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Autore |
Zimmer Carl |
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Titolo |
More brain cuttings [[electronic resource] ] : further explorations of the mind / / Carl Zimmer |
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New York, : Scott & Nix, Inc., 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-935622-31-5 |
1-935622-29-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (88 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Brain - Research |
Neurosciences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"The essays in this edition were originally published in a slightly different form in Discover, The New York Times, and Scientific American."--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; About the Author; Preface; A Body Fit for a Gigantic Brain; The Genius of Athletes; Switching on the Happy Rat; How the Brain Wires Itself; Past Is Prologue; Decoding the Smile; A Yardstick for the Nose; Love Songs and Cockatoo Dances; The Silly Putty Brain; Ringing in the Brain; Where Pain Lives; The Trouble with Teens; A Hundred Trillion Connections; Consciousness, Bit by Bit; Selected References |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""The brain unfolds like a flower. The more I have explored neuroscience, the more it has rewarded me with new stories. In 2010, I published Brain Cuttings: Fifteen Journeys Through the Mind. Here are fifteen more journeys. In some pieces, I look at some of the surprising ways in which the brain works. In others, I consider some of the many ways the brain goes wrong. And finally, I try to look at the brain as a whole-how the 100 billion neurons add up to a person's life of the mind, and produce consciousness."" -Carl Zimmer |
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