A Definition of Insanity

Insanity

A Preferred Definition of Conditional Rényi Entropy

The Rényi entropy is a generalization of Shannon entropy to a one-parameter family of entropies. Tsallis entropy too is a generalization of Shannon entropy. The measure for Tsallis entropy is non-logarithmic. After the introduction of Shannon entropy , the conditional Shannon entropy was derived and its properties became known. Also, for Tsallis entropy, the conditional entropy was introduced a...

A Man against Insanity

who by the time he had passed his final medical examination at the age of 40 had been a steel mill melter, a locomotive fireman, a barman, an insurance salesman, and a whisky pedlar, and also a medical student (off and on) for 18 years. After obtaining his qualification in 1948 he spent some time working at a general hospital, and this was followed by a highly successful period as a family doctor.

A Short Essay on Insanity

to bring into prominence the importance of recognising the earliest symptoms of insanity. The author has treated the subject from a popular point of view, and in a simple, clear manner which can be readily understood by the unlearned in medical matters; and it is chiefly by the education of the public mind in this respect that the goal?viz. the warding off the approach of insanity?is to be atta...

Images of Insanity

An examination of the way the cinema has dealt with mental illness and the introspective fascination with which it has mirrored the spirit of experimentation and fragmentation of the last decade.