New Frontiers in Social Neuroscience
Title | New Frontiers in Social Neuroscience PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Decety |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2013-12-11 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 3319029045 |
Traditionally, neuroscience has considered the nervous system as an isolated entity and largely ignored influences of the social environments in which humans and many animal species live. However, there is mounting evidence that the social environment affects behavior across species, from microbes to humans. This volume brings together scholars who work with animal and human models of social behavior to discuss the challenges and opportunities in this interdisciplinary academic field.
Introduction to Scientific Thought
Title | Introduction to Scientific Thought PDF eBook |
Author | John Oakes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2014-08-14 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9781516550609 |
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Title | Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery PDF eBook |
Author | Harold P. Drutz |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 519 |
Release | 2007-12-31 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1846282381 |
This text includes sections on anatomy, normal and abnormal physiology, investigation techniques, inflammatory conditions and treatment options. The international panel of contributors is at the forefront of research in the field; the editors have assembled these contributors and topics that span the entire range of pelvic floor disorders in women. Throughout, the emphasis is on an evidence-based approach to the treatment of pelvic floor problems. Indispensable for gynecologists and urologists.
The Death of Punishment
Title | The Death of Punishment PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Blecker |
Publisher | Macmillan + ORM |
Pages | 341 |
Release | 2013-11-19 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1137381337 |
For twelve years Robert Blecker, a criminal law professor, wandered freely inside Lorton Central Prison, armed only with cigarettes and a tape recorder. The Death of Punishment tests legal philosophy against the reality and wisdom of street criminals and their guards. Some killers' poignant circumstances should lead us to mercy; others show clearly why they should die. After thousands of hours over twenty-five years inside maximum security prisons and on death rows in seven states, the history and philosophy professor exposes the perversity of justice: Inside prison, ironically, it's nobody's job to punish. Thus the worst criminals often live the best lives. The Death of Punishment challenges the reader to refine deeply held beliefs on life and death as punishment that flare up with every news story of a heinous crime. It argues that society must redesign life and death in prison to make the punishment more nearly fit the crime. It closes with the final irony: If we make prison the punishment it should be, we may well abolish the very death penalty justice now requires.
The Last Gasp
Title | The Last Gasp PDF eBook |
Author | Scott Christianson |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2010-07-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520945611 |
The Last Gasp takes us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. In page-turning detail, award-winning writer Scott Christianson tells a dreadful story that is full of surprising and provocative new findings. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a "humane" method of execution. Delving into science, war, industry, medicine, law, and politics, Christianson overturns this mythology for good. He exposes the sinister links between corporations looking for profit, the military, and the first uses of the gas chamber after World War I. He explores little-known connections between the gas chamber and the eugenics movement. Perhaps most controversially, he has unearthed new evidence about American and German collaboration in the production and lethal use of hydrogen cyanide and about Hitler’s adoption of gas chamber technology developed in the United States. More than a book about the death penalty, this compelling history ultimately reveals much about America’s values and power structures in the twentieth century.
The Epic of Unitarianism
Title | The Epic of Unitarianism PDF eBook |
Author | David B. Parke |
Publisher | Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1957 |
Genre | Unitarianism |
ISBN | 9781558962460 |
This collection of writings spanning four hundred years provides a rich portrait of early Unitarian thought.
Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel (Si Lakas at Ang Makibaka Hotel)
Title | Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel (Si Lakas at Ang Makibaka Hotel) PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony D. Robles |
Publisher | Children's Book Press |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Bilingual books |
ISBN | 0892392134 |
Bilingual English/Tagalog. When Lakas discovers that the Makibaka Hotel is about to be sold, he leads a protest with his friends who are facing eviction.