The study of mathematical cognition and the ways in which the ideas of space, time and number are encoded in brain circuitry has become a fundamental issue for neuroscience. How such encoding differs across cultures and educational level is of further interest in education and neuropsychology? This [...]

"Brings together the cognitive, the cultural, and the neurological in an elegant, compelling narrative. A revelatory work."
-Oliver Sacks, M.D.
The act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is. How can a few black marks on white paper evoke an e[...]

Our understanding of how the human brain performs mathematical calculations is far from complete, but in recent years there have been many exciting breakthroughs by scientists all over the world. Now, in The Number Sense, Stanislas Dehaene offers a fascinating look at this recent research, in an enl[...]

Stanislas Breton's A Radical Philosophy of Saint Paul, which focuses on the political implications of the apostle's writings, was an instrumental text in Continental philosophy's contemporary "turn to religion." Reading Paul's work against modern thought and history, Breton helped launch a reassess[...]

This new and completely redesigned edition creates a colourful and vibrant guide to the secret art. Klossowski de Rola elucidates the mysterious language and polyvalent symbolism from a variety of perspectives practical, spiritual, elemental and historical and explains how the true alchemist differs[...]

In times that have challenged contemporary illusions, many seek to recover the Christian vocabulary of suffering, the cross, and a hope freed of triumphalism and exclusivity. Stanislas Breton presents the "nothingness" of the cross in its infirmity and paradoxical power. Blending the poetic with the[...]

På semester i kurorten Balbec med sin mormor kan "Marcel", sjuk och uttröttad som han är, inte delta i sina jämnårigas lekar. Det som de andra kan göra är helt förbjudet för honom med anledning av hans svaga hälsa. Så han betraktar, följer med ögonen de unga flickornas framfart i skogen[...]

En ängel faller från himlen och tappar sin resväska, en man finner resväskan och de magiska saker som den innehåller. Stanislas är en fransk modern arvtagare till Hergé, och han har tidigare gjort Hergés Äventyr som har getts ut av Komika. Ängelns fall är ett av Komikas minialbum.[...]