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Faith, Madness, and Spontaneous Human Combustion by Gerald N. Callahan

Faith, Madness, and Spontaneous Human Combustion

What Immunology Can Teach Us About Self-Perception

By Gerald N. Callahan

By Gerald N. Callahan

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Category: Science

Paperback $17.00

Apr 01, 2003 | 256 Pages

Faith, Madness, and Spontaneous Human Combustion by Gerald N. Callahan
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Apr 01, 2003 | 256 Pages

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About Faith, Madness, and Spontaneous Human Combustion

Intensely personal and brilliantly scientific, Faith, Madness, and Spontaneous Human Combustion reveals the startling ways in which science—especially immunology and pathology—shapes our destinies, and how something as intimate as our own identities can be connected to the intricate workings of the machines known as our bodies.
 
“Each of the dozen essays in this far-ranging collection could be expanded into a book…Analogizing to striking effect, Callahan conveys both science and sympathy. It is hard to think of a type of reader who wouldn’t be intrigued by this fascinating book.”—Booklist 
 
“Callahan is a Carl Sagan, an Isaac Asimov of our times.”—Albuquerque Journal 

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Category: Science

Paperback | $17.00
Published by Berkley
Apr 01, 2003 | 256 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780425188521

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Table Of Contents

Faith, Madness, and Spontaneous Human Combuston – Gerald N. Callahan, Ph.D. Acknowledgments
Introduction
Self-Creation
Chimera
Self and Antiself
Eating Dirt
Self-Defense
Self-Improvement
Light and Shadow
Watermarks
The Flame Within
Madness
Self-Transformation
Acorns of Faith
Forgiving the Father
Saved by Death
The Metamorphosis
Epilogue
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