Chaos and Intoxication: Complexity and Adaptation in the Structure of Human Nature

by Alan Dean

Book Overview

Why are people often so unpredictable? Why do they do things which can cause great personal harm even when they know this to be the case? Chaos and Intoxication examines the nature of drug and alcohol abuse, seeking to address these and many other enduring questions through a detailed discussion of the chaotic nature of human existence.
Chaos and Intoxication discusses ideas and research in three general areas: neurobiology and genetics, cognition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415146151
• ISBN13: 9780415146159
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"