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Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- Type
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780307907493
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
030790749X
ISBN-13
9780307907493
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038282512
Product Key Features
Book Title
Livewired : the inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Neuropsychology
Publication Year
2020
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science, Psychology
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
22 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-000081
Reviews
"Masterful . . . Outstanding popular science." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) "Delivers an intellectually exhilarating look at neuroplasticity . . . Eagleman's skill as teacher, bold vision, and command of current research will make this superb work a curious reader's delight." -- Publishers Weekly (starred) "David Eagleman, the Jolly Sherlock Holmes of neuroscience, makes me believe that the universe of possibility required to create utopia is already housed in each of our brains. His knowledge and enthusiasm are intoxicating. His book demonstrates the principle about which he is writing; my mind has been changed by his words." --Russell Brand, Comedian & Activist, "Masterful . . . Outstanding popular science." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) "Delivers an intellectually exhilarating look at neuroplasticity . . . Eagleman's skill as teacher, bold vision, and command of current research will make this superb work a curious reader's delight." -- Publishers Weekly (starred) "David Eagleman, the Jolly Sherlock Holmes of neuroscience, makes me believe that the universe of possibility required to create utopia is already housed in each of our brains. His knowledge and enthusiasm are intoxicating. His book demonstrates the principle about which he is writing; my mind has been changed by his words." --Russell Brand, Comedian & Activist "There is much to extract from this fascinating work, that is recommended for readers interested in neuroscience, technology, and the intersection of the two." -- Library Journal (starred), "Masterful . . . Outstanding popular science." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) "Delivers an intellectually exhilarating look at neuroplasticity . . . Eagleman's skill as teacher, bold vision, and command of current research will make this superb work a curious reader's delight." -- Publishers Weekly (starred) "David Eagleman, the Jolly Sherlock Holmes of neurology, makes me believe that the universe of possibility required to create utopia is already housed in each of our brains. His knowledge and enthusiasm are intoxicating. His book demonstrates the principle about which he is writing; my mind has been changed by his writing." --Russell Brand, Comedian & Activist, "Masterful . . . Outstanding popular science." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) "An altogether fascinating tour of the astonishing plasticity and interconnectedness inside the cranial cradle of all of our experience of reality, animated by Eagleman's erudite enthusiasm for his subject, aglow with the ecstasy of sensemaking that comes when the seemingly unconnected snaps into a consummate totality of understanding." --Maria Popova, Brain Pickings "Delivers an intellectually exhilarating look at neuroplasticity . . . Eagleman's skill as teacher, bold vision, and command of current research will make this superb work a curious reader's delight." -- Publishers Weekly (starred) "David Eagleman, the Jolly Sherlock Holmes of neuroscience, makes me believe that the universe of possibility required to create utopia is already housed in each of our brains. His knowledge and enthusiasm are intoxicating. His book demonstrates the principle about which he is writing; my mind has been changed by his words." --Russell Brand, Comedian & Activist "There is much to extract from this fascinating work, that is recommended for readers interested in neuroscience, technology, and the intersection of the two." -- Library Journal (starred) "The pages of Livewired are chockfull of mind bending ideas and dazzling insights. Eagleman's infectious enthusiasm, his use of fascinating anecdotes, and his clear, effortless prose render the secrets of the brain's adaptability into a truly compelling page-turner. Livewired is a fun and whirlwind exploration of the most complex thing in the universe." --Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, "Masterful . . . Outstanding popular science." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) "Delivers an intellectually exhilarating look at neuroplasticity . . . Eagleman's skill as teacher, bold vision, and command of current research will make this superb work a curious reader's delight." -- Publishers Weekly (starred), "Masterful . . . Outstanding popular science." