{"title":"Hilary Rose","description":"\u003cp\u003eHilary Rose offers a distinctive blend of insightful science and sharp humour, inviting readers to explore complex ideas with both clarity and wit. Her work, such as \u003cem\u003eCan Neuroscience Change Our Minds?\u003c\/em\u003e, delves into thought-provoking topics within the realm of science and nature, making challenging concepts accessible and engaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside her scientific inquiries, Rose embraces playful and satirical storytelling, exemplified in titles like \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Diary of Queen Camilla\u003c\/em\u003e. Readers can expect a refreshing mix of intellectual curiosity and lighthearted entertainment that both informs and delights.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"can-neuroscience-change-our-minds-by-hilary-rose-9780745689326","title":"Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeuroscience, with its astounding new technologies, is uncovering the workings of the brain and, with this, perhaps the mind. The 'neuro' prefix spills out into every area of life, from neuroaesthetics to neuroeconomics, neurogastronomy, and neuroeducation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its promise to cure physical and social ills, the government sees neuroscience as a tool to increase the 'mental capital' of the children of the deprived and workless. It sets aside intensifying poverty and inequality, instead claiming that basing children's rearing and education on brain science will transform both the child's and the nation's health and wealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeading critics of such neuropretensions, neuroscientist Steven Rose and sociologist of science Hilary Rose take a sceptical look at these claims and the science underlying them, sifting out the sensible from the snake oil. Examining the ways in which science is shaped by and shapes the political economy of neoliberalism, they argue that neuroscience on its own is not able to bear the weight of these hopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan Neuroscience Change Our Minds?\u003c\/em\u003e delves deep into these discussions, exploring the potential and the limitations of neuroscience in addressing societal challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854205440236,"sku":"9780745689326","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13250393482453.jpg?v=1759237304"},{"product_id":"the-secret-diary-of-queen-camilla-by-hilary-rose-9781408721209","title":"The Secret Diary of Queen Camilla","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDear Diary,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife's been awfully busy since the Coronation. Those tiaras don't choose themselves and managing Charles is a full-time job when he's giving it the full King at the drop of a hat. I've barely enough time to watch \u003c\/em\u003eBargain Hunt\u003cem\u003e. Is it any wonder I have to smoke so much?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCheerio for now,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCamilla\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Hilary Rose, the sharp-witted writer for \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e, comes her first book, a hilarious royal parody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking us from coronations to overseas tours, from a royally doomed family Christmas to TV dinners with \u003cem\u003eBelow Deck Med\u003c\/em\u003e, Queen Camilla reveals in her personal diary how she keeps it real when life is anything but. With a cast of characters including the King, wily courtier Sir Clive, sidekick sister Annabel and assorted Jack Russell terriers, \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Diary of Queen Camilla\u003c\/em\u003e is a wickedly funny, entirely fictitious, insight into life behind palace walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384051024108,"sku":"9781408721209","price":60.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/15322783482689.jpg?v=1773399931"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/hilary-rose.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}