Description
The human brain: two fistfuls of pinkish-grey tissue, wrinkled like a walnut and something of the consistency of porridge. How is it able to store more information than all the computers and libraries of the world? How does it function? And, above all, what is its relationship to the human mind? Does the brain sets humans apart from the rest of the world?
In this important and fascinating book, which challenges the traditional dichotomy between mind and brain, Steven Rose, drawing on the latest discoveries in the new field of neurobiology in which he himself is a leading participant, answers these questions. And, with the help of superb diagrams, he makes clear what he and his colleagues are finding out about the way in which people think, know, remember, feel, sleep and wake-and what the social and political implications of these discoveries may be.
ISBN:014021898X
