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Faith, Madness, and Spontaneous Human Combustion: What Immunology Can Teach Us About Self-Perception [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 209x139x16 mm, kaal: 227 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2003
  • Kirjastus: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 0425188523
  • ISBN-13: 9780425188521
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 209x139x16 mm, kaal: 227 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2003
  • Kirjastus: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 0425188523
  • ISBN-13: 9780425188521
Teised raamatud teemal:
Filled with research and personal anecdotes, a scientist and poet provides a fascinating exploration into how science has shaped our identity by examining the elements of our immune systems such as the thymuses, bone marrow, and lymph nodes to show how they define us in extremely individual ways, and reveals how faith and love are in fact programmed into our genes. Reprint.Examines the elements of our immune systems such as the thymuses, bone marrow, and lymph nodes to show how they define us in extremely individual ways, and reveals how faith and love are in fact programmed into our genes.
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
SELF-CREATION
Chimera
3(16)
Self and Antiself
19(18)
Eating Dirt
37(22)
Self-Defense
59(24)
SELF-IMPROVEMENT
Light and Shadow
83(16)
Watermarks
99(20)
The Flame Within
119(20)
Madness
139(18)
SELF-TRANSFORMATION
Acorns of Faith
157(26)
Forgiving the Father
183(18)
Saved by Death
201(14)
The Metamorphosis
215(16)
Epilogue 231(2)
Sources 233