Navigating The Brain
Find Your Way Through Big Ideas
Published on 26. September 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-7397988-7-1 (ISBN)
Description
What with consciousness and perception, memory and dementia, altered mental states and Artificial Intelligence, the modern landscape of brain science is an extraordinary place to explore. But how are you expected to navigate the complexities of this mysterious marvel?
Navigating the Brain provides the map you need to start exploring seriously big ideas. A wealth of provocative questions prompt 'short cut' answers written by an expert author, with each one the setting-off point for instructions to help you plot your path through the maze of the mind.
With 'one-stop' graphics signposting a memorable idea for each topic, and 'route map' glossaries explaining key terms and their connections, Navigating the Brain is your expert guide to understanding the world of wonders cradled within your skull.
Navigating the Brain provides the map you need to start exploring seriously big ideas. A wealth of provocative questions prompt 'short cut' answers written by an expert author, with each one the setting-off point for instructions to help you plot your path through the maze of the mind.
With 'one-stop' graphics signposting a memorable idea for each topic, and 'route map' glossaries explaining key terms and their connections, Navigating the Brain is your expert guide to understanding the world of wonders cradled within your skull.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
Flexible plastic/vinyl cover
Illustrations
50 diagrams
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
468 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7397988-7-1 (9781739798871)
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Rita Carter is a science and medical writer, lecturer and broadcaster who specialises in the human brain: what it does, how it does it, and why. She has twice been awarded the Medical Journalists' Association prize for outstanding contribution to medical journalism, and has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books. Rita studied psychology at Oxford University, and holds an honorary doctorate from Leuven University for services to the public understanding of the brain.