An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the BrainSimon and Schuster, 2012 M10 30 - 320 páginas From the New York Times bestselling author of The Zookeeper's Wife, an ambitious and enlightening work that combines an artist's eye with a scientist's erudition to illuminate, as never before, the magic and mysteries of the human mind. Long treasured by literary readers for her uncommon ability to bridge the gap between art and science, celebrated scholar-artist Diane Ackerman returns with the book she was born to write. Her dazzling new work, An Alchemy of Mind, offers an unprecedented exploration and celebration of the mental fantasia in which we spend our days—and does for the human mind what the bestselling A Natural History of the Senses did for the physical senses. Bringing a valuable female perspective to the topic, Diane Ackerman discusses the science of the brain as only she can: with gorgeous, immediate language and imagery that paint an unusually lucid and vibrant picture for the reader. And in addition to explaining memory, thought, emotion, dreams, and language acquisition, she reports on the latest discoveries in neuroscience and addresses controversial subjects like the effects of trauma and male versus female brains. In prose that is not simply accessible but also beautiful and electric, Ackerman distills the hard, objective truths of science in order to yield vivid, heavily anecdotal explanations about a range of existential questions regarding consciousness, human thought, memory, and the nature of identity. |
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... understanding of — and gratitude for - that ' wrinkled wardrobe of selves ' that makes us all tick . Lyrically described highlights . " " Incandescent prose and brainy insight . . . . Fascinating . " -People -The Atlanta Journal ...
... understanding of — and gratitude for - that ' wrinkled wardrobe of selves ' that makes us all tick . Lyrically described highlights . " " Incandescent prose and brainy insight . . . . Fascinating . " -People -The Atlanta Journal ...
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... understand all that I am . This means , then , that the mind is too narrow to contain itself entirely . But where is that part of it which it does not itself contain ? Is it somewhere outside itself and not within it ? How then can it ...
... understand all that I am . This means , then , that the mind is too narrow to contain itself entirely . But where is that part of it which it does not itself contain ? Is it somewhere outside itself and not within it ? How then can it ...
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... understand it . Some believe consciousness is completely physical , a mental state emerging from the neurons , and wonder how and why a biological system gives rise to conscious experience . In this second group , there are those who ...
... understand it . Some believe consciousness is completely physical , a mental state emerging from the neurons , and wonder how and why a biological system gives rise to conscious experience . In this second group , there are those who ...
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... understanding why . Then our higher brain , the storyteller , devises an explanation . Sometimes it's an Sometimes it's an accurate one , sometimes merely convenient . Just as children like to think they're grown - up and more mature ...
... understanding why . Then our higher brain , the storyteller , devises an explanation . Sometimes it's an Sometimes it's an accurate one , sometimes merely convenient . Just as children like to think they're grown - up and more mature ...
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... understands extreme heat and petal - thin skin , whose built - in cooling system , sunscreen , and repair shop are sorely limited . Still , I haven't moved . My brain dishes out discomfort . If that doesn't work , pain will follow ...
... understands extreme heat and petal - thin skin , whose built - in cooling system , sunscreen , and repair shop are sorely limited . Still , I haven't moved . My brain dishes out discomfort . If that doesn't work , pain will follow ...
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Inner Space | |
Attention Please | |
The Other Self | |
Personality | |
Shall It Be Male or Female? Say the Cells | |
Creating Minds | |
THE WORLD IS BREAKING SOMEONE ELSES HEART | |
The Pursuit of Happiness | |
Memorys Accomplice | |
Metaphors Be with | |
A Passion for Patterns | |
In the Church of the Pines | |
Einsteins Brain | |
What Is a Memory? | |
Remember What? | |
Remember I Dream | |
memory | |
NEVER A DULL TORMENT The Self and Other Fictions | |
The Color of Saying | |
Oasis | |
The Beautiful Captive | |
Hereupon helpless i utter lilac shrieks and scarlet | |
NOTES ADDENDA AND AFTERTHOUGHTS | |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain Diane Ackerman Sin vista previa disponible - 2005 |
An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain Diane Ackerman Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
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