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  • Phi

    A Voyage from the Brain to the Soul

    by Giulio Tononi ...
    This title is printed in full color throughout.From one of the most original and influential neuroscientists at work today, here is an exploration of consciousness unlike any other—as told by Galileo, who opened the way for the objectivity of science and is now intent on making subjective experience a part of science as well.Galileo’s journey has three parts, each with a different guide. In the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Universe Of Consciousness

    How Matter Becomes Imagination

    by Giulio Tononi, Gerald M. Edelman ...
    What goes on in our head when we have a thought? Why do the physical events that occur inside a fistful of gelatinous tissue give rise to the world of conscious experience? In The Universe of Consciousness , Gerald Edelman and Giulio Tononi present for the first time a full-scale theory of consciousness based on direct observation of the human brain in action. Their pioneering work, presented here ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Sizing up Consciousness

    Towards an objective measure of the capacity for experience

    by Marcello Massimini, Giulio Tononi ...
    Translated by Frances Andersen ...
    Everyone knows what consciousness is: it is what vanishes when we fall into dreamless sleep and reappears when we wake up or when we dream. However, we become less and less confident when we are called to answer fundamental questions about the relationships between consciousness and the physical world. Why is the cerebral cortex associated with consciousness, but not the liver, the heart, the ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Neurology of Consciousness

    Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropathology

    Edited by Steven Laureys, Olivia Gosseries, Giulio Tononi ...
    The second edition of The Neurology of Consciousness is a comprehensive update of this ground-breaking work on human consciousness, the first book in this area to summarize the neuroanatomical and functional underpinnings of consciousness by emphasizing a lesional approach offered by the study of neurological patients. Since the publication of the first edition in 2009, new methodologies have made ... Read more

    $113.39 USD

  • The Neurology of Consciousness

    Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropathology

    Edited by Steven Laureys, Giulio Tononi ...
    Understanding consciousness is the major unsolved problem in biology. One increasingly important method of studying consciousness is to study disorders of consciousness, e.g. brain damage and disease states leading to vegetative states, coma, minimally conscious states, etc. Many of these studies are very much in the public eye because of their relationship to controversies about coma patients (e ... Read more

    $99.89 USD

  • Selectionism and the Brain

    by Olaf Sporns, Giulio Tononi ...
    Series Book 37 - International Review of Neurobiology
    Selectionism and the Brain addresses a number of important theoretical issues in light of recent empirical data from neuropsychological studies. Edited by two researchers at The Neurosciences Institute, this volume features contributions from such well-known neuroscientists as W. Singer, L.R. Squire, A. Georgopoulos, and O. Sacks. Selectionism and the Brain evaluates selectionist approaches to ... Read more

    $65.69 USD

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  • Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution

    The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution

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    “Original and awe-inspiring . . . an exhilarating tour of some of the most profound and important ideas in biology.”—New ScientistWhere does DNA come from? What is consciousness? How did the eye evolve? Drawing on a treasure trove of new scientific knowledge, Nick Lane expertly reconstructs evolution’s history by describing its ten greatest inventions—from sex and warmth to death—resulting in a ... Read more

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  • The Folly of Fools

    The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life

    by Robert Trivers ...
    Whether it's in a cockpit at takeoff or the planning of an offensive war, a romantic relationship or a dispute at the office, there are many opportunities to lie and self-deceive -- but deceit and self-deception carry the costs of being alienated from reality and can lead to disaster. So why does deception play such a prominent role in our everyday lives? In short, why do we deceive?In his bold ... Read more

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  • Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain

    Our Brains, Our Selves

    by Patricia S. Churchland ...
    A trailblazing philosopher’s exploration of the latest brain science—and its ethical and practical implications.What happens when we accept that everything we feel and think stems not from an immaterial spirit but from electrical and chemical activity in our brains? In this thought-provoking narrative—drawn from professional expertise as well as personal life experiences—trailblazing ... Read more

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  • Who's in Charge?

    Free Will and the Science of the Brain

    by Michael S. Gazzaniga ...
    "Gazzaniga is a giant in cognitive neuroscience . . . [He] advances a fascinating argument that both limits and contextualizes brain research." —Forbes.comThe author of Human, Michael S. Gazzaniga has been called the "father of cognitive neuroscience." In his remarkable book, Who's in Charge?, he makes a powerful and provocative argument that counters the common wisdom that our lives are wholly ... Read more

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  • The Shape of Inner Space

    String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions

    by Shing-Tung Yau, Steve Nadis ...
    String theory says we live in a ten-dimensional universe, but that only four are accessible to our everyday senses. According to theorists, the missing six are curled up in bizarre structures known as Calabi-Yau manifolds. In The Shape of Inner Space, Shing-Tung Yau, the man who mathematically proved that these manifolds exist, argues that not only is geometry fundamental to string theory, it is ... Read more

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