The book is a sequel of a similar book, edited by Randolf Menzel and Alison Mercer, Neurobiology and Behavior of Honeybees, published in 1987. It is a Festschrift for the 70th birthday of Randolf Menzel, who devoted his life to the topic of the book. The book will include an open commentary for each section written by Randolf Menzel, and discussed with the authors. The written contributions take their inspiration from a symposium on the topic, with all the authors, that was held in Berlin in summer 2010"

"Neurosciences" a comprehensive approach

This textbook covers neuroscience from cellular and molecular mechanisms to behavior and cognitive processing. We also address evolution of the nervous system, computational neuroscience, the history of neuroscience as a discipline and neurophilosophy to name but a few. The book provides the newest state-of-the-art knowledge about neuroscience from across the animal kingdom, with particular emphasis on model species commonly used in neuroscience labs across the world: mouse, zebra fish, fruit fly, honeybee, and nematode worm. We aim at university students of neuroscience, psychology, biological sciences, and medical sciences, but also computer scientists, philosophers, or anybody interested in understanding how brains work.

The book is a sequel of a similar book, edited by Randolf Menzel and Alison Mercer, Neurobiology and Behavior of Honeybees, published in 1987. It is a Festschrift for the 70th birthday of Randolf Menzel, who devoted his life to the topic of the book. The book will include an open commentary for each section written by Randolf Menzel, and discussed with the authors. The written contributions take their inspiration from a symposium on the topic, with all the authors, that was held in Berlin in summer 2010

"Heureka" (ich habe es gefunden) soll Archimedes gerufen haben, als er in der Badewanne lag und sah, wie sein Korper das Wasser verdrangte. Unvermittelt war ihm der Zusammenhang klar, er hatte das Auftriebsgesetz verstanden, was ihm dazu verhalf, den Goldgehalt der Krone des Tyrannen zu bestimmen. Er entstieg der Wanne, rannte nackt durch die Straen von Syrakus und rief weiterhin "ich habe es gefunden " Viele ahnliche Ereignisse werden in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte erzahlt, vor allem die spektakularen. Was also macht das Heureka-Erlebnis aus? Wie viel und welche Evidenz ist notig, damit wir von einem Inhalt uberzeugt sind? Gibt es unterschiedliche Grade der Uberzeugung bei der eigenen Arbeit oder des Uberzeugens bei der mundlichen und der schriftlichen Vermittlung? Diesen und weiteren Fragen rund um "Heureka" widmet sich dieses Buch.