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Idiot Brain - What Your Head Is Really Up To
Dean Burnett
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Description for Idiot Brain - What Your Head Is Really Up To
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 666.
The brain is an absolute marvel—the seat of our consciousness, the pinnacle (so far) of evolutionary progress, and the engine of human experience. But it’s also messy, fallible, and about 50,000 years out of date. We cling to superstitions, remember faces but not names, miss things sitting right in front of us, and lie awake at night while our brains endlessly replay our greatest fears. Idiot Brain is for anyone who has ever wondered why their brain appears to be sabotaging their life—and what on earth it is really up to.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Language
English
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393354119
SKU
V9780393354119
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99-15
About Dean Burnett
Dean Burnett is a neuroscientist and research associate at the Centre for Medical Education at Cardiff University. He writes a popular science blog called Brain Yapping for the Cosmic Shambles Network and dabbles in stand-up comedy. He lives in Cardiff, Wales.
Reviews for Idiot Brain - What Your Head Is Really Up To
"Don’t get him wrong: Dean Burnett loves the brain as much as the next neuroscientist. But if he’s being honest, it’s ‘really quite rubbish in a lot of ways,’ he says. In his book, Idiot Brain, Burnett aims to take our most prized organ down a peg or two."
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Libby Copeland - Smithsonian "Burnett is a refreshing sort of neuroscientist in ... Read more