This book provides a much needed, balanced, comprehensive and up-to-da te overview of this rapidly moving field. It starts by describing the findings derived from new imaging techniques and histological studies, focusing specifically on the morphology, arrangement and connectivity of the neurons making up the cortical cytoarchitecture, a feature tho ught to be central to understanding the pathology. This is followed by critical appraisal of the various interpretations placed upon these f indings, such as the neurodevelopmental hypothesis. Finally, there are chapters considering the conceptual...

This important new collection of essays offers a wide readership both an up-to-date account of the present state of scholarship on early modern European witchcraft and an indication of the direction of new research. The contributors build on and respond to the issues raised in Keith Thomas' classic study Religion and the Decline of Magic, and suggest a greater emphasis on cultural history, notably issues of power, gender and language. The essays are European in scope, with examples from Germany, France and the Spanish expansion into the New World, as well as a strong core of English...

King James' treatise was written at a period of dramatic change in Scottish witchcraft and after a period of intense prosecution in Scotland. It was republished in England in the year of James' accession to the English throne.

Mathematics, like language, is a universal experience. But just as there is a rich variety of languages, so too is there a diversity of methods for counting and recording numbers methods that have developed over centuries to meet the needs of various groups of people. "Count Us In" explores these cultural links and differences, drawing examples from the author s personal experiences. Gareth Ffowc Roberts shows that mathematics maths in the United Kingdom is something to enjoy, rather than to fear, and his good-natured, accessible stories will encourage readers to let go of their math...

From the unique mind of Douglas Adams, legendary author of The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy, comes Shada, a story scripted for the television series Doctor Who but never produced and now transformed into an original novel...
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Imagine how dangerous a LOT of knowledge is...
The Doctor s old friend and fellow Time Lord, Professor Chronotis, has retired to Cambridge University, where among the other doddering old professors nobody will notice if he lives for centuries. He took with him a few little...