Gordon Shepherd: 13 books

Leading neuroscientist Gordon M. Shepherd embarks on a paradigm-shifting trip through the "human brain flavor system," laying the foundations for a new scientific field: neurogastronomy. Challenging the belief that the sense of smell diminished during human evolution, Shepherd argues that...

In his new book, Gordon M. Shepherd expands on the startling discovery that the brain creates the taste of wine. This approach to understanding wine's sensory experience draws on findings in neuroscience, biomechanics, human physiology, and traditional enology. Shepherd shows, just as he did in Neurogastronomy:...

In Binding Earth and Heaven, Gary Shepherd and Gordon Shepherd use early nineteenth-century Mormonism as a case study to examine questions about how new religious movements may, as rare exceptions, survive and even eventually become successful in spite of intense opposition. Initial scorn and contempt...

This ebook contains chapters 1 though 9. The inexorable movement toward gender equality in the modern world has taken root in the consciousness of many Latter-day Saints and has publicly emerged as a major concern for the LDS Church. Spearheaded by a new generation of internet-savvy feminists,...

Il cibo è oggi uno dei temi più attuali del dibattito pubblico; il libro di Gordon Shepherd getta le basi di una nuova disciplina, la neurogastronomia, e allo stesso tempo rappresenta uno sguardo inedito su uno dei gesti più comuni eppure più densi di signicato per l’uomo: mangiare. Ed è proprio...

A collection of twenty-nine tales of the Old West featuring previously unpublished stories by such classic Western writers as James Reasoner, Douglas Hirt, McKendree Long, and Michael R. Ritt. Edited by award winning author, L. J. Washburn. Western Fictioneers is the only writers’ organization devoted...

Modern brain imaging is revolutionizing the study of brain function in health and disease. However, few realize that its origins began in the nineteenth century with Dr. Angelo Mosso's pioneering experiments. A foremost Italian physiologist and scientist, Angelo Mosso studied several patients brought...

DEVLERİN AŞKI - LUCY GORDONPerdita Davis, flaş haberler yapan bir gazetecidir. Falcon kardeşlerden Leonid'in ayaklarının dibine kasten düştüğünde, şöhretli ailenin düğün dedikodularını haber yapmak için Paris'te idi. Katı ve güvensiz olmasıyla ünlü Leonid, güzel ve zeki Perdita'dan...

AM STILLEN FLUSS DER SEHNSUCHT von ROBERTS, PENNY Charlotte hat keine andere Wahl: Wenn sie das zauberhafte Haus ihres Großvaters an der Loire behalten will, muss sie für den arroganten Laurent Laferre arbeiten - dem sie die Schuld am tragischen Tod ihres Großvaters gibt! Aber warum genießt sie...

This is a masterful survey of Austria's controversial place at the heart of European history. From the Reformation through the Napoleonic and Cold Wars to European Union, a superb history of Austria's central role in uniting Western civilization is covered. 24 pages of photographs and maps are included....

The account of the Great War portrayed in this book spans the last hundred days of the conflict; from the surprise blow struck by the British at Amiens on 8 August, down to the signing of the Armistice which ended the war three months later. For the first time all of the sub-plots in the story...

The neuron doctrine, first formulated in 1891, states that the brain is constructed of individual neurons, organized into functioning circuits that mediate behavior. It is the fundamental principal that underlies all of neuroscience and clinical neurology. Foundations of the Neuron Doctrine gives...

For modern scientists, history often starts with last week's journals and is regarded as largely a quaint interest compared with the advances of today. However, this book makes the case that, measured by major advances, the greatest decade in the history of brain studies was mid-twentieth century,...