Download or read book Mind Searching written by Francis B. Nyamnjoh and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2007 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Mind Searching Nyamnjoh has attempted to do something rather clever - to expose, through the attitudes, feelings and thoughts of one man and a very simple story, the hypocrisy and corruption of Cameroon society and humanity in general, often using understatement and irony in good effect. The commentary is unremittingly cynical and returns again and again to corruption, callous squandering, exploitation, prostitution, and other fairly worn butts. The book depicts a society where basic freedoms are shackled, and thinking aloud treasonable. Hence the mental ramblings of the narrator and central character Judascious Fanda Yanda, in the form of an extended monologue full of observations, anecdotes and asides written from the point of view of an apparently insouciant naive. The basic method is to foreground the opinions and conversational elegance of the narrator, while having events going on as a background to his thoughts. We trace the narrator's progress from a disenchanted 'Damn de la Terre' to a comfortably well off Private Secretary to a Vice Minister over a number of years. It is a clear illustration of how the system perpetuates its mediocrity and buys off any spark of initiative. Nyamnjoh has a good command of ironic tone and sound control over form and structure. He employs a very fluent style, and often has very urbane and neat turns of phrase. He captures the bored, superior, cynical and ultimately predatory tone of voice of his narrator extremely well.
Download or read book Mind Fixers Psychiatry s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness written by Anne Harrington and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Superb… a nuanced account of biological psychiatry.” —Richard J. McNally In Mind Fixers, “the preeminent historian of neuroscience” (Science magazine) Anne Harrington explores psychiatry’s repeatedly frustrated efforts to understand mental disorder. She shows that psychiatry’s waxing and waning theories have been shaped not just by developments in the clinic and lab, but also by a surprising range of social factors. Mind Fixers recounts the past and present struggle to make mental illness a biological problem in order to lay the groundwork for creating a better future.
Download or read book Until the End of Time written by Brian Greene and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose, from the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe. "Few humans share Greene’s mastery of both the latest cosmological science and English prose." —The New York Times Until the End of Time is Brian Greene's breathtaking new exploration of the cosmos and our quest to find meaning in the face of this vast expanse. Greene takes us on a journey from the big bang to the end of time, exploring how lasting structures formed, how life and mind emerged, and how we grapple with our existence through narrative, myth, religion, creative expression, science, the quest for truth, and a deep longing for the eternal. From particles to planets, consciousness to creativity, matter to meaning—Brian Greene allows us all to grasp and appreciate our fleeting but utterly exquisite moment in the cosmos.
Download or read book The Contents of a Searching Mind written by and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Search Of The Mind written by Grigorian and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wanderings of the Human Mind in searching the Scriptures Being a Concise History of the Origin Progress and Condemnation of the Principal Heresies that Have Arisen in the Several Ages of Christianity from the Private Interpretation of the Holy Bible written by John MACENCROE and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shadows of the Mind written by Roger Penrose and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the author's thesis that consciousness, in its manifestation in the human quality of understanding, is doing something that mere computation cannot; and attempts to understand how such non-computational action might arise within scientifically comprehensive physical laws.
Download or read book Searching For Memory written by Daniel L Schacter and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memory. There may be nothing more important to human beings than our ability to enshrine experience and recall it. While philosophers and poets have elevated memory to an almost mystical level, psychologists have struggled to demystify it. Now, according to Daniel Schacter, one of the most distinguished memory researchers, the mysteries of memory are finally yielding to dramatic, even revolutionary, scientific breakthroughs. Schacter explains how and why it may change our understanding of everything from false memory to Alzheimer's disease, from recovered memory to amnesia with fascinating firsthand accounts of patients with striking -- and sometimes bizarre -- amnesias resulting from brain injury or psychological trauma.
Download or read book In Search of Memory The Emergence of a New Science of Mind written by Eric R. Kandel and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-03-17 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A stunning book.”—Oliver Sacks Memory binds our mental life together. We are who we are in large part because of what we learn and remember. But how does the brain create memories? Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel intertwines the intellectual history of the powerful new science of the mind—a combination of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and molecular biology—with his own personal quest to understand memory. A deft mixture of memoir and history, modern biology and behavior, In Search of Memory brings readers from Kandel's childhood in Nazi-occupied Vienna to the forefront of one of the great scientific endeavors of the twentieth century: the search for the biological basis of memory.
Download or read book A Search of Truth in the Science of the Human Mind written by Frederick Beasley and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Search of Truth in the Science of the Human Mind Part First written by Frederick Beasley and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poetic Reality of the Searching Mind written by David P. Ferguson, and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-12-14 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetic Reality of the Searching Mind, is a journey down the path of modern poetry, revealing lifes twist and turns and the contemplation of real life situations from the real mans perspective. The poems are artistically written, profound in the consideration of the material and prose, yet simple to understand, so that everyone can read and be impacted deeply by what is written. The author connects the conscious mind and the hearts of the reader in each line and verse in the expression of his poetic art. This is a definite must read !
