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4. From the Big Bang to the big brain
Michael O’Shea
in The Brain: A Very Short Introduction
‘From the Big Bang to the big brain’ charts the evolutionary history of the nervous system. The ability to sense and act on environmental stimuli exists even in single celled organisms. ...
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1. Thinking about the brain
Michael O’Shea
in The Brain: A Very Short Introduction
‘Thinking about the brain’ asks: How do we even begin to contemplate our own thoughts? Thinking about the brain creates a self-referential paradox — we need to use our brain to think about ...
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7. Broken brain: invention and intervention
Michael O’Shea
in The Brain: A Very Short Introduction
‘Broken brain’ explains the convergence of neuroscience and the physical sciences in the twenty-first century and beyond. The brain does not work like a normal computer, and there is ...
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The Brain: A Very Short Introduction
Michael O'Shea
How does the brain work? The Brain, A Very Short Introduction provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a sense of how ...
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