Memory : How We Can Use It, Lose It and Can Improve It - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753811049 ISBN 13: 9780753811047

Publisher: Phoenix, 1804

Synopsis

Memory is essential to everyday life. This book draws on much scientific research to produce a wide-ranging view of the subject of memory, covering such topics as how it was and is studied; long- and short-term memory; Alzheimers' disease; normal loss of memory; and how to improve memory.

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About the Author

David Samuel, the 3rd Viscount Samuel, was born in 1922 and educated at Oxford. He has been since 1987 Emeritus Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Weizmann Institute at Rehovot, Israel, having joined the Institute in 1949 and become Professor of Physical Chemistry in 1967. He has been a visiting professor in the UK and USA, including periods at Harvard and Yale. He has produced more than 300 papers, reviews and parts of collective volumes on physical chemistry, reaction mechanisms, neurochemistry, psycho-pharmacology, animal behaviour, education and the history and teaching of science. He has served on numerous public scientific bodies.

Review

"Moving beyond stale arguments about the 'separation of church and state' and exposing the incoherence of doctrines of 'equality, ' Smith proposes a vibrant practice of tolerance and prudence that holds high promise for our continuing debate over the role of religion in the public square. His argument is lucid, forceful, sometimes eccentric, and refreshingly free of legalistic cant."-Richard John Neuhaus, Editor-in-Chief, First Things, and author of "The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America"

"Steve Smith is one of the most distinguished scholars now working in the field of religious liberty. His new book, Getting over Equality, makes it abundantly clear that Smith's perspective on religious liberty issues--and, indeed, on the whole field of religious liberty scholarship--is highly distinctive as well as very important. Not everyone will agree with everything that Smith argues in these essays. (I certainly don't.) But everyone who enters into conversation with Smith's essays will achieve thereby a deeper understanding of the complex issues that Smith so thoughtfully and gracefully addresses."-Michael J. Perry, University Distinguished Chair in Law, Wake Forest University, and author of "We the People: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Supreme Court"

"Ambitious in scope, yet full of detailed and incisive criticisms of specific cases and theological principles, "Getting Over Equality" is an uncommon work of truly interdisciplinary scholarship. The provocative legal and theological theses make it a welcome addition to contemporary scholarship in both fields and a recommended text from any course that considers law and religion in the American context." -"The Journal of Religion",

Edition details

• Publisher: Phoenix
• Publication date: 1804
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753811049
• ISBN 13: 9780753811047
• Binding: Paperback