ID
The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century
$34.51
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2009
Summary
If you’ve ever wondered what effect video games have on your children’s minds or worried about how much private information the government and big companies know about you, ID is essential reading.
Professor Susan Greenfield argues persuasively that our individuality is under the microscope as never before; now more than ever we urgently need to look at what we want for ourselves as individuals and for our future society.
ID is an exploration of what it means to be human in a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340936016 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0340936010 |
| Author: | Susan Greenfield |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2009 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 132mm x 21mm |
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“Susan Greenfield is often described as the foremost female scientist in Britain, but she is one of the best of any gender, anywhere, at getting complicated ideas across.”
Susan Greenfield is often described as the foremost female scientist in Britain, but she is one of the best of any gender, anywhere, at getting complicated ideas across - Independent on Sunday
Greenfield is an entertaining writer, a brilliant neuroscientist and an excellent exponent of the latest advances in brain chemistry - New HumanistSusan Greenfield enthrals and intrigues her readers in equal measure … a force of intellect and a force of nature - John HumphrysAsks good questions, describes intriguing facts and makes some interesting suggestions - Financial Timesshe is so fluent and persuasive a writer that just reading this important book perks up the grey cells - TelegraphAbout The Author
Susan Greenfield
Baroness Susan Greenfield is Professor of Pharmacology at Oxford University and Director of the Royal Institution. She is also an Honorary Fellow of the College of Physicians and has received 24 honorary degrees from universities all over the world. Neuroscientist, broadcaster and author, she has received the Michael Faraday medal from the Royal Society for developing public understanding of science and made the Daily Mail’s 100 Most Influential Women in Britain list in 2003. She received a CBE and a life peerage in 2001 and was awarded the L Ordre National de la Legion d Honneur in 2003. In 2004⁄5 she was thinker in residence reporting to the Premier of South Australia. She is based in Oxford.
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