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A Brilliant List of Science Books for People Who Want Their Minds BlownQuote:Quote:I particularly liked this one...
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, by David Eagleman (Pantheon)
Neuroscientist Eagleman delves into the parts of our minds that we're not aware of consciously, and comes up with tons of stories that illuminate how we can be thinking about things without ever being aware of it. From the publisher:
Why can your foot move halfway to the brake pedal before you become consciously aware of danger ahead? Why do you hear your name being mentioned in a conversation that you didn't think you were listening to? What do Ulysses and the credit crunch have in common? Why did Thomas Edison electrocute an elephant in 1916? Why are people whose names begin with J more likely to marry other people whose names begin with J? Why is it so difficult to keep a secret? And how is it possible to get angry at yourself-who, exactly, is mad at whom?
Taking in brain damage, plane spotting, dating, drugs, beauty, infidelity, synesthesia, criminal law, artificial intelligence, and visual illusions, Incognito is a thrilling subsurface exploration of the mind and all its contradictions. The underlined question struck me as so hilarious, ( I know, "easily amused"), that the book immediately appealed to me.
Question authority, before it questions you. How do you know, that you know, what you know?
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Thank you very much indeed for the link and your personal comment, Epiphileon. Much appreciated.
To say it as neutral as possible, I was not amused by this:
Rampant sex selective abortion has left over 160 million females "missing" from Asia's population.
From the media I heard horror stories from the far east, but that it was really like this shocked me.
Give a man a fish you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime - Chinese proverb
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ClubFavolosa, your theme "Mary! Marry who? Merry Christmas" is lovely!
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.
Charles Dickens
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Thanks for the great book list.. if I only had the time to read them all.. fascinating..
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Thank you for sharing these. Well done! :)
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Epiphileon
Thanks for suggesting this book - thoroughly enjoyed reading this!
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This is another source to satiate my thirst for reading popular science books: Confessions of a science librarian.. http://scienceblogs.com/confessions/Currently reading "The Hidden Reality" by Brian Greene
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