Download or read book In Search of Aginsky s Mind written by Leighton J Reynolds and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A psychological and action thriller, this second novel in the Seaville Wildfire Trilogy sends all of the characters from the first novel, and new characters, deeper into the problems that generate California wildfires. Six months after the Canyon Fire, Dr. Roger Sterling finds himself confronting a serial arsonist (or arsonists) still out there, a kidnapping, a Hit Man, the theft of intellectual property, and a firestorm all within less than 24 hours. He concludes that synchronicity plays a huge role in what he is confronting as he discovers that Long Island, New York and Central Tennessee are also a part of the California story. What weaves all of this together is the search for Aginskys mind and the rights to a brilliant theory that explains the ongoing evolutionary development of the Universe. All the while, Aginskys mind holds some of the most important keys to understanding what creates wildfires world-wide. This novel is a suspenseful ride into human nature, our collective nature, the universal struggle between Eros and Thanatos, the concept of synchronicity and the complexities of our evolutionary nature that will challenge the reader at every turn.
Download or read book The Looking glass for the Mind written by Berquin (M., Arnaud) and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-six eighteenth-century stories in which virtue always triumphs over vice and hardship.
Download or read book Search for Holographic Mind written by Chester Litvin PhD and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A psychologist explores the human psyche’s tendency toward fragmentation and a plan to restore a healthy self. In this debut book, Litvin argues that the human psyche tends, often as a response to trauma, to shatter into disjointed parts. This can be a normal and even salutary psychological mechanism, especially when employed to defensively sequester the mind from overwhelming pain. But the mind can overreact to distress, leading to a self so addled with internal fissures that unhappiness, anxiety, confusion, and a deficit of self-esteem can ensue. Fortunately, the author contends, the splintering of one’s self can be remedied by establishing a dialogue between the parts, hence producing a “congruence” that results in the harmony of a “Utopian collective”: “The solid identity is a unique structure of the psyche where the fragments are aligned together in common goals and attitude.” In order to illustrate his chief points, Litvin concocts a fictional case study that chronicles the life of soldier Stepan Kryvoruchko, who fled the authoritarian ideology of the Soviet Union and suffered from a “shattered identity” as a consequence. The author vividly personifies the scattered shards of Stepan’s mind, and the process whereby he heals destructive “splitting” through a reconstructive unification. Litvin compellingly assesses the political dimension of his theory, and the “virus of radicalization” that can infect both individuals as well as body politics. Author also includes helpful literary analogies, drawing a connection between critique of totalitarian collectivism and Dostoyevsky’s novelistic dissection of the issue. This volume also expands upon the author’s idea of sailing as a metaphor for introspective search, and provides a broader account of the nature of individual equilibrium; these concrete illustrations are of great instructional value.
Download or read book In Search of an Open Mind written by Lee C. Bollinger and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2024-11-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his twenty-one-year tenure as president of Columbia University, Lee C. Bollinger was an outspoken national leader on many of the major issues confronting higher education and society more broadly. One of the country’s preeminent First Amendment scholars, he published frequently on free speech and press while leading a wide range of transformational university initiatives. During a period marked by profound change, he spoke within and beyond the academy about the challenges facing journalism, global free speech, and academic freedom, as well as the critical value of increasing racial and cultural diversity in higher education through affirmative action. In Search of an Open Mind is a curated selection of Bollinger’s speeches, articles, and opinion columns during these momentous decades, reflecting on many significant events and challenges. These pieces cover a broad array of topics, from civil rights and civil liberties to the nature of the university and living a good life. Bollinger spoke often about the essential role of affirmative action in college admissions in overcoming the long legacy of racial discrimination, having led the litigation in the landmark case of Grutter v. Bollinger, in which, for the first time, a majority of the Supreme Court upheld the practice as constitutional. With the engaging writing style of a seasoned speaker and gifted teacher, this book provides first-hand insights into central issues of our civic and political life that are as timely now as when they were originally delivered.
Download or read book Search the Scriptures with an Open Mind written by Bob Snider and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion and science do not disagree. Disagreeable people use one to discredit the other. Learn how not to be a disagreeable person. Find what relativity and quantum mechanics say about God. Read the biblical account of evolution and learn your churchs interpretation of it. Locate the Garden of Eden. What is meant by the image of God? Find Neanderthal men mentioned in the Bible. Trace the course of Noahs ark. Where was the Tower of Babel and who built it? Find the stories of Joseph and Moses in hieroglyphics. What caused the plagues of Egypt, and how did it affect the rest of the world? What caused the sea to part, and where did it happen? Name the star that shone over Bethlehem. When was Jesus born (not in December)? What did Jesus say about miracles, dogma, liturgy, and authority? What happened to the forbidden gospels, and what do they tell us? Why are there so many Christian denominations? Learn how conmen use antievolution to steal your money and your vote. A faith healer may cure you, or he may kill you. Know the difference. Do current events suggest that the four horsemen of the apocalypse are not far away?
