Odile Jacob

Soul is a Feminine Being / L'?me est un corps de femmeAuthor: Giulia SissaPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Feb 18, 2000Number of Pages: 214 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Sources of Humour / Aux sources de l'humourAuthor: Alfred SauvyPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Mar 01, 1988Number of Pages: 360 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 2738100295ISBN-13:...

Rita Hermon-Belot is a director of studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), where she is attached to C?Sor, a research centre for the social scientific study of religion,...

The Spanish Civil War began on July 18, 1936 with a military uprising involving part of the army. The rebel generals who sought to overthrow the government claimed that the Second Spanish Republic,...

Dans la plupart des societes humaines et dans la notre en particulier, refuser un aliment offert revient a refuser la relation, a s'extraire du cercle des convives et du groupe, signifie la mefiance...

It is through language that we make ourselves understood; but it is also language, according to one of the basic tenets of psychoanalysis, that allows us to understand, and thus to transform, what...

Star-System Economy / L'?conomie du star-systemAuthor: Fran?oise BenhamouPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Apr 13, 2002Number of Pages: 368 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

State and Organised Religion: The Secular Issue / L'?tat et les ?glises: La question la?queAuthor: Xavier DarcosPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: May 18, 2006Number of Pages: 280 pagesBinding:...

What makes a given cell or tissue, among others, undergo a specific fate? Why does one cell take on a certain form, why does it develop as a specific organ part or body part? These are some of the...

"Let no one ignorant of mathematics enter here," was the inscription that Plato had inscribed above the Athens Academy. From Antiquity to the present, mathematics remains a fundamental subject for...

Strategic and Military Yearbook 2003 / Annuaire strat?gique et militaire 2003: Fondation pour la Recherche Strat?giqueAuthor: Fran?ois HeisbourgPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Jun 28,...

Strategic and military yearbook 2006-2007 / Annuaire strat?gique et militaire 2006-2007: Fondation pour la Recherche Strat?giqueAuthor: Yves BoyerPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Jan 25,...

Pr. Philippe Durance is a professor at the French National Conservatory for Arts and Crafts (CNAM) in the chair of 'Prospective and Sustainable Development'. He is also a research fellow in CNAM's...

Do epileptic seizures occur completely out of the blue? Or is there an underlying cause? How do epileptic children live with their bodies on a day-to-day basis? How do they understand the passing of...

Strikes in France: A Social History (19th-20th Century) / La Gr?ve en France: Une histoire sociale (XIXe-XXe si?cle)Author: St?phane SirotPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Aug 30, 2002Number of...

Suffering of Others / Le Malheur des autresAuthor: Bernard KouchnerPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Oct 17, 1991Number of Pages: 352 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Fabrice Jollant is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University and a researcher at the McGill Group on the study of suicide at the Douglas Mental Health University...

?Peut-on admettre qu'un milliard d'hommes souffrent de la faim, tandis qu'une autre partie de l'humanite, encore plus nombreuse, est en surcharge ponderale ? Peut-on accepter que l'agriculture et les...

In The Emotional Brain, Joseph LeDoux revealed the neural circuit of pain, and then used it as a model to study the neural foundations of the emotions. In The Synaptic Brain, he carries on his study...

Visiting a psychiatrist is still a frightening prospect. Taboos surround psychological illnesses and psychiatry is viewed with suspicion. Using true cases as examples, F. Lelord presents the...

Nathalie Rapoport-Hubschman is a physician, psychologist and psychotherapist. She was a visiting scholar at the Center for Stress and Health at Stanford University in 2001-03 and at the Institute for...

Pascal Salin is a free-market economist and a follower of Fr?d?ric Bastiat, Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek. A specialist in monetary theory, he is a professor emeritus at Paris-IX-Dauphine...

Teachings of Science / La Science institutriceAuthor: Yves Qu?r?Publisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Mar 01, 2002Number of Pages: 220 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 2738110630ISBN-13:...

Xavier Pommereau is a hospital psychiatrist and the director of a centre for adolescents at the University of Bordeaux's teaching hospital. A recognised specialist in the treatment of troubled...

Telling Sick People the Truth / Dire la v?rit? au maladeAuthor: Christine DelaportePublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Aug 23, 2001Number of Pages: 224 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Didier Pleux is a doctor in developmental psychology, a clinical psychologist and the director of the French Institute for Cognitive Therapy. He is the author of many successful books published by...

The Asia-Pacific: The World's New Center / L'Asie pacifique: Le nouveau centre du mondeAuthor: Sophie Boisseau Du RocherPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Jan 08, 2025Number of Pages: 322...

Why do we react differently in certain situations, either by taking others into account, or in a more aggressive or violent way? What do we know about the mechanisms of generosity, kindness and moral...

?Le reve d'une bibliotheque universelle accessible a tous pourrait, grace aux ordinateurs et a Internet, devenir bientot realite. Nul ne contestera le formidable progres que representera la...

The Good, the True and the BeautifulAuthor: Jean-Pierre ChangeuxPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Apr 30, 2019Number of Pages: 376 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 2738147461ISBN-13:...