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Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, the science of hedonism and the hedonism of science, Zoe Cormier

Type

Label

Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, the science of hedonism and the hedonism of science, Zoe Cormier

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Zoe Cormier

Sub title

the science of hedonism and the hedonism of science

Summary

<div>A popular science book on the enduring appeal of the holy trinity of Sex, Drugs, and Music, and how hedonistic impulses have also been integral to progress and science<br> </div>

Table Of Contents

Tabel of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword ; Introduction ; 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 ; Chaun a Son Gout ; Gross Indecency ; Evolution's Rainbow ; Inconceivable...; Intoxicating Odours; Feast of Stenches; Just One? ; Spermbombs; ""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 SaintsSilence of the ScienceExperimental 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 ; Synthesized 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 ; Further Reading ; Notes; List of Illustrations ; Index

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