Jean-Didier Vincent

Casanova The Diseases of Pleasure

J.-D. Vincent, author of The Biology of Passions, now turns his energetic eye upon the famous Venitian adventurer of the 18th century, whose Memoirs are strangely peppered with glorious descriptions of his diseases: no less than eleven small poxes for a multitude of conquests...

Alex Türk

Society Under Surveillance

An advocate of democratic vigilance, Alex Türq calls for a wide-ranging discussion on all these issues.

David Ruelle

Strange Beauty Of Mathematics

Christian de Duve

Singularities Landmarks on the Pathways of Life

François Ansermet, Pierre Magistretti

To Each His Own Brain Biology of the Unconscious

Edgard Gunzig

What Were You Doing Before the Big Bang?

Jean-Philippe Lachaux

The Attentive Brain Improving Concentration With the Neurosciences

Why study attention? Focused attention is rare and precious...

Jeremy Popkin

Revolutionary News The Press In France, 1789-1799

The French Revolution invented a written press of a radically new type, one that was able to transmit to the French...