A Very Short Tour of the Mind. 21 Short Walks Around the Human Brain, Paperback - Michael Corballis

How do we know if we're really the top dogs in brain power? Does our creativity stem solely from the right brain? From language to standing upright...

In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives...

Reducere. In the past fifty years scientists have begun to discover how the human brain functions. In this book Wilder Penfield, whose work has been at the f...

How do we define consciousness or intentionality? Is the neurophysiology of pain all there is to pain? How do words and mental pictures come to rep...

Drawing on examples from across the globe and throughout history, Andrew Kahn explores the key characteristics of the short story. He shows how its...

Adrian Wilkinson reviews the historical development of human resource management, showing how the changes in political, legal, and macroeconomic sp...

A voyage through the mind to discover what consciousness really is, and what we can learn when it goes awry.Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General D...

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Publisher: Dalesman Publishing Co LtdIllustration(s): maps and line illustrationsNumber of pages: 32Collection: Walks AroundPublication date: 2012D...

This book explores the field of human physiology, considering the interplay of physiological mechanisms and principles and how they come together t...

Susan Greenfield, one of the world's pre-eminent scientists, takes the reader on a guided tour of the final frontier in human understanding: the br...

The Koran has constituted a remarkably resilient core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. In...

The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. New fossil evidence is adding ever more pieces to the puzzle of our past; the new science of anc...

Reducere. What is a flash fiction called in other countries? In Latin America it is amicro, in Denmark kortprosa, in Bulgaria mikro razkaz. These short short...

Deals with the Pendle district in East Lancashire. This title features twenty walks that use starting points such as Barley, Wycoller, Foulridge an...

Eminent biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan offers here a wide-ranging and stimulating exploration of the Old Testament, illuminating its importance...

Martin Heidegger is one of the twentieth century's greatest yet most enigmatic and divisive philosophers. Michael Inwood explores the major themes ...

We make choices all the time--about how to spend our money, about how to spend our time, about what to do with our lives. And we are also constantl...

Volcanoes are some of the most dramatic expressions of the powerful tectonic forces at work in the Earth beneath our feet. But volcanism, a profoun...

Reducere. This book presents an introduction to one of the most important treaties ever written, the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I i...

The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the ...

Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reason...

Exploring the role of socialism over the last two hundred years, Michael Newman explains its major theories, and the key challenges facing it today...

In this valuable introduction, Michael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give us a...

In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Land introduces all aspects of the eye and vision in both human and animals. He looks at the features of t...

Korea, long in the shadows of its neighbours China and Japan, is now the object of considerable interest. This book focuses on answering several hi...

Reducere. With his well-known idiosyncrasies and aphoristic style, Friedrich Nietzsche is always bracing and provocative, and temptingly easy to dip into. Mi...

DescriptionMusic has been examined from multiple perspectives: as a product of human history, for example, or a product of human culture. But there...

Reducere. The Spinning Mind is an exploration of the creative process, of the mind as it plots a narrative and builds characters. The thirteen stories includ...

Reducere. Revised and updated throughout, Human Geography: A Short Introduction, Second Edition, is an ideal choice for professors who prefer the flexibility...

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Originating in the pioneering work of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, and Ludwig Wittgenstein in the four decades around the turn of ...

Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attenti...

Publisher: Kittiwake PressAuthor(s): Michael BurnettNumber of pages: 40Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 211 x 144 x 4Cover type: Paperback / softb...

A user-friendly manual, written with a deft style and wry humour, to the inner workings of one of nature's most miraculous but misunderstood creati...

Richard Whatmore examines the diverse, interconnected relationships between political history, theory, and action. Considering the work of Michel F...

DescriptionA pop-culture presentation of the Integral Approach from visionary genius Ken Wilber, designed as an easy introduction to his work. What...

The Arctic is a complex space. This book considers the competing elements surrounding the region, from geopolitical claims on its rich resources to...

The Mughal Empire dominated India politically, culturally, socially, economically and environmentally, from its foundation by Babur, a Central Asia...