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Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
The Brain
Author: David Eagleman
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101870540
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
From the renowned neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of Incognito comes the companion volume to the international PBS series about how your life shapes your brain, and how your brain shapes your life. "An ideal introduction to how biology generates the mind.... Clear, engaging and thought-provoking." —Nature Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means to be human? In the course of his investigations, Eagleman guides us through the world of extreme sports, criminal justice, facial expressions, genocide, brain surgery, gut feelings, robotics, and the search for immortality. Strap in for a whistle-stop tour into the inner cosmos. In the infinitely dense tangle of billions of brain cells and their trillions of connections, something emerges that you might not have expected to see in there: you. Color illustrations throughout.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101870540
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
From the renowned neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of Incognito comes the companion volume to the international PBS series about how your life shapes your brain, and how your brain shapes your life. "An ideal introduction to how biology generates the mind.... Clear, engaging and thought-provoking." —Nature Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means to be human? In the course of his investigations, Eagleman guides us through the world of extreme sports, criminal justice, facial expressions, genocide, brain surgery, gut feelings, robotics, and the search for immortality. Strap in for a whistle-stop tour into the inner cosmos. In the infinitely dense tangle of billions of brain cells and their trillions of connections, something emerges that you might not have expected to see in there: you. Color illustrations throughout.
Splinters
Author: Michael Harrison
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192760722
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
A collection of short poems about love, animals, the seasons, nature, and other subjects, by poets ranging from Ezra Pound and Walt Whitman to Lewis Carroll and Ogden Nash.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192760722
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
A collection of short poems about love, animals, the seasons, nature, and other subjects, by poets ranging from Ezra Pound and Walt Whitman to Lewis Carroll and Ogden Nash.
California
Author: Deborah Bosley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781858281810
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
This guide covers the state of California and contains features on the cities of LA, San Francisco, San Diego and Las Vegas. It provides critical reviews of hotels, restaurants, clubs and bars in every town, and information on the sights, including Yosemite, Big Sur and the Grand Canyon.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781858281810
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
This guide covers the state of California and contains features on the cities of LA, San Francisco, San Diego and Las Vegas. It provides critical reviews of hotels, restaurants, clubs and bars in every town, and information on the sights, including Yosemite, Big Sur and the Grand Canyon.