Serendip's Bookshelves The web is a novel addition to rather than a replacement for other forms of human communication and interaction. Here is a listing of books and journal articles which are important to Serendip's evolution, with commentary and continuing discussion by Serendip creators and visitors aimed at making the books and journal articles more active parts of human exchange.

Annett, Marian - Handedness and Brain Asymmetry: The Right Shift Theory (James Damascus)

Beck, Aaron - Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders (Martin) 

Begley, Sharon and Schwartz, Jeffrey - The Mind & The Brain: Neuroplasticity and The Power of Mental Force (AKyan)

Begley, Sharon and Schwartz, Jeffrey - The Mind & The Brain: Neuroplasticity and The Power of Mental Force (Whitney McDonald)

The past Sunday's NY Times Book Review has a review of a book by Anne Harrington called The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine. Its interesting in its own right, directly relevant to a course I'm currently teaching, but connects in interesting ways to some other things bubbling around as well. The book is reviewed by Jerome Groopman, a cancer specialist, who writes ....

Hello. I am Christina. I am writing this to you on Friday, January 25th, 2008 at 11:47 P.M. Eastern Standard time. Many a time I have lost myself in the vaults of Serendip, but this is my first time message into the future through Serendip. Not long ago, I had my own blog, wrote in a blog for my CSEM course with professors Blankenship and Blank, had a science abstract published. But their significance has eluded me until recently.

On Tuesday we discussed the different possibilities for the meaning of the cover of the book. My initial reaction was that it was doorways. Each doorway took a different perspective on the same background or topic. The doorways brought color to a dismal background. I found this to be metaphorical because the doorways can be the different genres taking an unique perspective on life. Most bring color to life in a large and overbearing way, where others have a lesser effect.