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About the Author
Derek Denton is the world authority on instinctive behaviour regulating apt intake of water and minerals - particularly salt. He was Founding Director of the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine at Melbourne University. His discoveries have been recognized by election to the National Academies of Science of France, Sweden, the United States and Australia and also the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Royal Society (London). He was First Vice President of the International Union of Physiological Sciences and was a member of the Lasker Jury for 12 years. His previous books include 'The Hunger for Salt', described by Emeritus Professor John Pappenheimer of Harvard as 'the best example of integrative physiology to come out of the second half of the 20th century' and 'The Pinnacle of Life', written for a general audience, and published by Flammarion (Paris), Harper Collins (USA), and Allen & Unwin (Australia).
Reviews
...this book deseves to influence the discourse on consciousness, making it more physiological (not just neurophysiological) and more focused on the major question - the emergence of feelings. Its explicitly evolutionary approach is important, since without such an approach little progress can be made...[it] is also valuable in providing a good review of present-day biological and psychological approaches to consciousness, together with illuminating examples of primordial feelings in animals. * Journal of Consciousness Studies, Vol 13, No 9 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199203147
Author Derek Denton
Format Hardback
Page Count 292
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 243mm * 162mm * 22mm