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Henri Atlan
Postgenomic Life, or What is Self-organisation?)
We spontaneously associate the idea of organisation with that of human production: the fruit of artistic endeavour or rational planning...
Danièle Brun
Mothers in Capital Letters
The image in question is not so much a representation of the Mother in Majesty with her child...
Christophe André
Therapists Secrets: What You Must Know to Feel Fine
In this book, a number of renowned psychotherapists, psychiatrists and psychologists draw on their vast experience to share with the reader the numerous methods they apply to themselves, in order to feel better.
André Brahic
Of Fire and Ice Ardent Planets
A journey through the Universe to explore the mysteries of giant planets
Philippe Pédrot
Judging What Cannot Be Decided The Body Seized by the Law
This is a careful study of the cataclysm that biomedical technology has wreaked on procreation, gestation, life and death.
Christian Rémésy
Sustainable Food
The author explains how to establish eating habits that are truly preventive.
Chris Frith
How the Brain Creates Our Mental World
“…a fascinating guided tour through the elusive interface between mind and brain written by a pioneer in the field. The author’s obvious passion for the subject shines through every page.” V. S. Ramachandran
Georges Duby
History Continues
“I have undertaken to talk, soberly and informally, of my profession...
Laurence Podselver
Hasidism: The Jews of France in the Face of Fundamentalism
Based on years of study, this unusual anthropological study, helps us understand the individual itineraries that explain why so many Jews...
Anne de Kervasdoué
Women and Hormonal Treatments
A subject that concerns many women as they approach menopause.
Luc Ferry, Axel Kahn
Legalize Euthanasia?
Based on a comparison of euthanasia legislation in several countries and an analysis of specific cases revealing the paradoxes of contemporary individualistic values...
Albert Goldbeter
Oscillating Life At the Heart of Life Rhythms
This book offers the first synthesis of existing knowledge on the rhythms of life, as observed at different levels of biological organisation.
Michel Delage, Boris Cyrulnik
Family and Resilience
This book delves further into the notion of resilience, examining it in the light of the family group.
Antoine Garapon
Neoliberal Justice
An indispensable tool of critical thought to reach an independent opinion.
Nicolas Baumard
What Are the Bases of Morality?
Why are we moral? The great classical philosophical theories are examined here in the light of the latest research in the areas of ethology, psychology and the cognitive sciences as they relate to the natural foundations of morality.
Laurent Schmitt
The Paradoxes of Free Time
Does more leisure time mean more time or more constraints?
Jacques Lesourne, Denis Randet
Research and Innovation in France FutuRIS 2010
A standard work for an understanding of innovation in France and of the means at its disposal...
Roland Coutanceau
The Injuries of Intimacy
How can evil be understood? How can we apprehend the barbaric potential of some human beings? The need for large-scale information, prevention and education is underlined here
Roger-Pol Droit
Living Today With Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca and All the Others
What have we lost by forgetting the teachings of Antiquity? And what can we find out for our own time by rediscovering the Classics?
Anka Muhlstein
Balzac at Table
A luminous essay of “literary gastronomy” for food lovers as well as for anyone interested in the nineteenth-century novel
Jean-Marc Cosset
Paris Sniper
A mad gunman is on the loose and as the corpses pile up with no apparent connection the tension in Paris builds up — until the final dramatic climax.
Alain Prochiantz
Darwin: 200 Years
More than an homage to a great scientist, this book, written by eminent specialists, is a perfect introduction to understanding the impact of Darwinism on contemporary thinking and science
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...
Bernard Lechevalier
Mozart’s Brain
The author uses some of the most iconic incidents from Mozart’s life as a springboard to explore the mechanisms of musical perception.
Nicolas Offenstadt
1914-18 Today The Great War in Contemporary France
A complete history of the “memory” of the Great War in the contemporary mind
Willy Pasini
Unfaithful Loves
A great specialist on intimacy examines the question: What are we really looking for in adultery?
Gisèle Gelbert
Speaking, Reading, Writing In Other Words
A completely original approach to aphasic language disorders...
Nicolas Danziger
Life Without Pain?
An intellectual and affective journey, paved with unique stories and experiences, and their often amazing outcomes
Edward N. Luttwak
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
A highly enjoyable book for anyone wishing to delve into the complexities of the Byzantine Empire, from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.
François Ansermet, Pierre Magistretti
The Enigmas of Pleasure Between Psychoanalysis and Neurosciences
A fascinating exploration of some contemporary forms of malaise, individual and collective: destructiveness, fanaticism, violence, as well as boredom, depression, dependence on gadgets, hyperactivity and addictions