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At the liberation of France, the country was covered in mines, planted by the Germans, the Allies and the Resistance during the conflict. The population were fearful of resuming normal life in the face of this danger: France had to remove the mines. Thus in 1945, mine clearance was invented, as before then no-one had any idea how to defuse these weapons of death! Who would be given the heavy responsibility of leading this task ? What did it involve ? What role did the German prisonners of war play ? Danièle Voldman, a historian, is the research director of the CNRS (Institute of Contemporary History).

Dietetics of the Brain (The) - New Edition

Jean-Marie Bourre

The Dietetics of the Brain New Edition

How should we eat to think well and work productively? J.-M. Bourre, a neurotoxicologist, celebrates the pleasures of a greedy brain, a gastronomical brain. He takes us on a fascinating exploration of the complex chemistry which links our brain to our plate in the world of proteins, vitamins, mineral salts, and lipids. By providing the keys to proper nutrition, this book shows the way to greater mental awareness, energy, health and fulfilment, while respecting the real needs of both the body and the brain that most crucial organ. Throughout the book, pleasure (adapted to every budget) remains one of the authors main concerns.

Jean-Didier Vincent

The Biology of Passions (New Edition)

"A fascinating book, which demonstrates that the ensemble of the brain, neurons, and synapses is literally immersed in a chemical sea. We must rid ourselves of the notion that the brain is a supercomputer." Le Figaro

Michael S. Gazzaniga

The Social Brain

This book investigates the concepts of the "right brain" and the "left brain". According to the author the brain is most certainly made up of relatively autonomous modules which react independantly to environmental pressures. At least one of the modules, situated on the left side of the brain, is responsible for the interpretation of answers which may be contradictory with others, whereas yet another module on the same side translates into words the result of this interpretation. So, instead of being a unique, monolithic system that we imagined, the brain would appear to be a collectivity of systems - a social brain. This approach enlightens us as to the functioning of the human brain, and according to Gazzaniga, affects the very roots of our belief systems and societies. Renowned American neurologist, Michael Gazzaniga is Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Division of Cornell University and chairman of Neuropsychology.

Stanislas Dehaene

A Good Head for Maths

This book on experimental psychology is clear and rigorous, precise and alert - it is instructive and incites us to think...

Christophe André

Imperfect, free and Happy How to Live in Friendship with Yourself

This book shows how not to drown in your own issues and how to rediscover a harmonious relationship with yourself and with the world, so as to achieve the goal of true fulfilment.

Crazy History of Crazy Ideas in Psychiatry (The)

Boris Cyrulnik, Patrick Lemoine

The Crazy History of Crazy Ideas in Psychiatry

A lively and illuminating perspective on the history of a discipline that is still young. Unusual reflections on the future of treatment for psychiatric illness, based on past mistakes. Suggestions for helping the near future to become the Golden Age of psychiatry.

Pierre-Noël Giraud

Redundant People

‘Redundant people’: at the centre of our economic policies

David Elbaz

Another Way of Looking at the Universe The art of seeing the invisible

An overview of the major issues in astrophysics and cosmology. “Dark” matter and energy are undetectable: either they don’t in fact exist, or we don’t know how to see them... Above and beyond the astrophysical phenomena themselves, this book offers epistemological reflections that are only rarely addressed.

José Moraïs

The Art of Reading

José Moraïs analyzes the different methods with which we learn to read and presents the various therapeutic possibilities offered to those who do not master the art of reading .

Michel Brunet

From Abel to Toumaï Nomad and Bone-Seeker

Pascal Picq

Who will take power? Great apes, Politicians or Robots

Like Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind… with a dash of humour and a knowledge of prehistory too! Transhumanism, which is at the core of this book, is the subject of the moment.

Boris Cyrulnik

wounded souls

Following the immense success of the first volume, Boris Cyrulnik continues his memoirs and offers us an extraordinary life lesson

Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont

Intellectual Impostures

In spring 1996, a American journal published an article in which the author Alan Sokal, supported his ideas with quotations from famous intellectuals, both French and American...

Jacques Delors

One Man's Wholeness Conversations with Dominique Wolton

Jean Jouzel, Pierre Larrouturou

To avoid climate and financial chaos

America First! Donald Trump decided to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement. Europa First! We want Europe to be the first to prove “grandeur nature,” to show that not only is safeguarding the climate not an obstacle to social well-being, but that the struggle against climate deregulation is a powerful means to fight against unemployment and insecurity.

Jean Audouze, Jean-Claude Carrière, Michel Cassé

New Developments in the Invisible World

Jean Audouze is Director of Research Emeritus at CNRS (the National Centre for Scientific Research). Michel Cassé is an astrophysicist, Director of Research at the Atomic Energy Commission and Associate Research Scientist at the Paris Institute of Astrophysics. Screenwriter, playwright and writer Jean-Claude Carrière is the author of best-sellers.