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Law and the Inner SelfBy any measure, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., led a full and remarkable life. He was tall and exceptionally attractive, especially as he aged, with piercing eyes, a shock of white hair, and prominent moustache. He was the son of a famous father (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., renowned for "e;The Autocrat of the Breakfast...

A Story of Passion, Tragedy, Ambition, and ScienceThe dramatic revolution in physics reached a climax at the 1927 Solvay conference        in Brussels. It's the story of a rush to formalize quantum physics, the work of just        a handful of men fired by ambition, philosophical conflicts and personal agendas.          This is the story of quantum...

Solving the Riddle of MelancholiaMelancholia, a severe form of depression, has stumped generations of clinicians. In the mid twentieth century it was connected to dysfunctions between the brain and the endocrine system. The authors trace the rise and fall of endocrine psychiatry from 1900 to the present in an effort to solve the mystery of...

A vivid analytic narrative showing how and why Nimes became the most Protestant city in France. It uses techniques from both cultural history and the social sciences, including social network analysis, to illuminate Nimes's experience. The book concludes with a comparative analysis which explains the appeal of the Reformation....

This book attempts to bridge the gap between those who think businesses are overregulated and unnecessarily constrained and those who believe businesses are in need of constraint. Frederick explores issues facing managers and ways in which his book differs from conventional business ethics books....

The human frontal lobes are crucial to mental functioning, yet ongoing research is still uncovering their mechanisms. This text, written by leaders in frontal lobe research, provides a state-of-the-art update of patient and neuroimaging research....