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Balance Within : The Science Connecting Health and Emotions
Sternberg, Esther M.
Éditeur : W.H. FREEMAN AND COMPANY
ISBN papier: 9780716744450
Parution : 2001
Code produit : 1224368
Catégorisation :
Livres /
Science de la santé /
Corps humain /
Médecine
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| Format | Qté. disp. | Prix* | Commander |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livre papier | En rupture de stock** |
Prix membre : 20,85 $ Prix non-membre : 21,95 $ |
*Les prix sont en dollars canadien. Taxes et frais de livraison en sus.
**Ce produits est en rupture de stock mais sera expédié dès qu'ils sera disponible.
Description
"This refreshing personal saga of research on brain-body interactions knits together historic vignettes with recent experimental approaches. The book is a welcome addition at a time when considerable puzzlement and confusion exists regarding alternative or complementary medicine. We learn to respect the powerful influences exerted by the brain on body function." --Joseph Martin, M.D., Dean of Harvard University Medical School "Dr. Sternberg's book is a dazzling tour of a most promising area of neuroscience--the interface between the immune system and the nervous system. This area of research, in which Esther Sternberg has been one of the world's leading scientists for at least two decades, is leading to new understandings and treatments of the stress-related diseases of modern life, including chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia." --Elliot S. Gershon, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago "The Balance Within delivers the latest scientific advances in prose that is clear and arrestingly beautiful. Sternberg has a gift for the illustrating detail, the clarifying allusion, the telling metaphor. With The Balance Within, Esther Sternberg joins Steven J. Gould, Richard Dawkins, and Edward Wilson in the current pantheon of great biology writers." --Francisco J. Ayala, Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine "This is a tour de force, a romp through centuries of scientific discovery written by an expert in the field who brings us to that point where mind speaks to body. The Balance Within is elegant, entertaining, and beautifully written." --Abraham Verghese, author of The Tennis Partner, and My Own Country "In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Esther Sternberg charts the mechanisms by which everyday stressors affect health and well being as well as the means for minimizing their deleterious effects." --John T. Cacioppo, Ph.D., Tiffany & Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor, The University of Chicago "Few science books are a beautiful read but The Balance Within achieves exactly that. Esther Sternberg not only illuminates the connections between emotion and health with fascinating precision, but she manages to evoke the emotions themselves, from sunlight happiness to sheltering serenity." --Deborah Blum, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Sex on the Brain, Professor of Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison "The Balance Within is a tour de force of the past, present, and future of our knowledge of mind/body interactions and stress. Dr. Sternberg, a leading expert on the interaction of the endocrine and immune systems, writes beguilingly. A knowledgeable and entertaining tour guide, she makes complex issues clear. More than food for thought, this book is nourishment for those curious about mind and body." --David Spiegel, M.D., Professor & Associate Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine "The author has undertaken the daunting task of bridging a chasm between what we know as the scientific basis behind disease and what we don't know about how our brains can influence this science to make our physical and mental health either better or worse. She takes us on a fascinating trip, describing difficult scientific concepts in easily understood terms and liberally uses colorful analogies to bring the science into a reality we can all appreciate." --Frances K. Conley, M.D., author of Walking Out on the Boys