Everything from neurons to consciousness in the blink of an eye (which takes 300 milliseconds).
Take a "fantastic voyage" through the whorls and curves of the human brain, no miniaturization required. Learn everything from how quickly you can possibly think (and that left-handed people think faster) to why being bad feels so good (yes, there's a biochemical explanation).
Whether you're a fan of
Scientific American's wildly popular "60-Second Science" podcast or just curious about science, you're going to love the tingly way your synapses feel after enjoying the same bite-sized knowledge in
The Instant Egghead Guide to the Mind.
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EMILY ANTHES is a freelance science journalist. Her work has appeared in
Seed,
Scientific American Mind,
Discover,
Slate,
Good,
New York, and the
Boston Globe. She has a master's degree in science writing from MIT and a bachelor's degree in the history of science and medicine from Yale, where she also studied creative writing. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
STEVE MIRSKY has written the Anti-Gravity column for
Scientific American since 1995. In 2006 he launched the daily
Scientific American podcast, "60-Second Science," with tens of thousands of listeners and millions of downloads to date.
