David Eagleman once again takes the infinitely complex brain and explains it in language that a layperson can understand— and more importantly, enjoy.

g. the light sensors in your eye, the air-pressure sensors in your ear, or vibrations from a wrist band — and turn it into meaning. 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. We strapped the Vest on him, and now—just like the soldiers in Westworld—he could feel the location of those moving around him.

Reading a text copy, I might have become bogged down in the neurons, synapses, and other brain ephemera. Reading about the brain has given me more empathy and for that reason alone I think everyone should read more about the brain. For example, you might be able to use feedback from your partner's body to be more in tune with their emotional states via wearable sensory devices. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB.

It's also one of the most hopeful books I've ever read, particularly needful in these uncertain times. goodreads و خواندن مطالب در مورد این کتاب متوجه شدم که کلمه قرنیه به جای لنز به کار رفته) و در موردش از یک پزشک اطلاعات کسب کردم و این ایراد تایید شد. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. For example, the brain can successfully navigate a changing body and environment, so why can't our things do the same?Eagleman packs this book chock full with basic neuroscience knowledge - what we currently know about how the brain works, and we're only just scratching the surface - illustrated by rich, captivating examples. The author seems most eager to point out ways that our current understanding of the brain could lead to wild, sci-fi futures. Somebody could easily insert most of the brain's accomplishments into a new sci-fi novel, and the majority of readers would assume that it's just a fiction, that we can't achieve this within our current bodies. 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.

The pacing was great, and he didn't get bogged down in the technical details that sometimes make this particular subject matter unapproachable to many. And that's what I particularly appreciate about Eagleman's work: he provokes us to think about *both* the stuff we take for granted *and* the radical "adjacent possible". Eagleman's books in contrast, discuss the topics most tightly related to his theme at hand, and often present new material or familiar material through a novel lens, which I love! Fortunately, the author's fast-paced storytelling keeps you engaged even during repetitive chapters.

Det visar sig nämligen att hjärnan är så pass bra på att tolka dessa signaler att till och med nya sinnen kan "kopplas in". The greatest technology we have ever discovered on this planet is the three-pound organ carried around in the vault of the skull. 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. Eagleman peppers the book with stories and examples - my absolute favourite was the way that in the late 70s and early 80s, people thought that the IBM logo on floppy disks had changed from white to red.