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- The pleasure shock : the rise of deep brain stimulation and its forgotten inventor / by Frank, Lone,1966-author.(CARDINAL)424804;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Singing the brain electric -- The second coming -- Treat yourself -- How happy is too happy? -- The times they are a-changin' -- The secret history of hedonia -- A cure for violence -- Dreams from DARPA -- A grand mistake -- The machine in the mind."The story of a medical pioneer, his fall, and his haunting legacy. The technology invented by psychiatrist Robert G. Heath in the 1950s and '60s has been described as among the most controversial experiments in US history. His work was alleged at the time to be part of MKUltra, the CIA's notorious "mind control" project. His research subjects included incarcerated convicts and gay men who wished to be "cured" of their sexual preference. Yet his cutting-edge research and legacy were quickly buried deep in Tulane University's archives. Investigative science journalist Lone Frank now tells the complete saga of this passionate, determined doctor and his groundbreaking neuroscience. More than fifty years after Heath's experiments, this very same treatment is becoming mainstream practice in modern psychiatry for everything from schizophrenia, anorexia, and compulsive behavior to depression. Parkinson's, and even substance addiction. Lone Frank uncovered lost documents and accounts of Heath's trailblazing work. She tracked down surviving colleagues and patients, and she delved into the current support for deep brain stimulation by scientists and patients alike. What has changed? Why do we today unquestioningly embrace this technology as a cure? How do we decide what is a disease of the brain to be cured and what should be allowed to remain unprobed and unprodded? And how do we weigh the decades of criticism against the promise of treatment that could be offered to millions of patients? Elegantly written and deeply fascinating, The Pleasure Shock weaves together biography, scientific history, and medical ethics. It is an adventure into our ever-shifting views of the mind and the fateful power we wield when we tinker with the self."- Subjects: Heath, Robert G. (Robert Galbraith), 1915-1999.; Brain stimulation; Brain stimulation; Mental illness;
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- Secret societies : the complete guide to histories, rites, and rituals / by Redfern, Nicholas,1964-author.(CARDINAL)419254;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-410) and index."Shedding light onto sometimes sinister and coercive groups, Secret Societies: The Complete Guide to Histories, Rites and Rituals is packed with details on nearly 200 organizations, religions and cults, government plots, and personalities, including their histories, beliefs, intentions, and impact. This important book uncovers and examines the hidden, overlooked, and buried history of some of the most notorious groups, including the Illuminati, the Freemasons, the Bilderberg Group, MKUltra, Skull and Bones, Ordo Templi Orientis, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Knights Templar, the Ku Klux Klan, La Cosa Nostra, the Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Montauk Project, to name just a few." -- Back cover.- Subjects: Secret societies; Rites and ceremonies;
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- Snafu : the definitive guide to history's greatest screwups / by Helms, Ed,author.(CARDINAL)342976;
Includes bibliographical references.Part I. The Fifties -- Atomic energy lab : an enriching radioactivity for the Oppenheimers of tomorrow -- The Chosin few : more than they could chew -- Jimmy Carter's nuclear nuts -- MKUltra : one man's mission to trip America's balls off for freedom -- Mars bluff bomb -- A119 : shoot the moon--literally! -- Part II. The Sixties -- Project iceworm : even without iceman missiles, we're in the danger zone -- Acoustic kitty : can you hear meow? -- Operation Popeye : make mud, not war -- Catching fire on the Cuyahoga -- Top five...failed plots to assassinate El Comandante -- Part III. The Seventies -- Silencio : three meteors, two lightning strikes, and a rocket from the neighbor next door -- Project Azorian : a sub above -- Pigeon pals : our new eye in the sky -- Operation Snow White : a fair game of espionage -- Skylab : the little space station that couldn't -- Swinging spies : the Koechers -- Part IV: The Eighties -- Operation monopoly : do nyet pass go -- Ozone : a spray tan for the whole planet -- The cola cold war -- Top five...bodacious viruses that bugged us in the Eighties -- Noriega's nifty package -- Dark Dante : banned from the Internet -- Part V. The Nineties -- Snow way! The CIA's accidental drug shipment -- Biosphere 2 : too good to be true -- Keyboard cowboys : partners in cybercrime -- Beanie breakdown : the toy that tainted the Nineties -- Mars orbiter : the probe to nowhere -- Part VI: Aughts & onward -- Emergency landing : the little hard drive that couldn't -- The millennium challenge : or, how to rig a game...to lose it -- Agent BTZ : the early bird gets the worm -- The Hawai'ian missile alert : a drill, not a drill, not not a drill -- The Suez Canal : largest enema ever given -- Top five...near extinctions in the new millennium.History contains a plethora of insane screwups--otherwise known as SNAFUs. Coined during World War I, SNAFU is an acronym that stands for Situation Normal: All F*cked Up. In other words, "things are pretty screwed up, but aren't they always?" Spanning from the 1950's to the 2000's, Ed Helms steps in as unofficial history teacher for a deep dive into each decade's craziest SNAFUs. From planting nukes on the moon to training felines as CIA spies to weaponizing the weather, this book will unpack the incredibly ironic decision-making and hilariously terrifying aftermath of America's biggest mishaps. Filled with sharp humor and lively illustrations, SNAFU is a wild ride through time that not only entertains but offers fresh insights that just might prevent history from repeating itself again and again.- Subjects: Common fallacies;
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