Secrets of the Mind: A Tale of Discovery and Mistaken Identity

by A.G. Cairns-Smith

Book Overview

Written in a provocative, witty, and highly accessible style, this is not only a splendid general introduction to the central questions of consciousness and brain science, but also an answer to some of them. The author -- noted Glaswegian chemist A.G. Cairns-Smith -- believes our feelings and sensations are not simply alternative descriptions of neural events but have themselves evolved and have physical effects in the brain as well as physical causes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461271738
• ISBN13: 9781461271734
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Copernicus Books
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"