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  • The Brain in Search of Itself

    Santiago Ramón y Cajal and the Story of the Neuron

    by Benjamin Ehrlich ...
    The Nobel Prize–winning scientist who transformed our understanding of the human mind—now the first major biography of this singular figure.Unless you're a neuroscientist, Santiago Ramón y Cajal is likely the most important figure in the history of biology you've never heard of. Along with Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur, he ranks among the most brilliant and original biologists of the nineteenth ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Dreams of Santiago Ramón y Cajal

    by Benjamin Ehrlich ...
    The Spanish anatomist Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) explored the microscopic world of the brain and found a landscape inhabited by distinctly individual cells, later termed neurons. "The mysterious butterflies of the soul," he called them, "whose beating of wings may one day reveal to us the secrets of the mind." Although he ranks among the greatest scientists in history, the name of the ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

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    The Brain in Search of Itself

    Santiago Ramón y Cajal and the Story of the Neuron

    by Benjamin Ehrlich ...
    Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 45 min

    Unless you're a neuroscientist, Santiago Ramón y Cajal is likely the most important figure in the history of biology you've never heard of. Along with Darwin and Pasteur, he ranks among the most brilliant and original biologists of the nineteenth century, and his discoveries have done for our understanding of the human brain what the work of Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton did for our conception of ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Brain Food

    The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power

    by Lisa Mosconi PhD ...
    How to eat for maximum brain power and health from an expert in both neuroscience and nutrition.Like our bodies, our brains have very specific food requirements. And in this eye-opening book from an author who is both a neuroscientist and a certified integrative nutritionist, we learn what should be on our menu.Dr. Lisa Mosconi, whose research spans an extraordinary range of specialties including ... Read more

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  • Blue Dreams

    The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed Our Minds

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  • The Integrated Nervous System

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  • Principles of Computational Modelling in Neuroscience

    by David Sterratt, Bruce Graham, David Willshaw, Andrew Gillies ...
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  • Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides

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  • A Brief History of the Mind

    From Apes to Intellect and Beyond

    by William H. Calvin ...
    This book looks back at the simpler versions of mental life in apes, Neanderthals, and our ancestors, back before our burst of creativity started 50,000 years ago. When you can't think about the future in much detail, you are trapped in a here-and-now existence with no "What if" and "Why me?" William H. Calvin takes stock of what we have now and then explains why we are nearing a crossroads, where ... Read more

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