Items related to The 21st-Century Brain: Explaining, Mending and Manipulating...
Synopsis
Neuroscientists now claim to be able to explain the roots of human personality. In this overview of the grey matter, Rose explores the evolutionary route by which brains progressed, up to today’s complex societies, and ponders the brain’s future.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Hilary Rose is a sociologist of science. Her most recent book is Love Power and Knowledge: Towards a Feminist Transformation of the Sciences.
Steven Rose is a neurobiologist. His most recent books are The Making of Memory and Lifelines: Biology, Freedom, Determinism.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Review
"While this book is a magisterial survey of what we currently understand about the human brain and mind, it is also a profoundly personal rumination on the sources and consequences of that knowledge" * Sunday Telegraph * "Especially valuable" -- Nigel Hawkes * The Times * "A timely book on a timely subject" * Observer * "If you are interested in brains or having a mind you must read this" * New Scientist * "Clear and eloquent" * Daily Mail *
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherJonathan Cape
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0224062549
- ISBN 13 9780224062541
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages256
- Rating
Search results for The 21st-Century Brain: Explaining, Mending and Manipulating...
Stock Image
The 21st-Century Brain: Explaining, Mending and Manipulating the Mind
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00060540747
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The 21st-Century Brain: Explaining, Mending and Manipulating the Mind
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00050126328
Quantity: 4 available
Stock Image
The 21st-Century Brain: Explaining, Mending & Manipulating the Mind
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01. Seller Inventory # G0224062549I4N01
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The 21st-Century Brain: Explaining, Mending & Manipulating the Mind
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01. Seller Inventory # G0224062549I3N11
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The 21st-Century Brain: Explaining, Mending and Manipulating the Mind
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
hardcover. Condition: Good. Minimal pencil underlining. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized. Seller Inventory # mon0000225400
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The 21st Century Brain: Explaining, Mending and Manipulating the Mind
Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The 21st Century Brain: Explaining, Mending and Manipulating the Mind This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9780224062541
Quantity: 2 available
Stock Image
The 21st Century Brain: Explaining, Mending and Manipulating the Mind
Published by
Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2005
ISBN 10: 0224062549
ISBN 13: 9780224062541
Used
Paperback
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The human brain is the most complex structure in the known universe. Learning how it works, the relationship between mind and brain, is one of the most fundamental and important of scientific questions and neurobiology one of the fastest growing research areas. New tools, from molecular genetics to the windows into the brain offered by imaging techniques, have transformed our understanding. Brain researchers now claim to be able to explain the roots of human personality and behaviour, of language and even of consciousness itself. Coupled with claims of new knowledge come potential new powers, to cure devastating diseases like Alzheimer's, to control behaviour through tailor-made drugs, to develop human-machine hybrids - cyborgs. But just how far have the neurosciences come in their claims to be able to understand mind and brain? How seriously should we take these new threats and promises? These are the issues that Steven Rose, one of Britain's leading neuroscientists and author of the prize-winning Making of Memory tackles in his major new book. The past, Rose argues, is the key to the present. So understanding the human brain requires that we explore the evolutionary route by which brains emerged, from the origin of life to today's complex societies. And, because the child is parent to the adult, we need to understand how brains develop from a single fertilised egg to the hundred billion nerve cells and hundred trillion connections between them that each human possesses. Against this background Rose asks the challenging question: what does the future hold for the human brain? The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001905089
Quantity: 4 available
Seller Image
The 21st Century Brain: Explaining, Mending and Manipulating the Mind
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers. Seller Inventory # wbb0023817423
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The 21st Century Brain: Explaining, Mending and Manipulating the Mind
Seller: Bahamut Media, Reading, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 6545-9780224062541
Quantity: 2 available
Stock Image
21st-Century Brain : Explaining, Mending and Manipulating the Mind
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. illustrated edition. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP11716221
Quantity: 1 available