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Conversations with Neil's brain: Searching For The Narrator Of Consciousness
By William H Calvin. 1994
Neil is an engineer who became epileptic after an automobile crash. Fifteen years later, Neil's brain is being electrically stimulated…
in the operating room to determine if a section of the brain can be removed to stop his seizures. The coauthors, Neil's neurosurgeon and a neurophysiologist, use this procedure to explain how the brain works. 1994.Coming of age in the Milky Way
By Timothy Ferris. 1988
Better now: six big ideas to improve health care for all Canadians
By Danielle Martin. 2017
An important check-up on our health-care system--and what urgently needs fixing--from a respected doctor and passionate Medicare advocate. The author…
sees the cracks and challenges in our health-care system every day; uses real patient stories to illustrate what works in our health-care system and what doesn't; most importantly, she proposes bold fixes that are both achievable and affordable. Bestseller. 2017.Beyond the zonules of Zinn: a fantastic journey through your brain
By David Bainbridge. 2008
A geographical tour of the nervous system, presenting a history of neuroscience and a look at the anatomy of the…
brain: the Zonules of Zinn, for example, are small fibres attached to the lens of the eye that adjust it for seeing at different distances. Discusses the history and function of each area, such as the locus coeruleus, or sky-blue place, involved in alertness and stress. Also includes short discussions of nervous system disorders like multiple sclerosis and epilepsy. 2008.Thorne writes for nonscientists and scientists who are not physicists in a quest to share his insights about "where and…
how relativity fails and what replaces it." He combines established principles of physics with imaginative speculation to examine concepts, such as black holes, that were developed theoretically long before technology was able to provide any observable evidence. 1994.Autism and Asperger syndrome
By Uta Frith. 1991
Uta Frith provides the first-ever translation into English of Asperger's paper and has brought together a variety of fascinating phenomenological…
and narrative accounts, of the syndrome and its varied presentations, accounts which are by no means entirely negative, for they show how much adaptation and learning and personal development is possible if there is a sensitive understanding of the precise problems involved. 1991.Alice in Quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
By R. S Gilmore. 1995
Physicist Gilmore makes accessible some complex concepts in quantum mechanics by sending Alice to Quantumland - a whole new Wonderland,…
smaller than an atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum theory. Alice's unusual encounters make the Uncertainty Principle, wave functions, the Pauli Principle, and other elusive concepts easier to grasp. 1995.Acupuncture
By Marc Duke. 1972
Absolute zero and the conquest of cold: And The Conquest Of Cold
By Tom Shachtman. 1999
Historical survey of western scientists' efforts to control cold. Discusses Boyle's experiments in the seventeenth century, the invention of the…
sealed glass thermometer, the work of Fahrenheit and Celsius, the discovery of refrigeration, twentieth-century research on attaining absolute zero, and related topics of superconductivity and superfluidity. 1999.A brief history of time: from the big bang to black holes
By Carl Sagan, S. W Hawking. 1988
The author answers the question, "How can an expanding universe follow unchanging laws of nature?" The relativity theory not only…
allows, but requires, a Big Bang. Written in layman's terms, the book explains the nature, origin, evolution and fate of our universe. Bestseller 1988.Les dérives de l'industrie de la santé: petit abécédaire
By J.-Claude St-Onge. 2006
"[...] Lauteur dévoile dans ce nouvel ouvrage le fruit de ses recherches, une mine d'informations fouillées, claires et souvent choquantes.…
Par exemple : les raisons pour lesquelles tant d'essais cliniques ne sont pas fiables; la démonstration que le fabricant du Vioxx devait savoir que son médicament était dangereux pour le cœur; la portion exagérée du coût des médicaments qui est due au marketing; de nouvelles preuves que les antidépresseurs poussent certains utilisateurs au suicide et qu'ils n'ont pas l'efficacité qu'on leur prête ; la démonstration qu'une autre politique du médicament est possible et peut sauver des vies et des milliards de dollars; la façon dont on invente de nouvelles maladies pour nous abonner aux pilules; comment les agences de contrôle jouent à la roulette russe avec nos vies; la constatation que le virus de la grippe aviaire est connu depuis au moins un demi-siècle et qu'il n'a pourtant jamais provoqué la pandémie si redoutée; et une foule d'autres renseignements qui pourraient vous protéger contre les dérives de l'industrie de la santé." -- 4e de couv.Mort sur ordonnance: la vérité consternante que cache la surconsommation de médicaments
