Résumé
Thomas Czerner's elegant and accessible introduction to
brain research describes the scientists and discoveries
that have exponentially increased our knowledge of the
brain and its functions, most significantly in the last few
years. Czerner translates the arcane language of scientific
journals into a highly readable survey of all that is known
about the brain and the amazing promise this understanding
holds for the future. He deftly follows the larger
historical detective story that stars neurologists and
their forebears, from philosophers Descartes and Kant, to
twentieth-century polymaths Francis Crick and Edwin Land,
to computer scientists who have found that the brain's
parallel circuitry offers an ideal design model for
microprocessors. By shining a light on the darkest recesses
of our own minds, What Makes You Tick? will change the way
we think about thinking.
Notes.
Index.
Contents
- Exploring a Recently Discovered Galaxy: Off to See the Wizard.
- Stardust and the Music of the Neuron: Impulses and How They Move You.
- The Ghost in the Machine: The Elusive Homunculus.
- The Photon and Your Brain: Your Quiet Conversation with Nature.
- The Intelligence of the Neuron: Your Life Depends on the Decisons of Individual Cells.
- The Moving Parts of Your Brain: The Photon Illuminates the Lilliputian Machinery of the Neuron.
- The Yellow Brick Road: To Your Biological Clock and Internal Maps of the Universe.
- The Emerald City: The Secrets of the Most Complex Functions of the Brain.
- Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: The Brain Is a Supercomputer and Much, Much More.
- The Shape of an Idea: Neuronal Ensembles.
- Pure Wizardry: Matching Your Behavior to Your Situation.
- Your Personal Chemistry: From Molecules to Moods and from Genes to Behavior.
Notes.
Index.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Wiley |
| Auteur(s) | Thomas Czerner |
| Parution | 18/03/2002 |
| Nb. de pages | 228 |
| Format | 14,5 x 22,7 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 318g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780471209904 |
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