The Science of Sin: Why We Do The Things We Know We Shouldn't
Autor Jack Lewisen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 iul 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472936165
ISBN-10: 1472936167
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: black and white illustrations throughout
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sigma
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1472936167
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: black and white illustrations throughout
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sigma
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Combines
scholarly
research
with
engaging
texts
to
answer
the
questions
you've
always
had
about
how
and
why
you
are
the
way
you
are
Notă biografică
Jack
Lewis
is
a
neurobiologist
and
television
presenter.
He
earned
a
PhD
in
neuroscience
from
University
College
London,
continuing
his
research
using
functional
Magnetic
Resonance
Imaging
to
investigate
how
human
brains
integrate
sound
and
vision
as
a
post-doc
at
the
Max
Planck
Institute
for
Biological
Cybernetics.
For
the
past
10
years
he
has
focused
on
bringing
the
latest
neuroscience
research
to
the
attention
of
the
widest
possible
audience.
He
has
co-authored
two
popular
science
books,Sort
Your
Brain
OutandThe
Mice
Who
Sing
for
Sex.
His
TV
career
kicked
off
in
2008
as
a
presenter
on
the
BBC
seriesPeople
Watchers,
which
involved
roaming
the
streets
of
London
conducting
secretly
filmed
social
psychology
experiments
on
unsuspecting
members
of
the
public.
He
went
on
to
make
regular
appearances
as
an
expert
on
ITV'sThis
Morning,
and
presented
Discovery
Science'sThe
Tech
Show,
the
ITV
seriesHow
to
Get
More
Sex,
and
the
second
series
of
his
latest
show,Secrets
of
the
Brain,
is
currently
airing
in
20
countries
from
the
United
States
to
South
Korea.
His
Geek
Chic
Weird
Science
podcast
is
careering
towards
its
100th
episode,
and
his
brain
blog
www.drjack.co.uk
recently
celebrated
its
8th
birthday.@DrJackLewis
Recenzii
Raises
someinterestingquestions
about
the
brain's
role
in
bad
behaviour.
Offersentertaining and enlighteninginsights into the neurobiology behind some of our favourite sins. It combines fascinating contemporary and historical stories with cutting edge science and offers ways to temper our anti-social tendencies.
This book is a rollercoaster ride through the brain in search of what actually causes the dark side of human nature. Itbrings together science, religion and philosophyin a way that casts light on everyone's battle with temptation.
Writing with breadth, clarity and wisdom, Jack Lewis takes us through the religious antecedents. Each 'sin' is treated in the same careful and systematic way; highlighting their glory and their devastating consequences, their origins and what it means to commit them - or not. The way that difficult issues are underwritten by deeply informed neuroscience lends the book a reassuring authority.
The neurological circuits responsible [for our sins] are named and shamed.
Offersentertaining and enlighteninginsights into the neurobiology behind some of our favourite sins. It combines fascinating contemporary and historical stories with cutting edge science and offers ways to temper our anti-social tendencies.
This book is a rollercoaster ride through the brain in search of what actually causes the dark side of human nature. Itbrings together science, religion and philosophyin a way that casts light on everyone's battle with temptation.
Writing with breadth, clarity and wisdom, Jack Lewis takes us through the religious antecedents. Each 'sin' is treated in the same careful and systematic way; highlighting their glory and their devastating consequences, their origins and what it means to commit them - or not. The way that difficult issues are underwritten by deeply informed neuroscience lends the book a reassuring authority.
The neurological circuits responsible [for our sins] are named and shamed.