Oxford University Press

This book breaks new ground in the rhetorical study of scientific argument as the first book to demonstrate how figures of speech other than metaphor have been used to accomplish key conceptual moves inscientific texts. Examples, both verbal and visual, range across disciplines and centuries to reaffirm the positive value of these once...

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If effective anti-ageing interventions were achieved, they would likely bring about profound alterations in the experiences of individual and collective life. What if modern scienctists could find the modern equivalent to the Fountain of Youth that Ponce de Le'on sought? This book addresses this question by exploring the ramifications of possible...

Making a Good Life in the LawThis book examines the causes of dissatisfaction among lawyers, and then charts possible paths to happier and more fulfilling careers in law. Eschewing a one-size-fits-all approach, it shows how maximizing our chances for achieving happiness depends on understanding our own personality types, values, strengths, and...

A Developmental Tool for Technique and PerformanceYoga for Singing presents vocal students and professionals, voice teachers, and        movement instructors (many of whom include a significant amount of yoga in stage        movement and dance courses required in conservatory vocal/opera programs as well as        in pre-professional apprentice...

Despite advances in molecular genetics and brain imaging, we are still a long way from understanding the cause f schizophrenia. Williamson argues that it is time to focus on identifying the final common pathway. He describes the possibilities for this pathway at an understandable level in the context of what is already known about schizophrenia....