlefield )
In this important new book Gregory E. Pence looks at issues on the frontiers of medicine including gene therapy to produce 'brave new babies', cloning, human eggs and embryos for sale and experiments on human embryos. Pe... More »