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Alas, poor Darwin : arguments against evolutionary psychology / edited by Hilary Rose and Steven Rose.

The 21st-century brain : explaining, mending and manipulating the mind / Steven Rose.

Rupert Sheldrake (University of Cambridge) talks about his life and work and his commitment to the theory of morphic resonance, developed from the ideas of the biologist C.H. Waddington. Sheldrake's views, like Waddington's, attracted the scorn and fury of many emminent scientists. Serene in the face of vitriolic criticism, he believes he can prove his theories through chemistry. Among those appearing in the programme are Dr. John Maddox (Editor-in-Chief, "Nature")who denounced Sheldrake's book, "A New Science of Life"; Prof. Steven Rose (Open University), who dismisses Sheldrake's ideas as nonsense; Dr. Nicholas Humphrey (University of Cambridge) who knows people who won't stay in the same room as Sheldrake; and Prof. Patrick Bateson (University of Cambridge) who concedes, "Maybe he's got something".

Heretic book.

Heretic

1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sound, color, PAL.

Rupert Sheldrake.

The new brain sciences : perils and prospects / edited by Dai Rees and Steven Rose.

Brain repair, smart pills, mind-reading machines--modern neuroscience promises to soon deliver a remarkable array of wonders as well as profound insight into the nature of the brain. But these exciting new breakthroughs, warns Steven Rose, will also raise troubling questions about what it means to be human. In The Future of the Brain, Rose explores just how far neuroscience may help us understand the human brain--including consciousness--and to what extent cutting edge technologies should have the power to mend or manipulate the mind. Rose first offers a panoramic look at what we now know about the brain, from its three-billion-year evolution, to its astonishingly rapid development in the embryo, to the miraculous process of infant development (how a brain becomes a human). More important, he shows what all this science can--and cannot--tell us about the human condition. He examines questions that still baffle scientists: if our genes are 99% identical to those of chimpanzees, if our brains are composed of identical molecules, arranged in pretty similar cellular patterns, how come we are so different? And he explores the potential threats and promises of new technologies and their ethical, legal, and social implications, wondering how far we should go in eliminating unwanted behavior or enhancing desired characteristics, focusing on the new "brain steroids" and on the use of Ritalin to control young children. The Future of the Brain is a remarkable look at what the brain sciences are telling us about who we are and where we came from--and where we may be headed in the years ahead.

viii, 344 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm

The future of the brain : the promise and perils of tomorrow's neuroscience / Steven Rose.

Critical social studies

The Political economy of science : ideology of/in the natural sciences / edited by Hilary Rose and Steven Rose.

The biological bases of behaviour / edited by Neil Chalmers, Roberta Crawley, Steven P. R. Rose.

Peter Evans talks to doctors and researchers about the current state of knowledge of Alzheimer's disease. He looks at four initiatives, the OPTIMA project, the genetics of Alzheimer's, vaccination, and drugs to enhance cognitive ability.

Frontiers

Alzheimer's disease.

401 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

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Alas, poor Darwin : arguments against evolutionary psychology / edited by Hilary Rose and Steven Rose.

The 21st-century brain : explaining, mending and manipulating the mind / Steven Rose.

Rupert Sheldrake.

The new brain sciences : perils and prospects / edited by Dai Rees and Steven Rose.

The future of the brain : the promise and perils of tomorrow's neuroscience / Steven Rose.

The Political economy of science : ideology of/in the natural sciences / edited by Hilary Rose and Steven Rose.

The biological bases of behaviour / edited by Neil Chalmers, Roberta Crawley, Steven P. R. Rose.

Alzheimer's disease.

The chemistry of life.

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The future of the brain : the promise and perils of tomorrow's neuroscience / Steven Rose.

The Political economy of science : ideology of/in the natural sciences / edited by Hilary Rose and Steven Rose.

The biological bases of behaviour / edited by Neil Chalmers, Roberta Crawley, Steven P. R. Rose.

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