Odile Jacob

Christian De Duve was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, in 1974. He was a professor at the Catholic University of Louvain and at New York's Rockefeller University. He is notably the author of De...

On the Death and Life of LanguageAuthor: Claude Hag?gePublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Apr 30, 2019Number of Pages: 408 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 2738147550ISBN-13:...

The order in which food is served at mealtimes has changed considerably over the centuries, and has always varied from one country to another 'even among nations that are geographically and...

Carnival is the most celebrated pagan festival in the Christian world. It forces the church to tolerate the wearing of masks - insults to the idea of ​​a man created in the image of God...

Other Is Within Us / L'Identit?, la part de l'autre: Immunologie et philosophieAuthor: Edgardo D. CarosellaPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Feb 18, 2010Number of Pages: 240 pagesBinding:...

Pain. Doctors and researchers have long sought its origin.In this fascinating essay, well-known neurophysiologist J.-M. Besson explains what pain is and how to combat it. He examines acupuncture,...

Paradoxes of Voting / Les Paradoxes du voteAuthor: Jean-Louis BoursinPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Jan 24, 2004Number of Pages: 256 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

We are all more or less aware of it: we are parano?d. Who hasn t imagined himself master of the world? Who hasn t dreamt up a thousand tortures for real or imaginary enemies? From states of mied...

Friendship plays a major role in children's lives - to the extent that many parents choose their residence, and even their jobs, in function of their children's friends. Dani?le Brun draws on...

Pasta is as beneficial for the health as it is for the figure. After being berated for decades, pasta is making a comeback thanks to the recognised virtues of carbohydrates. However, it is essential...

"When those at the top start talking of peace, the common people know that there will be war. When those at the top start cursing war, the travel warrants have already been filled in," wrote Brecht...

How can we stay concentrated all day long? How can we avoid energy drops and sleepiness? How can we keep and develop our memory? How can we stimulate our intellectual alertness? How can we sleep...

Just as there is no ideal weight, so there is no single perfect diet to suit everyone. Before deciding on a specific weight-loss programme, various factors must be taken into consideration, including...

How do we make decisions? Why do we deceive ourselves? Why do we dream? Why may we believe in God? Why do we laugh or become depressed? Few scientists have dared address these questions that inform...

?Le nombre d'operations de chirurgie plastique et d'actes de medecine esthetique ne cesse d'augmenter. Quelle en est la signification et quels en sont les enjeux ? Pour y repondre, Henry Delmar,...

Philosophy of Perception: Phenomenology, Grammar and the Cognitive Sciences / Philosophies de la perception: Ph?nom?nologie, grammaire et sciencAuthor: Jacques BouveressePublisher: Odile...

Edouard Br?zin is professor emeritus at the University Pierre and Marie Curie and an honorary professor at the Ecole Polytechnique. He has taught at many universities outside France, notably,...

Since the end of World War II, nothing of importance seemed to escape Pierre Boulez: a seminal modern composer, a revered conductor, and an admired and feared intellectual, he was also the founder of...

Pleasure and Harm: The Philosophy of Drugs / Le Plaisir et le Mal: Philosophie de la drogueAuthor: Giulia SissaPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Mar 28, 1997Number of Pages: 224 pagesBinding:...

Plural Nation: The Future of Central and Eastern European Minorities / La Multination: L'avenir des minorit?s en Europe centrale et oAuthor: St?phane Pierr?-CapsPublisher: Odile JacobPublication...

Pierre Lemarquis is a neurologist. A former intern and department head at Marseille's teaching hospital, he is a member of the French Society of Neurology, the Society of Francophone Clinical...

What has become of the Russian State, nearly twenty years after the collapse of communism and as a presidential election that will determine the post-Putin era looms closer? The Gorbachev and Yeltsin...

Power of Love / La Force de l'amourAuthor: Michel BaroinPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Mar 01, 1987Number of Pages: 256 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 2020096315ISBN-13:...

In this book, Jean-Claude Hag?ge presents a surprising point of view for a cosmetic plastic surgeon: he describes what he considers to be ?real? seduction ? the sort that cannot be obtained through...

Where does Man come from? What did his ancestors look like? When did he first take his first steps? In these short essays, Yves Coppens demonstrates the relevance of a science, paleoanthropology,...

Precautionary Principle / Le Principe de pr?cautionAuthor: Philippe KourilskyPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Jan 13, 2000Number of Pages: 408 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Collected in this volume are the lectures Yves Coppens delivered at the Coll?ge de France, from 1983 to 2005. A brilliant survey of the scientific work of France's greatest living palaeontologist,...

Prelude to the Symphony of the New World / Pr?lude ? la symphonie du nouveau mondeAuthor: Xavier EmmanuelliPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: May 28, 1998Number of Pages: 178 pagesBinding:...

Fleur Lejeune teaches at the University of Geneva's Clinical Psychology and child Neuropsychology Unit. She has a doctorate in cognitive sciences, psychology and neurocognition. Edouard Gentaz is a...

Presence of the Kanak People / La Pr?sence kanakAuthor: Jean-Marie TjibaouPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Apr 19, 1996Number of Pages: 328 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...