Odile Jacob

Ghislaine Paris is a physician and a sexologist with training in psychoanalysis. She is the author of "Un d?sir si fragile" (Leduc, 2004) and the co-author, with Bernadette Costa, of "Faire l'amour...

?Alors que l'ampleur de la crise ecologique impose une nouvelle ambition pour l'humanite, nos democraties n'avancent qu'a petits pas. O, r les degradations en cours de la biosphere menacent nos...

In Praise of Judicial Barbarity / ?loge de la barbarie judiciaireAuthor: Thierry L?vyPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Oct 15, 2004Number of Pages: 192 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Memory is the key to our mental life. If we are what we are, it is mainly because of what we have leaned and what we remember.Whether reassuring or obsessive, vivid or vague, our memories constitute...

Independence and Sovereignty / L'Ind?pendance ? l'?preuveAuthor: Fran?ois SureauPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Apr 26, 2007Number of Pages: 258 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

India: The Desire of Nationhood / L'Inde: D?sir de nationAuthor: Jackie AssayagPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Mar 15, 2001Number of Pages: 354 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

What do infants perceive when they look at mobiles fluttering above their cribs, see their mother approaching, or examine their wriggling toes? How do they feel and what do they understand about what...

Joseph Silk, an astrophysicist and cosmologist, teaches at Oxford University.Author: Joseph SilkPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Jun 23, 2005Number of Pages: 312 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Roland Coutanceau, a psychiatrist, criminologist and national judicial expert to the French Courts, heads a specialised consultancy for victims as well as for their aggressors. He is the author of...

Internal Peace / La Paix civileAuthor: Charles MillonPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Oct 23, 1998Number of Pages: 208 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 2738106595ISBN-13:...

This book accompanies an exhibition on the brain and its relation to the inner world of the self, which is scheduled to open in October 2002 at the Cit? des Sciences de la Villette, in Paris. Today,...

Although the confrontation between rich and poor is universal, it can be heightened by various factors. According to Jacques Blamont, the widening technological gap between the poor and rich nations...

Invention of Christ: The Genesis of a Religion / L'Invention du Christ: Gen?se d'une religionAuthor: Maurice SachotPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Jan 05, 1998Number of Pages: 256...

Invention of the State: L?on Duguit, Maurice Hauriou and the Birth of Modern French Public Law / L'invention de l'EtatAuthor: Jean-Michel BlanquerPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Apr 08,...

?Irene Joliot-Curie a traverse la premiere moitie du XXe siecle comme une personnalite triplement symbolique: elle a ete a la fois une scientifique nobelisee comme sa mere Marie Curie, l'une des...

Irrational / L'IrrationnelAuthor: Gilles-Gaston GrangerPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Jan 20, 1998Number of Pages: 296 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 2738105017ISBN-13:...

Relations between Europe and the Muslim world are central to current affairs, and the following issues are likely to remain dominant throughout the twenty-first century and well beyond: European...

How should we manage the moments of frustration, anger and aggression in our daily lives? Stress seems to follow us everywhere. First considered the answer to stimulations in the environment, then as...

Jerusalem, the Holy City / J?rusalem, la sainteAuthor: G?rard Isra?lPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: May 03, 2001Number of Pages: 208 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Jewish Prison / La Prison juiveAuthor: Jean DanielPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Apr 10, 2003Number of Pages: 296 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 2738111629ISBN-13: 9782738111623

B?atrice Philippe is a university professor emerita. In 1997, she held the Chair of Jewish Civilisation and she was the director of research for Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the National Institute of...

Georges Bensoussan, historian, is a specialist in the cultural history of 19th- and 20th-century Europe, and particularly of the Jewish world. His research focuses on anti-SemitI'm and the...

The American legal system, based on common law, differs significantly from the French. The differences can be seen in nearly every aspect of the application of justice: the significance of the trial,...

Justice Without Punishment / Justice sans ch?timent: Les commissions V?rit?-R?conciliationAuthor: Etienne JaudelPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Feb 19, 2009Number of Pages: 194 pagesBinding:...

Recent scientific studies have demonstrated that being overweight accelerates the ageing process and the development of such diseases as diabetes and cardio-vascular disorders. Eating properly to...

L'Or?al Adventure / L'Aventure l'Or?alAuthor: Fran?ois DallePublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Sep 17, 2001Number of Pages: 406 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 2738110444ISBN-13:...

?Comment savoir si je suis vraiment deprime(e) ? Mon stress est-il le debut de la depression ? Suis-je trop fragile ? Est-il normal de souffrir autant ? Peut-on vraiment s'en sortir ? Comment eviter...

La Transmission psychiqueAuthor: Houzel-DPublisher: Odile JacobPublication Date: Oct 18, 2015Number of Pages: 224 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 2738118488ISBN-13: 9782738118486

?Le succes economique de la Chine est incontestable. S'agirait-il d'une economie capitaliste qui ne dit pas son nom ? En ce cas, ou est l'Etat de droit qui devrait l'accompagner ? Et comment...

How can our brain be capable of speech? Does the faculty of speech fied its roots only in a very precise part of the brain, an opinion which Paul Broca, who was the first to identify apahsia, upheld?...