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<p><P>What is consciousness?<br> <br> Is there really such a thing as free will?<br> <br> Is there a physiological basis for an eternal soul?<br> <br> In What Makes You Tick?, Thomas Czerner's elegant and accessible introduction to brain research, you'll encounter the scientists and discoveries that have exponentially increased our knowledge of the brain and its functions, most significantly in the last few years. Here, Czerner has translated the arcane language of scientific journals into a highly readable Baedeker of the brain, outlining all that is known about the modern brain and the amazing promise this understanding holds for the future.<br> <br> In addition to tracing the vast web of cerebral roadways, Czerner deftly follows the larger historical detective story that stars neurologists and their forebears, from philosophers Descartes and Kant, to twentieth-century polymaths Francis Crick and Edwin Land, to computer scientists, who have found that the brain's parallel circuitry offers an ideal design model for microprocessors.<br> <br> By shining a light on the darkest recesses of our own minds, What Makes You Tick? illuminates the greatest gifts the world of science bestows,

Author

Czerner, Thomas B., 1938-

Publisher

New York : Wiley

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780471371007

Subjects

Medical, Science, Psychology