DNA: A Graphic Guide to the Molecule that Shook the World

With humor, depth, and philosophical and historical insight, DNA reaches out to a wide range of readers with its graphic portrayal of a complicated science. Suitable for use in and out of the classroom, this volume covers DNA's many marvels, from its original discovery in 1869 to early-twentieth-century debates on the mechanisms of inheritance and the deeper nature of life's evolution and variety. Even readers who lack a background in science and philosophy will learn a tremendous amount from this engaging narrative. The book elucidates DNA's relationship to health and the cause and cure of disease. It also covers the creation of new life forms, nanomachines, and perspectives on crime detection, and considers the philosophical sources of classical Darwinian theory and recent, radical changes in the understanding of evolution itself. Already these developments have profoundly affected our notions about living things. Borin Van Loon's humorous illustrations recount the contributions of Gregor Mendel, Frederick Griffith, James Watson, and Francis Crick, among other biologists, scientists, and researchers, and vividly depict the modern controversies surrounding the Human Genome Project and cloning.

Comics & Graphic Novels

Van Loon, Borin

Rosenfield, Israel

Ziff, Edward

Graphic Novels

Columbia University Press

With humor, depth, and philosophical and historical insight, DNA reaches out to a wide range of readers with its graphic portrayal of a complicated science. Suitable for use in and out of the classroom, this volume covers DNA's many marvels, from its original discovery in 1869 to early-twentieth-century debates on the mechanisms of inheritance and the deeper nature of life's evolution and variety. Even readers who lack a background in science and philosophy will learn a tremendous amount from this engaging narrative. The book elucidates DNA's relationship to health and the cause and cure of disease. It also covers the creation of new life forms, nanomachines, and perspectives on crime detection, and considers the philosophical sources of classical Darwinian theory and recent, radical changes in the understanding of evolution itself. Already these developments have profoundly affected our notions about living things. Borin Van Loon's humorous illustrations recount the contributions of Gregor Mendel, Frederick Griffith, James Watson, and Francis Crick, among other biologists, scientists, and researchers, and vividly depict the modern controversies surrounding the Human Genome Project and cloning.

A lost manuscript of Freud has been found in which he realizes that he has been a victim of his own self-delusion and goes about setting the record straight with a new theory of human behavior--that it is not drives that define us but rather our boundless capacity to deceive ourselves.

Freud's Megalomania: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

United States

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

"Wonderfully contrived ....a triumph of that false-memory syndrome called contemporary fiction."―New York Times Book Review In an inventive blending of "comic energy and intellectual muscle" (The New Yorker), Israel Rosenfield serves up for our scrutiny and sheer delight Freud's long-lost last "manuscript," which reveals a Freud who in reflecting upon his life's work realizes that he has gotten it all wrong! A victim of his own self-delusion, Freud goes about setting the record straight with a preposterously seductive new theory of human behavior: it is not drives that motivate us, but rather our boundless capacity to deceive ourselves. Such are the explosive contents of his last manuscript, Megalomania. Its discovery years later prompts a postmortem that effectively puts the icon to rest, resurrects the man, and exposes the naiveté of Freud's disciples and the megalomaniacal tendencies of his detractors. This "wise and witty" (Boston Sunday Globe) intellectual spoof delivers a surprising twist on history and a playful challenge to today's enduring Freud debate.

W.W.Norton&Company

Invention Of Memory

Discusses the arguments against the localization of memory, looks at machine recognition, and surveys a new theory of memory and perception

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Basic Books

Discusses the arguments against the localization of memory, looks at machine recognition, and surveys a new theory of memory and perception

The Strange, Familiar, and Forgotten: An Anatomy of Consciousness

An explanation of what consciousness is and how the brain creates and sustains it reconsiders famous clinical cases, as well as new evidence from science, to show how memories, language, thoughts, and drives make up consciousness.

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

KNOPF

An explanation of what consciousness is and how the brain creates and sustains it reconsiders famous clinical cases, as well as new evidence from science, to show how memories, language, thoughts, and drives make up consciousness

Vintage

DNA For Beginners

Writers Readers Publishing

Traces the history of scientific studies into the nature of DNA and examines the impact of DNA research and genetic engineering on society

DNA for Beginners

Writers & Readers

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DNA: A Graphic Guide to the Molecule that Shook the World

DNA: A Graphic Guide to the Molecule that Shook the World

Freud's Megalomania: A Novel

Freud's Megalomania: A Novel

Invention Of Memory

Invention Of Memory

The Strange, Familiar, and Forgotten: An Anatomy of Consciousness

The Strange, Familiar, and Forgotten: An Anatomy of Consciousness

DNA For Beginners

DNA for Beginners