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BipolART - Art and Bipolar Disorder: A Personal Perspective (Hardcover, 2012 ed.): Denys N. Wheatley BipolART - Art and Bipolar Disorder: A Personal Perspective (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)
Denys N. Wheatley
R3,003 Discovery Miles 30 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Written with disarming honesty by a long-term sufferer of bipolar disorder, with more than half a century's experience of intervention and treatment, this highly personal volume traces the effectiveness of a therapy modality for mental illness that has gained much ground in the past two decades: art. The author began to use art, and in particular doodling, from 1998 as a way of externalizing his feelings. Its expressiveness, accessibility and energy-efficiency was ideally suited to the catatonia he experienced during the bouts of depression that are a feature of bipolar disorder, while as the low moods lifted and his energy surged, he completed more ambitious and elaborate works. As well as being highly eclectic, Wheatley's assembled oeuvre has afforded him both insights and therapeutic intervention into his condition, once deemed highly debilitating and taboo, but much more socially accepted now that well known sufferers such as Stephen Fry have recounted their experiences of the condition. After an opening account of how the images were generated, the volume reproduces a 'gallery' of selected work, and then offers an extended epilogue analyzing the art's connections with the disorder as well as the author's assessment of how each attempt at visual self-expression was, for him, a therapeutic intervention. Wheatley, a cell biologist who has enjoyed a full career in cancer research, has had no formal training in art, yet his haunting pictures, many of them resembling life forms, are brought to life by his perceptive, self-aware commentary. This book will be of interest to psychologists and psychiatrists among the wider medical profession as well as people suffering from any form of bipolar disorder whatever the severity.

Water and the Cell (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006): Gerald H. Pollack, Ivan L. Cameron, Denys N.... Water and the Cell (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006)
Gerald H. Pollack, Ivan L. Cameron, Denys N. Wheatley
R6,654 Discovery Miles 66 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book deals with the role of water in cell function. Long recognized to be central to cell function, water 's role has not received the attention lately that it deserves. This book brings the role of water front and central. It presents the most recent work of the leading authorities on the subject, culminating in a series of sometimes astonishing observations. This volume will be of interest to a broad audience.

About Life - Concepts in Modern Biology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007): Paul S. Agutter, Denys N.... About Life - Concepts in Modern Biology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007)
Paul S. Agutter, Denys N. Wheatley
R1,393 R1,106 Discovery Miles 11 060 Save R287 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book uses modern biological knowledge to tackle the question of what distinguishes living organisms from the non-living world. The authors first draw on recent advances in cell and molecular biology to develop an account of the living state that applies to all organisms (and only to organisms). This account is then used to explore questions about evolution, the origin of life, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. The novel approach taken by this book to issues in biology will interest and be accessible to both the general reader as well as students and specialists in the field.

Thinking about Life - The history and philosophy of biology and other sciences (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st... Thinking about Life - The history and philosophy of biology and other sciences (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
Paul S. Agutter, Denys N. Wheatley
R1,576 Discovery Miles 15 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Our previous book, About Life, concerned modern biology. We used our present-day understanding of cells to 'define' the living state, providing a basis for exploring several general-interest topics: the origin of life, extraterrestrial life, intelligence, and the possibility that humans are unique. The ideas we proposed in About Life were intended as starting-points for debate - we did not claim them as 'truth' - but the information on which they were based is currently accepted as 'scientific fact'. What does that mean? What is 'scientific fact' and why is it accepted? What is science - and is biology like other sciences such as physics (except in subject m- ter)? The book you are now reading investigates these questions - and some related ones. Like About Life, it may particularly interest a reader who wishes to change career to biology and its related subdisciplines. In line with a recommendation by the British Association for the Advancement of Science - that the public should be given fuller information about the nature of science - we present the concepts underpinning biology and a survey of its historical and philosophical basis.

