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Nicolas Gisin

Unthinkable Randomness Non-Locality, Teleportation and Other Quantum Wonders

An indispensable book to finally understand the fascinating world of quantum physics

Anne-Lise Giraud

The Brain and Speaking Disorders Aphasia, Dyslexia, Deafness, Stuttering

Both clear and detailed, a book that provides correct answers to the questions that are asked about speech and the pathologies related to it.

Étienne Ghys

Snowflakes: A Wonder of Nature

An introduction to the science of crystals within the reach of non-specialists, with a very clear introduction to the physical and mathematical aspects of the subject.

Génération Snooze

Snooze

Written by two practitioners of Artificial Intelligence, this book is both very accessible and very concrete.

Is illiteracy a social scourge, or is it an aphasia-like disorder? To find the answer, Gisèle Gelbert delves into the mysteries of the brain of an illiterate person, and teaches us the art of `repairing' it. By thoroughly breaking down each linguistic act, she is able to define and localise with great accuracy the disorders observed in both written and oral expression. She also makes use of the schema to develop exercices that are especially adapted to the clinical observation of localised disorders, thus opening the door to new therapeutic possiblilities. Gisèle Gelbert is a neurologist and aphasiologist. She is the author of "Lire c'est vivre "(Opus, 1996) and "Lire c'est aussi écrire" (1998).

Mechanics of Reading Skills (The) - Learning to read, but how and why?

Gisèle Gelbert

The Mechanics of Reading Skills Learning to read, but how and why?

A therapeutic approach to language disorders has been shown to work.

Walter J. Gehring

Master Control Genes in Development and Evolution: The Homeobox

What can be more amazing than an embryos development? How do the cells know that the eyes go on the face and not on a leg or some other part of the body? And why does this information sometimes go awry giving rise to a deformed creature? Walter J. Gehring, a renowned specialist in the genetics of embryonic development, traces recent developments in the field. Walter J. Gehring teaches cellular biology at the University of Basle, Switzerland.

Michael S. Gazzaniga

Who’s in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain

Are we really the masters of our actions and are we wholly responsible for what we do?

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.

Alexandre Ganoczy

Christianity and Neurosciences Theology of the Human Animal

René Frydman, Muriel Flis-Trèves, Bèatrice Koeppel

Twenty Years of Medically Assisted Procreation

Harald Fritzsch

E=mc2 A Formula which Changes the World

An imagined account of a meeting between Einstein and Newton, described as a dream. It provides the occasion for a fascinating discussion between two scientific geniuses and a most effective way to be introduced to the mysteries of physics by those who have themselves revolutionised the field. Professor of physics at the University of Munich, Harald Fritzsch is also an associate professor at the CERN of Geneva, and at the California Institute of Technology of Pasadena, in California.

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

Jacques Friedel

A Family of Scientists

Nicolas Franck

Exercises to Maintain Your Brainpower

Practical exercises to maintain and enhance your mental capacities

Yves-Alain Fontaine

The Sentimental Evolution

In the course of development, our way of living is fashioned by the world around us, but it is also shaped by discrete characteristics such as nature and the intensity of emotions like anxiety and egoism. From this point of departure, the author draws analogies about the ways in which we are human individuals and members of a species, and proffers the theory that, in the evolutionary process, there is also a sort of anxiety and egoism at work. Evolution, he suggests, might very well be both sentimental and selective. Yves Alain Fontaine is an honorary professor at the National Museum of Natural History.

Yves-Alain Fontaine

Eels and Man

In this book, the author, an expert in his field, describes the most fascinating stages in the eels biological cycle, its migrations and the modifications it undergoes during its life. Eels interest us not only because of their life and breeding cycles, but also because of the questions they raise concerning our ideas about evolution. Does the notion of adaptation suffice to explain everything the eel has become? Doesnt a living creature maintain a certain amount of independence in relation to the world that surrounds it? Or is the relationship between a living creature and the environment which surrounds it more complex that we have generally realised ?

Mind Doesn't Work That Way (The) - The Scope and Limits of Computational Psychology

Jerry Fodor

The Mind Doesn't Work That Way The Scope and Limits of Computational Psychology

In this book, one of the most eminent figures in the field of cognition reviews his most recent views on the subject, and questions the validity of recent attempts to combine the computational theory of mind with psychological nativism and with biological principles borrowed from Darwinian evolutionary theory. Fodor goes on to examine the question that has remained unanswered for the past fifty years: is the mind a computer? This is a fascinating lesson of philosophical and scientific modesty. Jerry Fodor is a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University.