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12 produkter
Forgetting
Understanding Alzheimer’s: a Biography of a Disease
Av David Shenk
Häftad, 2003
159 kr
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Winner of the 2002 BMA Popular Medicine Book Prize: This is a haunting literary and scientific examination of Alzheimer’s disease and the race to find a cure.‘A truly remarkable book – the definitive work on Alzheimer’s, both in social and medical terms, “The Forgetting” is incisive, humane, never …
Forgetting
Understanding Alzheimer’s: a Biography of a Disease
Av David Shenk
E-bok, 2016
96 kr
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Winner of the 2002 BMA Popular Medicine Book Prize: This is a haunting literary and scientific examination of Alzheimer’s disease and the race to find a cure.‘A truly remarkable book – the definitive work on Alzheimer’s, both in social and medical terms, “The Forgetting” is incisive, humane, never …
End of Patience
Cautionary Notes on the Information Revolution
Av David Shenk
Inbunden, 1999
424 kr
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"David Shenk looks at the new face of our world with a curiosity and connection-making responsiveness that make him exhilarating to read. These are bits, takes, provisional sweeps at issues still coming into focus, but taken together they give us a startling glimpse of where we are. Shenk is so …
Immortal Game
A History of Chess
Av David Shenk
E-bok, 2011
191 kr
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Bestselling author David Shenk has written the ultimate story of how 32 carved pieces on a board illuminated our understanding of war, science and the human brain.Chess is far more than just a game. Its rules and pieces have served as a metaphor for society. It has appeared in the writings of …
The Genius in All of Us: New Insights into Genetics, Talent, and IQ
Av David Shenk
Häftad, 2011
288 kr
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Immortal Game
A History of Chess
Av David Shenk
E-bok, 2007
215 kr
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Chess is the most enduring and universal game in history. Here, bestselling author David Shenk chronicles its intriguing saga, from ancient Persia to medieval Europe to the dens of Benjamin Franklin and Norman Schwarzkopf. Along the way, he examines a single legendary game that took place in London …
Skeleton Key
A Dictionary for Deadheads
Av David Shenk, Steve Silberman
Häftad, 1994
206 kr
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Genius in All of Us
New Insights into Genetics, Talent, and IQ
Av David Shenk
E-bok, 2010
147 kr
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With irresistibly persuasive vigor, David Shenk debunks the long-standing notion of genetic “giftedness,” and presents dazzling new scientific research showing how greatness is in the reach of every individual. DNA does not make us who we are. “Forget everything you think you know about genes, …
Skeleton Key
A Dictionary for Deadheads
Av Steve Silberman, David Shenk
E-bok, 2015
145 kr
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NOW AN EBOOK FOR THE FIRST TIME For fifty years and more than two thousand shows, the Grateful Dead have been earning the "deadication" of more than a million fans. Along the way, Deadheads have built an original and authentic American subculture, with vivid jargon and rich love, and its own …
Forgetting
Alzheimer''s: Portrait of an Epidemic
Av David Shenk
E-bok, 2003
115 kr
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Afflicting nearly half of all persons over the age of 85, Alzheimer’s disease kills nearly 100,000 Americas a year as it insidiously robs them of their memory and wreaks havoc on the lives of their loved ones. It was once minimized and misunderstood as forgetfulness in the elderly, but Alzheimer’s …
