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  • Herculaneum Uncovered

    A Conversation with Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

    by Howard Burton ...
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    This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Director of Research and Honorary Professor of Roman Studies in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge. This wide-ranging conversation covers his fascinating archeological work done in Herculaneum and Pompeii, the politics of excavation, and life in the ancient Roman world.This ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Pandemic Perspectives

    A filmmaker's journey in 10 essays

    by Howard Burton ...
    Narrated by Howard Burton ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 3 min

    Directly inspired by award-winning author, physician and self-professed “biology watcher” Lewis Thomas, Howard Burton takes us on a thought-provoking tour of a wide range of social and scientific issues which he encountered through the process of making the documentary film, Pandemic Perspectives. Howard provides unique and fresh insights into a wide range of issues ranging from biology to ... Read more

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  • The Malleability of Memory

    A Conversation with Elizabeth Loftus

    by Howard Burton ...
    Series series Ideas Roadshow Conversations
    This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Elizabeth Loftus, a world-renowned expert on human memory and Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science; Criminology, Law, and Society; Cognitive Science and Law at UC Irvine. This extensive conversation covers her ground-breaking work on the misinformation effect, false memories and her battles with "repressed memory" ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Cyclic Universe

    A Conversation with Roger Penrose

    by Howard Burton ...
    Series series Ideas Roadshow Conversations
    In the last twenty years, cosmology has unexpectedly emerged as one of the most exciting and dynamic fields of modern science. From astoundingly precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background to the ongoing mysteries of dark energy and dark matter, modern cosmology is unquestionably in the midst of its Golden Age.And yet, one of the most eminent mathematical physicists of our age, Roger ... Read more

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  • Believing Your Ears: Examining Auditory Illusions

    A Conversation with Diana Deutsch

    by Howard Burton ...
    Series series Ideas Roadshow Conversations
    This book is based on an extensive conversation between Howard Burton and Diana Deutsch, Professor of Psychology at UC San Diego and one of the world’s leading experts on the psychology of music. This conversation provides behind the scenes insights into her discovery of a large number of auditory illusions, including the so-called Octave Illusion, which concretely illustrate how what we think we ... Read more

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  • The Derveni Papyrus

    A Conversation with Richard Janko

    by Howard Burton ...
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    This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Richard Janko, Gerald F. Else Distinguished University Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan. This wide-ranging conversation covers Prof. Janko’s research on the Derveni Papyrus, Europe’s oldest surviving manuscript from the 4th century BCE and the most important text relating to early Greek literature, ... Read more

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  • Free Will: An Investigation

    A Conversation with Alfred Mele

    by Howard Burton ...
    Series series Ideas Roadshow Conversations
    This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Alfred Mele, the William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. This wide-ranging conversation. This wide-ranging conversation examines free will and the different notions of free will that exist, the connections of free will with developments in neuroscience, social psychology and ... Read more

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  • Criminal Justice: An Examination

    A Conversation with Julian Roberts

    by Howard Burton ...
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    This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Julian Roberts, Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford. Julian Roberts is an international expert on sentencing throughout the common-law world and is strongly involved in connecting scholars with practitioners as well as promoting greater public understanding of sentencing. This thought-provoking conversation ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Exploring the Sikh Tradition

    A Conversation with Eleanor Nesbitt

    by Howard Burton ...
    Series series Ideas Roadshow Conversations
    This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Eleanor Nesbitt who is Professor Emeritus of Education Studies at University of Warwick and a poet. Eleanor Nesbitt is an expert on Hindu and Sikh culture and her interdisciplinary approach straddles religious studies, educational theory, ethnography and poetry. After inspiring insights about the time Eleanor Nesbitt spent in ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Vision and Perception

    A Conversation with Kalanit Grill-Spector

    by Howard Burton ...
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    This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Kalanit Grill-Spector, Professor in Psychology and the Stanford Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University. Kalanit Grill-Spector’s is a vision specialist with a background in computational neuroscience. Her research examines how the brain processes visual information and perceives it. This extensive conversation explores ... Read more

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  • Meaningfulness

    A Conversation with Susan Wolf

    by Howard Burton ...
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    This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Susan Wolf, the Edna J. Koury Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This fascinating conversation explores what it is to live an ethical, meaningful life in keeping with her book, Meaning in Life and Why It Matters, the role that love, fulfillment, self-interest and happiness play in ... Read more

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  • Religion and Culture: A Historian's Tale

    A Conversation with Miri Rubin

    by Howard Burton ...
    Series series Ideas Roadshow Conversations
    This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary University of London. After behind-the-scenes insights into Miri Rubin’s career path which led her from chemistry to working in an orthopaedic hospital to studying medieval history with a ‘cultural anthropologist” persuasion to the subject of medieval ... Read more

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