By Ray D Strand, Donna K Wallace, Claude Charbonneau. 2005
Médecin de famille dexpérience, chaque semaine, Ray Strand doit délivrer des ordonnances à ses patients, mais il nen estime pas…
moins que, dans la majorité des cas, les médicaments ne devraient être prescrits quen dernier recours, et pas de façon quasi-automatique. Dans Mort sur ordonnance, le docteur Strand vous propose des règles de conduite simples pour vous aider à vous protéger, vous ainsi que votre famille, contre tout effet indésirable des médicaments vendus sur ordonnance. -- 4e couv. Titre uniforme: Death by prescription.Discours sur l'origine de l'univers
By Étienne Klein. 2010
" D'où vient l'univers ? Et d'ou vient qu'il y a un univers ? Irrépressiblement, ces questions se posent à…
nous. Et dès qu'un discours prétend nous éclairer, nous tendons l'oreille, avides d'entendre l'écho du tout premier signal : les accélérateurs de particules vont bientôt nous révéler l'origine de l'univers en produisant des big bang sous terre ; les données recueillies par le satellite Planck nous dévoiler le visage de Dieu ; certains disent même qu'en vertu de la loi de la gravitation l'univers a pu se créer de lui-même, à partir de rien... Le grand dévoilement ne serait donc devenu qu'une affaire d'ultimes petits pas ? Rien n'est moins sûr... Car de quoi parle la physique quand elle parle d' origine ? Qu'est-ce que les théories actuelles sont réellement en mesure de nous révéler ? À bien les examiner, les perspectives que nous offre la cosmologie contemporaine sont plus vertigineuses encore que tout ce que nous avons imaginé : l'univers a-t-il jamais commencé ? " -- 4e de couv.Medical curiosities: a miscellany of oddities, horrors and humours
By R. M Youngson. 1997
A collection of bizarre medical stories, ranging from the horrifying to the hilarious. Stories include therapies involving strange items; the…
limitations of medical science; bizarre ailments such as Fishy Odour Syndrome; quack cures for rabies; and the weird and sometimes misdiagnosed symptoms of physical and psychological illnesses.The quantum ten: a story of passion, tragedy, ambition and science
By Sheilla Jones. 2008
The seeds of the shift currently taking place in science were sown years ago, in 1925-7. That's when a dramatic…
two-year revolution in physics reached a climax, and scientists are still trying to resolve the problem, started then, of unifying the classical and quantum worlds. Describes the rush to formalize quantum physics, the work of just a handful of men fired by ambition, philosophical conflicts and personal agendas. c2008.The voice gallery: travels with a glass throat
By Keath Fraser. 2002
For twenty years, the author battled a rare disorder that caused him agonizing episodes of broken speech, leading to the…
loss of his voice. Mislead by the medical profession, convinced that the problem was psychological, Fraser finally received a proper diagnosis and found some relief with Botox, a drug mainly used to smooth out wrinkles. He then set out around the world to find others like himself, and to record in this memoir the wonders and frailties of the human voice. Some strong language. 2002.Faith in the future: The Ecology Of Hope And The Restoration Of Family, Community And Faith
By Jonathan Sacks. 1995
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks addresses some of today's major themes, the fragmentation of our common culture, the breakdown of family…
and community life, the lack of moral direction, and the waning of religious belief. He asks how we can construct a humane social order which honours human dignity and difference, one in which we can be both true to ourselves and a blessing to others.The mold in Dr. Florey's coat: the story of the penicillin miracle
By Eric Lax. 2004
Describes how in 1940 Oxford scientists Howard Florey, Ernst Chain, and Norman Heatley developed an antibiotic wonder drug from the…
mold discovered by Alexander Fleming twelve years earlier. Explains penicillin's lifesaving impact on treating infections, especially of World War II soldiers. Covers the controversy surrounding the 1945 Nobel Prize. 2004.Four strong winds: understanding the growing challenges to health care
By Michael B Decter. 2000
According to Michael Decter, the forces behind the changes in our health care systems are fourfold: paradigm shifts, new public…
expectations, technology and finances. Supplemented with case studies from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia, he analyzes how fiscal constraints, market competition, evolving technology and changing consumer demands are reshaping health care systems around the world at a dizzying rate. 2000.The mind's eye
By Oliver W Sacks. 2010
Neurologist uses case studies to illustrate the brain's ability to adapt to lost senses. Discusses a concert pianist who can…
no longer read music, a writer who is unable to read print after suffering a stroke, and Sacks's own macular melanoma and its effects on his visual perception. 2010.