Odile Jacob

The Hand of the Master / La Main du ma?tre: R?flexions sur l'h?ritage ?questreAuthor: Patrice Franchet d'Esp?reyPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Jan 03, 2008Number of Pages: 398 pagesBinding:...

Secrets d'Amour is a novel of initiation to love, addressed exclusively to ten to thirteen-year-olds. A sort of modern-day "sentimental education", it provides answers to questions that are often...

The Knight of Notre-Dame / Le Cavalier de Notre-DameAuthor: ?ric Crub?zyPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Jan 22, 2025Number of Pages: 370 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Is medicine about to make man's oldest dream come true, the dream of youth? The latest discoveries in biology seem to foreshadow an era in which cancer and arterial sclerosis, which still kill, let...

?Si elle poursuit toujours plus dans la voie du developpement economique, on peut craindre que la Chine n'en vienne aussi a se doter d'une puissance militaire reellement mondiale et ne cherche a...

?Vu d'Occident, l'Autre a deux visages: le Sauvage - l'Autre dans l'espace - et le Prehistorique -, l'Autre dans le temps. Ce livre entend montrer comment ces imaginaires cousins, qui se sont...

Un veritable trou noir de l'histoire du XXe siecle, c'est ainsi que l'on a pu qualifier le proces de Tokyo, au cours duquel, pendant pres de deux annees, vingt-huit hauts dirigeants japonais ont...

Even among animals, the sexes do not live in harmony. Between the vanished sexuality of lizards and the unrestrained sexuality of bonobos, there lies a large battleground where conflicts are waged...

Thinking About Space / La Pens?e de l'espaceAuthor: Gilles-Gaston GrangerPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Sep 21, 1999Number of Pages: 240 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

The production and the management of wealth on one hand, and the guarantee of the security of assets and of people on the other, constitute the two main pillars of human activity. But what are the...

Paul Jorion is an anthropologist and a sociologist. He became known to a wide readership with his book on the crisis of U.S. capitalI'm: La Crise du capitalI'me am?ricain (2007), in which he foresaw...

Thread of Life: Biographical and Genealogical Approaches / Le Fil de la vie: Annales de d?mographie historique. Approches biographiqueAuthor: CollectifPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Nov 09,...

Advertising bombards us. Whether we view it with professional reverence, personal anonyance or playful fascination, we cannot deny the influence it holds over our daily life. M. Martin, a specialist...

?I'm especially interested in difficult cases. I always have. It was a difficult case that first initiated me in the world of autism.?His name was Adam S. He was the most troublesome child in his...

Society and the legal system are constantly having to address the issue of time in various forms: amnesty or imprescriptibility, emergency measures or long-term solutions, acquired rights or...

For a long time, scientists and philosophers spoke in unison about one and the same time. Human time was integrated into the time of nature. Modern science has considerably modified this perspective...

Tired of Yourself: Depression and Society / La Fatigue d'?tre soi: D?pression et soci?t?Author: Alain EhrenbergPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Oct 14, 1998Number of Pages: 328 pagesBinding:...

This book is the result of the coming together of psychoanalysis and neuroscience around the shared observation that experience leaves a mark. Although the idea that experience produces psychic...

They are betwen nine and ninety years old, and even though they have been to school, they do not know how to read or write. Sometimes even their mouth articulates words they do not understand. Yet,...

Tocqueville Today / Tocqueville aujourd'huiAuthor: Raymond BoudonPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: May 05, 2005Number of Pages: 302 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

A social anthropologist who studied the Bendzo people of Cameroon for fifteen years, P. Laburthe-Tolra has directly adapted the Bendzo myths into this exotic tale of passion, love and adventure...

Moving, migrating, leaving our homes have become increasingly common experiences. As a result, more, ever-younger children now have to cope with a variety of family structures, life-styles and social...

No experience can be more terrifying than torture. It is a disturbing subject, shrouded in heavy silence. Both victims of torture and torturers often refuse to talk about their experiences. In many...

We want to make GDP the measure of everything - performance, well-being, quality of life - when it only represents a measure of market economic activity. On the contrary, it is possible to construct...

Towards the Conquest of the American Market / ? la conqu?te du march? am?ricainAuthor: Guillaume FranckPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Oct 02, 1997Number of Pages: 320 pagesBinding: Paperback...

Transmission / TransmettreAuthor: R?gis DebrayPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Feb 25, 1997Number of Pages: 208 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 2738104614ISBN-13: 9782738104618

On August 1st, 1975, thirty-five heads of government and of state met in Helsinki, Finland, to sign the Final Act concluding the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. The signatories...

How does the brain develop? What are the relative roles of nature and nurture? What are the most important parts of the brain, and what does each area specialise in? How do neurones work? These are...

A specialist in child development, Hubert Montagner is known for his work on biological rhythms and their effect on intellectual and affective development, and on early relationships and their impact...

Gilbert Cette is a professor of economics associated with the University of Aix-Marseille, and an expert in the job market.(other bios to come)Whereas the twentieth century was an exceptional period...