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Livewired - The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain (Paperback, Export/Airside - Export/Airside/Ireland) Loot Price: R284
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Livewired - The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain (Paperback, Export/Airside - Export/Airside/Ireland): David Eagleman

Livewired - The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain (Paperback, Export/Airside - Export/Airside/Ireland)

David Eagleman

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List price R355 Loot Price R284 Discovery Miles 2 840 You Save R71 (20%)

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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 colour? 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 planet? The answer to these questions is right behind our eyes. The greatest technology we have ever discovered on this planet is the three-pound organ carried around in the vault of the skull. This book is not simply about what the brain is, but 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 re-weave themselves in an electric, living fabric. Surf the leading edge of neuroscience atop the anecdotes and metaphors that have made 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 synaesthesia to dreaming to wearable neurotech devices that revolutionize how we think about the senses.

General

Imprint: Canongate Books Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2020
Authors: David Eagleman
Dimensions: 234 x 153 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 320
Edition: Export/Airside - Export/Airside/Ireland
ISBN-13: 978-1-83885-099-9
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Neurosciences
LSN: 1-83885-099-6
Barcode: 9781838850999

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