The River of Consciousness
Many of you will be aware of the work of the late Dr Oliver Sacks, who sadly died in August, 2015. Among his most celebrated…… Read More »
Category: Science & Medicine
Genomics and the Reimagining of Personalised Medicine
Sir William Osler, the Canadian-born Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford a hundred years ago famously said that it was more important to know what…… Read More »
The Feeling of What Happens/Smile or Die
This book presents two illustrated lectures by Dr David Lister to the Swedenborg Society and both connected with Swedenborg's work on the brain. The first…… Read More »
Animal Pharm
This is the gripping account of Mark Purdey's campaign and the experiences that led him to question the conventional explanation of BSE and CJD. In…… Read More »
How the Cows Turned Mad
An epic story by the former Director of the Institut Pasteur tracing the origins of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy from the 18th century onwards and bringing…… Read More »
The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging
A book that takes a sceptical view of the hype surrounding the life extension industry. The authors do not expect the human life span to…… Read More »