An edition of Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll
(2014)
Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll
the science of hedonism and the hedonism of science
by Zoe Cormier
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From tortoiseshell condoms to superstar athletes on hallucinogens, these burning questions are explored and dissected, mixed with insights from some of the world's bravest, cleverest and downright weirdest scientists experimenting on the edge - and themselves. Along the way we find big questions about consciousness, happiness and humanity in the strange hedonistic recesses of research. Without our most insatiable drives, science and the world would be very different. ..."--Back cover.
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Neuropsychology, Science, Drug abuse, Health aspects, Psychological aspects, Effect of drugs on, Pleasure, Smell, Synesthesia, Sex (Psychology), Brain, Drugs, Psychopharmacology, Sex, Taste, Neurochemistry, Rock music, Hedonism, Physiological aspects, Popular works, Physiology, Emotions and cognition, Science, popular worksShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Sex Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll: The Science of Hedonism and the Hedonism of Science
2017, Hachette Books
in English
0306824485 9780306824487
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Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: the science of hedonism and the hedonism of science
2015
in English
0306823934 9780306823930
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Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll: The Science of Hedonism and the Hedonism of Science
2015, Hachette Books
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0306823942 9780306823947
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Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: the science of hedonism and the hedonism of science
2014, Profile Books
in English
1781250928 9781781250921
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Jen Wong
Sex (Evolution's climax ; The human animal
'So pretty and useful a thing' ; Come as you are ; ̀The tyranny of the clitoris' ; 'Die of shame' ; Made to measure ; Of monkey balls and millionaires
Pills and potions ; Chacun à son goût ; Gross indecency ; Evolution's rainbow ; Inconceivable... ; Intoxicating odours ; Feast of stenches ; Just one? ; Sperm bombs ; 'A cold, dark sea'
Mind-body dance)
Drugs (Botanical battles ; Animal nature ; 'The ideal dreams of wild desire' ; Before the Boomers ; Of parasites, bicycles and saints ; Silence of the science ; Experimental revelations ; Renegade research ; Reclaim the dream ; Cures what ails you ; Addicted to addiction ; Drugs for drugs ; Surgery of the soul ; Shaking up a snow globe ; Better dying through chemistry)
Rock 'n' roll (Intoxicating influences ; Substance and character ; Redemption and recovery ; Technological transformations ;Rock, bone and water ; Immortalising sound ; Magnetic music ; Sound on sound ; Synthesised sounds ; Turn up the bass ; Piscine origins ; Relic bones ; Sonic spiral staircase ; Organised sound ; An exquisite illusion ; No music
'Evolutionary parasite' ; Synaptic symphonies ; Chemical crescendos ; Hardwired ; Neural nutrition ; Medicinal music ; Sonic bonds ; Musical monkeys ; Duets with nightingales ; Insight and inspiration)
Conclusion
Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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