The Three-Pound Enigma: The Human Brain and the Quest to Unlock Its Mysteries
By Shannon Moffett.
Description
The average human brain weighs three pounds―80 percent of which is water―and yet it's capable of outstripping the computational and storage capacities of the most complex computer. But how the mind works remains one of humankind's greatest mysteries. With boundless curiosity and enthusiasm, Shannon Moffett, a Stanford medical student, takes us down the halls of neuroscience to the front lines of cutting-edge research and medicine to meet some of today's most extraordinary scientists and thinkers, all grappling with provocative questions: Why do we dream? How does memory work?...
ISBN(s)
1565124235, 9781565124233
