Social Scientists

This could be the story of any man, his life driven and guided for half a century by his overwhelming desire for alcohol. This book relates a candid and informative account of an alcoholic’s life and where it leads. It also offers suggestions of reasons for alcoholism, the effects that alcohol has upon the brain, an examination of the law relating to mental capacity, and an ultimately heartfelt plea to anyone instrumental in changing the lives for such unfortunate individuals, to examine more closely the research available.

When five-year-old Nicole, already caught in the middle of her parents' contested divorce, returns home from a visit to her mother with accountings of sexual abuse, her father is awarded full custody following the bitter court battle.

Mama Is Still Here! is a true story of an educated and accomplished African American woman who was raised in the state of Mississippi between the 1940s and 1960s. Daisy: a wife, mother, and everyone's favorite sister, aunt, and friend is admired for her swagger and confidence. But she finds her life spiraling out of control because of impaired memory lapses due to Alzheimer's disease. The devastating diagnosis crushed Daisy and her husband's world, and the world of their adult children.

Falecido no Rio de Janeiro em 1917, o filósofo cearense Farias Brito é reconhecido no Brasil e no exterior pela excelência de sua obra. Extraídos do livro A base física do espírito, os textos aqui reunidos abordam o papel do filósofo Wilhelm Wundt para o desenvolvimento da escola experimental de Psicologia.

Why listen to a book on Freud? As long as man views guilt as a problem for science instead of religion, the influence of Sigmund Freud will remain lurking in the mind of modern man. Freud was an architect of the modern mind - and unholy builder - like Marx and Darwin. Freud was also a hater of religion - specifically the Bible and its absolute standard.

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, born on 15 October 1931, is one of the India's most distinguished scientists. He is held credited for the development of India's first satellite launch vehicle, the SLV-3. As Chairman of The Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), he prepared the document on Technology Vision 2020 to make India a developed country.

In this uniquely fascinating audiobook, internationally renowned psychic Sylvia Browne recounts her captivating life as a clairvoyant, telling of her earliest readings as a young child in Kansas City, and of her first contact with Francine, her spirit guide.

Cualquier persona que quiera comprender la sociedad, la economía y el pensamiento contemporáneo debe conocer a Karl Marx, el filósofo, economista, sociólogo y periodista alemán de origen judío que revolucionó el panorama intelectual y político de su época. Karl Heinrich Marx nació en Tréveris en 1818 y llegó a ser conocido, sobre todo, por sus dos obras más célebres: Manifiesto del Partido Comunista (en coautoría con Friedrich Engels) y El capital.

In this book, I have described the struggles of my college life. I decided to write this book, when, due to lack of friends, I did not get to know about the final semester exams of the university and missed my exams. After many struggles, I gave the final semester exams and wrote my college experiences in this book.

Sigmund Freud war ein Revolutionär. Er begründete die Psychoanalyse und setzte damit einen Meilenstein in der Geschichte der Menschheit. Freud war aber auch ein Freund der Sprache. Aus seinen Briefen sowie aus seinen autobiografischen Aussagen erschließt sich ein einzigartiges Porträt des Menschen Freud. Der Bogen spannt sich vom Bericht über seine Maturitätsprüfung bis zu seinem letzten Brief, kurz vor dem Tod verfasst. Seine sprachlich brillanten Texte, gelesen von Paul Hoffmann, zeugen von menschlicher Wärme, aber auch von kühler, distanzierter Selbstkritik.

De todas las ciencias, una interesaba especialmente al erudito profesor Von Baumgarten. Era la que se conecta con la psicología y las relaciones entre mente y materia.

Europe's wealth essentially originates in Asia. And this is where Europe's wealth is now migrating back to. Understanding Asia's greatest entrepreneurs may allow you to join the party to come.

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is known around the world as the "Father of Psychoanalysis", and for good reason. If anything, Freud's first patient was himself. A sufferer of psychosomatic symptoms, Freud diagnosed himself as having a repressed antagonism against his father. From there, Freud began to build on his now famous concepts of the unconscious, infantile sexuality and repression.

Mr. Feynman was a brilliant and complicated man. He knew that his then-girlfriend, Arline, would die shortly after her tuberculosis diagnosis, but he married her anyway so he could take care of her. He emphasized the importance of learning rather than merely acquiring knowledge. He said that he did not need the Nobel Prize to validate his achievements, that the real litmus test would be the impact that he would make.

Edgar Morin are amintiri în culori de la multe dintre evenimentele pe care noi le cunoaștem doar din imagini de arhivă. S-a născut într-o lume decimată de gripa spaniolă și a trăit conștient și implicat invadarea Franței de trupele naziste în 1940, Holocaustul, lăsarea Cortinei de Fier, zorii Uniunii Europene, mișcarea contraculturală din mai 1968, începuturile conștientizării crizei climatice și ale globalizării, Războiul Rece, conflictele din Orientul Mijlociu, dizolvarea blocului comunist, tranzițiile, migrațiile, 11/09, terorismul, pandemia de Covid-19.

Jada is hosting her first sleepover, and she has lots of cool scientific activities planned: kitchen chemistry, creating invisible ink, and even making slime! But when her friends get tired of the lessons and just want to hang out, can Jada figure out the formula for fun and save the sleepover?

Sigmund Freud is the father of psychoanalysis, a clinical method of treatment through dialogue. Modern thought owes him his theoretical description of the structure and functioning of the unconscious, through the discovery of the essential role of transference in the analytic process, the redefinition of sexuality including its infantile forms, the analysis of dreams, symptom formation and the mechanisms of repression.

We're all used to encountering even the most hardcore porn from the comfort and privacy of our computer screens, but how many of us would go see it live? Thought Catalog editor Chelsea Fagan did, spending an evening in the world of live sex shows and hardcore pornography. Here, she gives us the guided tour to everything from rules about condoms to the pressure of facials, showing us a world that is at once completely familiar and something we've never quite seen before.

Heinrich Hoffmann war ein deutscher Psychiater, Lyriker und Kinderbuchautor. Er ist der Verfasser des Struwwelpeter. Er verwendete auch die Pseudonyme Heulalius von Heulenburg, Reimerich Kinderlieb, Peter Struwwel sowie Polycarpus Gastfenger.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, französischer Politiker und Philosoph: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten.