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Title: The Amazing Brain by Robert Ornstein, Richard F. Thompson ISBN: 0-395-58572-4 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The brain is like an ancient house with modern additions.
Comment: The most striking aspect of the authors'work is the magnificent way in which the various layers of the brain/consciousness are paired with the drawings evoking our ancient evolutionary history. Rather than a modern suburban house built on a scraped lot, the brain is portrayed as a ruin with succeeding layers built on top of each other. I believe the book succeeds in conveying a sense of mystery as to how we are able to function as modern homo sapiens while carrying around with us the results of milennia of evolution: the hope and the danger as it were. And yet, this is all achieved in a very light-hearted and entertaining manner.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent resource for both professionals and lay alike
Comment: Filled with unique illustrations of the brain in an imaginative manner, combined with powerful information regarding the clinical anatomy of our CPU, this is a must read for those working with brain injured individuals or who would just like to understand the magic that is our mind.
Rating: 5
Summary: A very good read
Comment: A really great introduction to the workings of the brain. Truly memorable illustrations: so much better than those dry, factual diagrams you get in most textbooks. This book is an easy read, and keeps a lively pace. Its only drawback is that it is a little dated, but any book on a subject under such intensive research is likely to be a bit out of date by the time it reaches the lay-reader. Highly recommended though.
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Title: The Right Mind: Making Sense of the Hemispheres by Robert Ornstein ISBN: 0156006278 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS: THE ORIGINS OF THE WAY WE THINK by Robert Ornstein ISBN: 0671792245 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 November, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Left Brain, Right Brain: Perspective from Cognitive Neuroscience (Series of Books in Psychology) by Sally P. Springer, Georg Deutsch ISBN: 0716731118 Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $23.75 |
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Title: The Healing Brain: Breakthrough Discoveries About How the Brain Keeps Us Healthy by Robert Ornstein, David Sobel ISBN: 1883536170 Publisher: Malor Books Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: The Psychology of Consciousness (Pelican S.) by Robert E. Ornstein ISBN: 0140216790 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: December, 1975 List Price(USD): $1.95 |
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