David Shenk Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

"Fresh insights into the nature of exceptional peformance…. A deeply interesting and important book” (New York Times Book Review) that offers a revolutionary and life-changing message on the new science of human potential. Is true greatness obtainable from everyday means and everyday genes? Conventional wisdom says no, that a lucky few are simply born with certain gifts. Now you can forget everything you think you know about genes, talent, and intelligence, and take a look at the amazing new evidence. Here, interweaving cutting-edge research from numerous scientific fields, David Shenk offers a new view of human potential, giving readers more of a sense of ownership over their accomplishments, and freeing parents from the bonds of genetic determinism. As Shenk points out, our genes are not a “blueprint” that dictate individual destinies. Rather we are all the product of interplay between genes and outside stimuli—a dynamic that we can influence. It is a revolutionary and life-changing message.

A history of chess explains how the game, its rules, and its pieces have had a profound influence on military strategy, literature, the arts, mathematics, and the development of artificial intelligence

Alzheimerova bolest, neizlječivi progresivni poremećaj pamćenja i prava javnozdravstvena pošast bliske budućnosti, glavni je lik ove sjajne, vrlo čitke i razumljivo pisane knjige. David Shenk usporedno pripovijeda o povijesti istraživanja bolesti, od početka 20. stoljeća kad je dobila ime po dr. Aloisu Alzheimeru koji je prvi otkrio organske promjene (čvoriće i plakove) u mozgu pedesetogodišnje bolesnice, kao i o simptomima i kliničkom tijeku: gubitku pamćenja, prostornoj dezorijetiranosti i sve većoj zbunjenosti. Nakon postavljanja dijagnoze, prosječno je vrijeme preživljavanja oko osam godina, a za manje od pedesetak godina pretpostavlja se da u razvijenim zemljama neće više biti čovjeka koji na neki način neće biti pogođen ovom bolešću. Ovo djelo puno ljudskosti i sućuti nije samo prikaz drama koje se počinje odigravati u obiteljima bolesnika; ono dovodi na scenu liječnike i znanstvenike, smoždene njegovateljice, političare suočene s proturječnim odlukama, kao i same bolesnike s njihovim dirljivim pripovijestima: Walda Emersona, Marka Twaina, Ronalda Reagana i još mnoge nepoznate. Prijevod Lare Hölbling Matković i Ivana Matkovića nadahnut je i osoban, a fotografiju na naslovnici potpisuje Marina Leskovar.