One of my interests is the translation of books and texts from French or German, especially of scientific works.

So far the following have been published, and others are in the pipeline.

 

Neuronal Man - The Biology of Mind (1985) Pantheon Books, New York

Translated from Jean-Pierre Changeux (1983) "L'Homme Neuronal", Fayard, Paris

Second edition 1986: Oxford University Press, Oxford

Third edition 1997: Princeton University Press

   

 

 

The Population Alternative (1986) Pantheon Books, New York

Translated from Jacques Ruffié (1982) "Traité du Vivant", Fayard, Paris

 

 

  

Localisation in the Cerebral Cortex (1994) Smith-Gordon, London

Translated from Korbinian Brodmann (1909) "Vergleichende Lokalisationslehre der

Grosshirnrinde in ihren Prinzipien dargestellt auf Grund des Zellenbaues", Barth, Leipzig

New edition 1999: Imperial College Press, London

Third edition 2005: Springer, New York

 

   

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The Paradox of Sleep - The Story of Dreaming (1999) MIT Press, Cambridge

Translated from Michel Jouvet (1992) "Le Sommeil et le Rêve", Odile Jacob, Paris

Second edition 2001: MIT Press, Cambridge

 

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New research findings on the anatomy of the cerebral cortex of special relevance to

anthropological questions (2004) University of Queensland Press

Translated by Guy Elston and Laurence Garey from Korbinian Brodmann (1913)

"Neue Forschungsergebnisse der Grosshirnrindenanatomie mit besonderer Berücksichtigung

anthropologischer Fragen"

Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft deutscher Naturforscher und Ärtzte 85, 200-240 

 

 

The Castle of Dreams (in press 2008) MIT Press, Cambridge 

Translated from Michel Jouvet (1992) "Le Château des Songes", Odile Jacob, Paris

 

 

 

Your Brain and Your Self - All you need to know (in preparation 2008) Springer, Heidelberg

Translated from Jacques Neirynck (2006) "Le Cerveau", Favre, Lausanne & Paris

                   Cover of original French version

 

 

Helmholtz - From Enlightenment to Neuroscience (in preparation 2008), Springer, Heidelberg

Translated from Michel Meulders (2001) "Helmholtz - Des Lumières aux Neurosciences", Odile Jacob, Paris

                    Cover of original French version