High Price
Drugs, Neuroscience, and Discovering Myself
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
21 August 2013
Summary
A groundbreaking neuroscientist examines the relationship between drugs, pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society.
As a youth, Carl Hart didn’t see the value of school, studying just enough to keep him on the basketball team. At the same time, he was immersed in street life, dealing drugs and committing petty larceny. Today, he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist whose landmark, controversial research is redefining our understanding of addiction.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780670919741 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0670919748 |
| Author: | Carl Hart |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 21 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 133mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
Carl Hart
Carl Hart is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is also a Research Scientist in the Division of Substance Abuse at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Hart is a member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse and on the board of directors of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence and the Drug Policy Alliance. A native of Miami, Florida, Dr. Hart received his B.S. in psychology at the University of Maryland, and received his M.S. and Ph.D. in experimental psychology and neuroscience at the University of Wyoming. He and his work are featured in Eugene Jarecki’s acclaimed documentary The House I Live In. The film examines the war on drugs and highlights some of the research that Hart includes in High Price. He lives in New York City.
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