Product Details
ISBN: 9780141011158
Category: Popular Science
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2005-05-26
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Pages: 236
Pagination: 288 pages
Dimensions (mm): 198x129x17mm
Weight: 216g
Mind Wide Open: Why You Are What You Think
In Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson takes us on a journey to the frontiers of brain science and reveals exactly how we're hardwired to think and feel. Experimenting with the latest technology he discovers (among other things) that everything we do from falling in love to forming a sentence is caused by neurons firing and chemicals swirling around our heads; that there are gadgets which can enable us to control our own brainwaves; that everyone's mind, like their fingerprint, is unique; and this can help us understand our own mental foibles and see ourselves in a totally new way.