About Life - Concepts in Modern Biology (Hardcover, 2007 ed.): Paul S. Agutter, Denys N. Wheatley About Life - Concepts in Modern Biology (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)
Paul S. Agutter, Denys N. Wheatley
R1,765 R1,382 Discovery Miles 13 820 Save R383 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book uses modern biological knowledge to tackle the question of what distinguishes living organisms from the non-living world. The authors first draw on recent advances in cell and molecular biology to develop an account of the living state that applies to all organisms (and only to organisms). This account is then used to explore questions about evolution, the origin of life, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. The novel approach taken by this book to issues in biology will interest and be accessible to both the general reader as well as students and specialists in the field.

Water and the Cell (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): Gerald H. Pollack, Ivan L. Cameron, Denys N. Wheatley Water and the Cell (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
Gerald H. Pollack, Ivan L. Cameron, Denys N. Wheatley
R6,684 Discovery Miles 66 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book deals with the role of water in cell function. Though long recognized to be central to cell function, water's role has not received the attention lately that it deserves. This book brings the role of water front and central. It presents the most recent work of the leading authorities on the subject, culminating in a series of sometimes astonishing observations. Water is a subject of interest to virtually everyone. It is becoming increasingly important in health therapy, in the environment, in chemistry and physics, and certainly in cells. Thus, this groundbreaking volume will be of great interest to a broad audience, well beyond those in biology alone. The reader will be richly awarded with insights difficult or impossible to obtain in current textbooks, which generally treat water merely as a background carrier with limited significance.

Thinking about Life - The history and philosophy of biology and other sciences (Hardcover, 2009 ed.): Paul S. Agutter, Denys N.... Thinking about Life - The history and philosophy of biology and other sciences (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)
Paul S. Agutter, Denys N. Wheatley
R1,610 Discovery Miles 16 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Our previous book, About Life, concerned modern biology. We used our present-day understanding of cells to 'define' the living state, providing a basis for exploring several general-interest topics: the origin of life, extraterrestrial life, intelligence, and the possibility that humans are unique. The ideas we proposed in About Life were intended as starting-points for debate - we did not claim them as 'truth' - but the information on which they were based is currently accepted as 'scientific fact'. What does that mean? What is 'scientific fact' and why is it accepted? What is science - and is biology like other sciences such as physics (except in subject m- ter)? The book you are now reading investigates these questions - and some related ones. Like About Life, it may particularly interest a reader who wishes to change career to biology and its related subdisciplines. In line with a recommendation by the British Association for the Advancement of Science - that the public should be given fuller information about the nature of science - we present the concepts underpinning biology and a survey of its historical and philosophical basis.

BipolART - Art and Bipolar Disorder: A Personal Perspective (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012): Denys... BipolART - Art and Bipolar Disorder: A Personal Perspective (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012)
Denys N. Wheatley
R2,603 R2,462 Discovery Miles 24 620 Save R141 (5%) Out of stock

Written with disarming honesty by a long-term sufferer of bipolar disorder, with more than half a century's experience of intervention and treatment, this highly personal volume traces the effectiveness of a therapy modality for mental illness that has gained much ground in the past two decades: art. The author began to use art, and in particular doodling, from 1998 as a way of externalizing his feelings. Its expressiveness, accessibility and energy-efficiency was ideally suited to the catatonia he experienced during the bouts of depression that are a feature of bipolar disorder, while as the low moods lifted and his energy surged, he completed more ambitious and elaborate works. As well as being highly eclectic, Wheatley's assembled oeuvre has afforded him both insights and therapeutic intervention into his condition, once deemed highly debilitating and taboo, but much more socially accepted now that well known sufferers such as Stephen Fry have recounted their experiences of the condition. After an opening account of how the images were generated, the volume reproduces a 'gallery' of selected work, and then offers an extended epilogue analyzing the art's connections with the disorder as well as the author's assessment of how each attempt at visual self-expression was, for him, a therapeutic intervention. Wheatley, a cell biologist who has enjoyed a full career in cancer research, has had no formal training in art, yet his haunting pictures, many of them resembling life forms, are brought to life by his perceptive, self-aware commentary. This book will be of interest to psychologists and psychiatrists among the wider medical profession as well as people suffering from any form of bipolar disorder whatever the severity.

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