The Sickening Mind: Brain, Behaviour, Immunity and Disease. First Printing

Martin, Paul; Bateson, Patrick

ISBN 10: 0002556839 / ISBN 13: 9780002556835

Published by London. HarperCollins, 1997

About this Item

London. HarperCollins. 1997. First Edition/First Printing (1 in number line on copyright page). Hard Cover. Turquoise cloth boards with silver spine titles. Fore edge is slightly aged but minor. Book and dust wrapper are fine. A fascinating account, based on objective scientific research, of the ways in which mental states affect the individual's liability to disease. Martin is a highly civilised scientist, who seasons his text with witty parentheses. He also provides many examples from literature, ranging widely from Shakespeare, Goethe and Hardy to Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Kafka. Interesting, informative and a pleasure to read.' ANTHONY STORR, Sunday Times. Please refer to shipping rates in storefront rather than default amounts. If your destination is not included please contact for a quote by return. If your payment exceeds postage, we will refund the difference. Where possible all deliveries are tracked. You can choose an economy international rate but this is usually by sea and will take longer to arrive.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sickening Mind: Brain, Behaviour, Immunity and Disease. First Printing
• Publisher: London. HarperCollins
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0002556839
• ISBN 13: 9780002556835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • academic

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Synopsis

Explains a new field of scientific research, exploring how psychological and emotional factors influence health through their effects on behaviour and the immune system. Martin analyzes how the brain and the immune system interact, and presents new evolutionary biological perspectives on some fundamental problems in the realm of health and sickness

About the Author

Paul Martin was educated at Cambridge University and at Stanford University, California, where he was Harkness Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences. He lectured and researched in Behavioural Biology at Cambridge University, and was a Fellow of Wolfson College, before leaving academia to pursue other interests, including science writing. His previous books include The Sickening Mind and Counting Sheep.