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Winner of the PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
“Moving and inspiring…. Hart’s memoir, especially his description of meeting his now-adult son, is deeply honest and often painful. And his account of the ways in which scientific evidence has been ignored in the war on drugs is as alarming as it is fascinating.” — Boston Globe
High Price is the harrowing and inspiring memoir of neuroscientist Carl Hart, a man who grew up in one of Miami’s toughest neighborhoods and, determined to make a difference as an adult, tirelessly applies his scientific training to help save real lives.
Young Carl didn’t see the value of school, studying just enough to keep him on the basketball team. Today, he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist—Columbia University’s first tenured African American professor in the sciences—whose landmark, controversial research is redefining our understanding of addiction.
In this provocative and eye-opening memoir, Dr. Carl Hart recalls his journey of self-discovery, how he escaped a life of crime and drugs and avoided having a life of addiction, the kind he now studies. Interweaving past and present, Hart goes beyond the hype as he examines the relationship between drugs and pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. His findings shed new light on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs, and explain why current policies are failing.
Publisher : Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (June 10, 2014)
Language : English
Paperback : 368 pages
ISBN-10 : 0062015893
ISBN-13 : 978-0062015891
Item Weight : 9.6 ounces
Dimensions : 5.31 x 0.83 x 8 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book profoundly informative and powerful, with assertions backed by documented studies. They also describe the book as well-written. Opinions are mixed on the writing style, with some finding it compelling and personal, while others find it bombastic and preposterous.
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