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) "An altogether fascinating tour of the astonishing plasticity and interconnectedness inside the cranial cradle of all of our experience of reality, animated by Eagleman's erudite enthusiasm for his subject, aglow with the ecstasy of sensemaking that comes when the seemingly unconnected snaps into a consummate totality of understanding." --Maria Popova, Brain Pickings "Vivid . . . Since the passing of Isaac Asimov, we haven't had a working scientist like Mr. Eagleman, who engages his ideas in such a variety of modes. Livewired reads wonderfully like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan's front lawn." -- Wall Street Journal "Delivers an intellectually exhilarating look at neuroplasticity . . . Eagleman's skill as teacher, bold vision, and command of current research will make this superb work a curious reader's delight." -- Publishers Weekly (starred) "David Eagleman, the Jolly Sherlock Holmes of neuroscience, makes me believe that the universe of possibility required to create utopia is already housed in each of our brains. His knowledge and enthusiasm are intoxicating. His book demonstrates the principle about which he is writing; my mind has been changed by his words." --Russell Brand, Comedian & Activist "There is much to extract from this fascinating work, that is recommended for readers interested in neuroscience, technology, and the intersection of the two." -- Library Journal (starred) "The pages of Livewired are chockfull of mind bending ideas and dazzling insights. Eagleman's infectious enthusiasm, his use of fascinating anecdotes, and his clear, effortless prose render the secrets of the brain's adaptability into a truly compelling page-turner. Livewired is a fun and whirlwind exploration of the most complex thing in the universe." --Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, "Masterful . . . Outstanding popular science." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) "An altogether fascinating tour of the astonishing plasticity and interconnectedness inside the cranial cradle of all of our experience of reality, animated by Eagleman's erudite enthusiasm for his subject, aglow with the ecstasy of sensemaking that comes when the seemingly unconnected snaps into a consummate totality of understanding." --Maria Popova, Brain Pickings "Vivid . . . Since the passing of Isaac Asimov, we haven't had a working scientist like Mr. Eagleman, who engages his ideas in such a variety of modes. Livewired reads wonderfully like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan's front lawn." -- Wall Street Journal "Delivers an intellectually exhilarating look at neuroplasticity . . . Eagleman's skill as teacher, bold vision, and command of current research will make this superb work a curious reader's delight." -- Publishers Weekly (starred) "David Eagleman, the Jolly Sherlock Holmes of neuroscience, makes me believe that the universe of possibility required to create utopia is already housed in each of our brains. His knowledge and enthusiasm are intoxicating. His book demonstrates the principle about which he is writing; my mind has been changed by his words." --Russell Brand, Comedian & Activist "There is much to extract from this fascinating work, that is recommended for readers interested in neuroscience, technology, and the intersection of the two." -- Library Journal (starred) "The pages of Livewired are chockfull of mind bending ideas and dazzling insights. Eagleman's infectious enthusiasm, his use of fascinating anecdotes, and his clear, effortless prose render the secrets of the brain's adaptability into a truly compelling page-turner. Livewired is a fun and whirlwind exploration of the most complex thing in the universe." --Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner "Eagleman brings the subject to life in a way I haven't seen other writers achieve before." --Clare Wilson, New Scientist, "Masterful . . . Outstanding popular science." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) "Delivers an intellectually exhilarating look at neuroplasticity . . . Eagleman's skill as teacher, bold vision, and command of current research will make this superb work a curious reader's delight." -- Publishers Weekly (starred) "David Eagleman, the Jolly Sherlock Holmes of neuroscience, makes me believe that the universe of possibility required to create utopia is already housed in each of our brains. His knowledge and enthusiasm are intoxicating. His book demonstrates the principle about which he is writing; my mind has been changed by his words." --Russell Brand, Comedian & Activist "There is much to extract from this fascinating work, that is recommended for readers interested in neuroscience, technology, and the intersection of the two." -- Library Journal (starred) "The pages of Livewired are chockfull of mind bending ideas and dazzling insights. Eagleman's infectious enthusiasm, his use of fascinating anecdotes, and his clear, effortless prose render the secrets of the brain's adaptability into a truly compelling page-turner. Livewired is a fun and whirlwind exploration of the most complex thing in the universe." --Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
612.8
Table Of Content
1 The Delicate Pink Magisterium The Child with Half a Brain * Life's Other Secret * If You're Missing the Tool, Create It * An Ever-Changing System 2 Just Add World How to Grow a Good Brain * Experience Necessary * Nature's Great Gamble 3 The Inside Mirrors the Outside The Case of the Silver Spring Monkeys * The Afterlife of Lord Horatio Nelson's Right Arm * Timing Is Everything * Colonization Is a Full-Time Business * The More the Better * Blindingly Fast * What Does Dreaming Have to Do with the Rotation of the Planet? * As Outside, So Inside 4 Wrapping Around the Inputs The Planet-Winning Technology of the Potato Head * Sensory Substitution * The One-Trick Pony * Eye Tunes * Good Vibrations * Enhancing the Peripherals * Conjuring a New Sensorium * Imagining a New Color * Are You Ready for a New Sensation? 