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ISBN: 9781848312180 - The Genius in All of Us The Genius in All of Us
David Shenk

ISBN10: 1848312180  ISBN13: 9781848312180
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Jan 2011
A controversial, dazzling look at the new science of genetics and human potential. In this dazzling look at the new science of genetics and the frontiers of human potential, David Shenk argues that talent - for piano playing, sprinting... More

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ISBN: 9781848311374 - The Genius in All of Us The Genius in All of Us
David Shenk

ISBN10: 1848311370  ISBN13: 9781848311374
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 25 Mar 2010
Offers a look at the science of genetics and the frontiers of human potential. Integrating research from a wide swath of disciplines, this title portrays a fresh view of human potential. In this dazzling look at the new science of genetics and the... More

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ISBN: 9780285638327 - The Immortal Game The Immortal Game
David Shenk

ISBN10: 0285638327  ISBN13: 9780285638327
Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 13 Oct 2008

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ISBN: 9780006532088 - The Forgetting The Forgetting
David Shenk

ISBN10: 000653208X  ISBN13: 9780006532088
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Flamingo
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Jan 2003
Winner of the 2002 BMA Popular Medicine Book Prize: This is a haunting literary and scientific examination of Alzheimer's disease and the race to find a cure. Winner of the 2002 BMA Popular Medicine Book Prize: This is a haunting literary and... More

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ISBN: 9780285637863 - The Immortal Game The Immortal Game
David Shenk

ISBN10: 028563786X  ISBN13: 9780285637863
Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 10 Oct 2007

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ISBN: 9780002571746 - The Forgetting The Forgetting
David Shenk

ISBN10: 0002571749  ISBN13: 9780002571746
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 18 Feb 2002
A literary and scientific examination of Alzheimer's disease and the race to find a cure. The book is an account of the scientists who are working to cure the disease and to understand the links between biology and consciousness. It is punctuated... More

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ISBN: 9780349110530 - Data Smog Data Smog
David Shenk

ISBN10: 0349110530  ISBN13: 9780349110530
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Abacus
Edition: Reissue
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Dec 1998
The author "awoke" from years of computer worship to the less welcome side-effects of information mania. Replacing his faith in the virtue of technology is a feeling that the raison d'etre of the industry is to hook the culture on the manic... More

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ISBN: 9780285638327 - Immortal Game Immortal Game
Shenk, David

ISBN10: 9780285640009  ISBN13: 9780285640009
Publisher: Souvenir Press
Format: Electronic Book
David Shenk surveys the history of chess, capturing the Zelig-like nature of the game that has changed the societies that have played it. It's rules and pieces have served as a metaphor for society (to be found in the writings of Borges, Nabokov... More

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ISBN: 9780253336347 - The End of Patience: Cautionary Notes on the Information Revolution The End of Patience: Cautionary Notes on the Information Revolution
Shenk, David

ISBN10: 0253336341  ISBN13: 9780253336347
Publisher: Indiana University Press INDIANA UNIV PR
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Aug 1999
In this new collection of essays, David Shenk expands his enlightened skepticism to include thoughts on the dangers of online journalism, the ethical implications of digital photography, and the misguided hopes for computers in the classroom. More

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ISBN: 9780385474023 - Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads
Shenk, David

ISBN10: 0385474024  ISBN13: 9780385474023
Publisher: Doubleday Books MAIN STREET
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Sep 1994
Deadheads--the passionate, million-strong followers of The Grateful Dead--have their own language. Skeleton Key is the first-ever overview of that language, a guide to more than 1,000 fantastical terms coined during the life of a band still going... More