The Brain

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. New Download Books The Brain By David Eagleman – kino-fada.fr This book takes you to limbo The materials, hypotheses and theories provided leaves you wondering and wondering Could you imagine hearing through your tongue or seeing with your ears This sentence wasn t a hypothesis or theory, it was fact being already performed on real humans Now could you imagine capturing the map of your brain, transferring it to other body or even a computer Namely, do you think your conscious mind could ever exist on a computer Well it s true in theory and is being a This book takes you to limbo The materials, hypotheses and theories provided leaves you wondering and w...For those who read books about the brain, Eagleman s book might be a bit too basic , only scratching the surface of neuroscience But if you are looking for a well written accessible introduction into the workings of the brain , this is definitely a great book to start with.Eagleman is quite an entertaining and passionate educator writer neuroscientist His book The Brain The Story of You is a fun and informative cursory exploration into the science of who we are as intelligent, social, complex, and conscientious beings well, most of anyway I guess you could say, in a cheeky pun sort of way, it s a user friendly synopsis of our synapsesAlthough the neuroscience is new, the institution has a long history T...I didn t learn a single new thing about the brain in this book but that s not a criticism.It simply means I ve been reading a lot of brain books in recent years and writing articles about the research , so I was eager to see how one of my favorite neuroscientists, David Eagleman, did on this companion book to his PBS series.He did quite well, thank you He covered gracefully and without numbing detail the waterfront of much recent research how the brain consists of competing networks, how I didn t learn a single new thing about the brain in this book but that s not a criticism.It simply means I ve...The strange computational material in our skulls is the perceptual machinery by which we navigate the world, the stuff from which decisions arise, the material from which imagination is forged Our dreams and our waking lives emerge from its billions of zapping cells A fun, entertaining and enlightening book, in which, David Eagleman introduces us to the fast growing brain science, exploring some of the brain wonders and sometimes it seems even like science fiction what that mysterious jelly ma The strange computational material in our skulls is the perceptual machinery by which we navigate the world, the stuff from which decisions arise, the material from which imagination is forged Our dreams and our waking lives emerge from its billions of zapping cells A fun, entertaining and enlightening book, in which, David Eagleman introduces us to the fast growing brain science, exploring some of the brain wonders and sometimes it seems even like science...Good introduction to the brain for people with no knowledge of science or neuroscience I was hoping for something a littlein depth.O Cosmos do Nosso Interior , assim se poderia chamar The Brain The Story of You 2015 , porque assume proximidade com a s rie Cosmos , desde logo por surgir como s rie 6 epis dios , seguindo se como livro, e ainda por contar com um cientista que, semelhan a de Carl Sagan, tamb m um brilhante comunicador N o fosse tudo isto suficiente, acaba por ser ainda mais relevante o facto de se dedicar a dissecar um mundo de factos e conhecimentos que nos permite ganhar no o daquilo que somos, m O Cosmos do Nosso Interior , assim se poderia chamar The Brain The Story of You 2015 , porque assume proximidade com a s rie Cosmos , desde logo por surgir como s rie 6 epis dios , seguindo se como livro, e ainda por contar com um cientista que, semelhan a de Carl Sagan, tamb m um brilhante comunicador N o fosse tudo isto suficiente, acaba por ser ainda mais relevante o facto de se dedicar a dissecar um mundo de factos e conhecimentos que nos permite ganhar no o daquilo que somos, mas agora a partir do nosso interior, da mat ria org nica que permite a cria o de vida conceptual In a cubic centimeter of brain tissue there are as many connections as stars in the Milky Way Galaxy Our thoughts, our hopes, and our dreams are contained in these three pounds of wet biological material Assumido este figurino p...The Brain The Story of You by David Eagleman The Brain is an excellent companion piece to the six part PBS series of the same title Neuroscientist and best selling author David Eagleman, educates and fascinates the general public with a wonderful popular science examination of our brains This captivating 224 page book includes the following six chapters 1 Who am I , 2 What is reality , 3 Who s in control ,4 How do I decide , 5 Do I need you , and 6 Who will we be.Positives 1 Popular The Brain The Story of You by David Eagleman The Brain is an e...Read as .Q, , , , , ,, ,Read as .Q, , , , , ,, ,,c Q ,, , 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• English
• 25 January 2018
David Eagleman
• Hardcover
• 224 pages
• 1101870532
• David Eagleman
• The Brain