5 How to Get a Better Body Will the Real Doc Ock Please Raise His Hands? * No Standard Blueprints * Motor Babbling * The Motor Cortex, Marshmallows, and the Moon * Self-Control * Toys Are Us * One Brain, Infinite Body Plans 6 Why Mattering Matters The Motor Cortices of Perlman Versus Ashkenazy * Fashioning the Landscape * Dogged * Allowing the Real Estate to Change * The Brain of a Digital Native 7 Why Love Knows Not Its Own Depth Until the Hour of Separation A Horse in the River * Making Invisible the Expected * The Difference Between What You Thought Would Happen and What Actually Happened * Going Toward the Light. Or Sugar. Or Data. * Adjusting to Expect the Unexpected 8 Balancing on the Edge of Change When Haiti Disappears * How to Spread Drug Dealers Evenly * How Neurons Expand Their Social Network * The Benefits of a Good Death * Is Cancer an Expression of Plasticity Gone Awry? * Saving the Brain Forest 9 Why Is It Harder to Teach Old Dogs New Tricks? Born as Many * The Sensitive Period * Doors Close at Different Rates * Still Changing After All These Years 10 Remember When Talking to Your Future Self * The Enemy of Memory Is Not Time; It's Other Memories * Parts of the Brain Teach Other Parts * Beyond Synapses * Daisy-Chaining a Range of Timescales * Many Kinds of Memory * Modified by History 11 The Wolf and the Mars Rover 12 Finding Otzi's Long-Lost Love We Have Met the Shape-Shifters, and They Are Us Acknowledgments Notes Further Reading Index
Synopsis
From the best-selling author of Incognito and Sum comes a revelatory portrait of the human brain based on the most recent scientific discoveries about how it unceasingly adapts, re-creates, and formulates new ways of understanding the world we live in. The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it's made of but in the way those parts unceasingly reweave themselves in an electric living fabric. And there is no more accomplished and accessible guide than renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman to help us understand the nature and changing texture of that fabric. With his hallmark clarity and enthusiasm he reveals the myriad ways that the brain absorbs experience: developing, redeploying, organizing, and arranging the data it receives from the body's own absorption of external stimuli, which enables us to gain the skills, the facilities, and the practices that make us who we are. Eagleman covers decades of the most important research into the functioning of the brain and presents new discoveries from his own research as well: about the nature of synesthesia, about dreaming, and about wearable devices that are revolutionizing how we think about the five human senses. Finally, Livewired is as deeply informative as it is accessible and brilliantly engaging., Eagleman renders the secrets of the brain's adaptability into a truly compelling page-turner." -- Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner " Livewired reads wonderfully like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan's front lawn." -- The Wall Street Journal What does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time but other memories? How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue, or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? Why did many people in the 1980s mistakenly perceive book pages to be slightly red in color? Why is the world's best archer armless? Might we someday control a robot with our thoughts, just as we do our fingers and toes? Why do we dream at night, and what does that have to do with the rotation of the Earth? The answers to these questions are right behind our eyes. The greatest technology we have ever discovered on our planet is the three-pound organ carried in the vault of the skull. This book is not simply about what the brain is; it is about what it does. The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it's made of but in the way those parts unceasingly reweave themselves in an electric, living fabric. In Livewired, you will surf the leading edge of neuroscience atop the anecdotes and metaphors that have made David Eagleman one of the best scientific translators of our generation. Covering decades of research to the present day, Livewired also presents new discoveries from Eagleman's own laboratory, from synesthesia to dreaming to wearable neurotech devices that revolutionize how we think about the senses., "Eagleman renders the secrets of the brain's adaptability into a truly compelling page-turner." -- Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner " Livewired reads wonderfully like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan's front lawn." -- The Wall Street Journal What does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time but other memories? How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue, or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? Why did many people in the 1980s mistakenly perceive book pages to be slightly red in color? Why is the world's best archer armless? Might we someday control a robot with our thoughts, just as we do our fingers and toes? Why do we dream at night, and what does that have to do with the rotation of the Earth? The answers to these questions are right behind our eyes. The greatest technology we have ever discovered on our planet is the three-pound organ carried in the vault of the skull. This book is not simply about what the brain is; it is about what it does. The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it's made of but in the way those parts unceasingly reweave themselves in an electric, living fabric. In Livewired, you will surf the leading edge of neuroscience atop the anecdotes and metaphors that have made David Eagleman one of the best scientific translators of our generation. Covering decades of research to the present day, Livewired also presents new discoveries from Eagleman's own laboratory, from synesthesia to dreaming to wearable neurotech devices that revolutionize how we think about the senses.
LC Classification Number
QP376.E254 2020
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