How the Mind Changed - Joseph Jebelli

How the Mind Changed

A Human History of our Evolving Brain

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
320 Seiten
2022
John Murray Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-5293-0013-0 (ISBN)
24,90 inkl. MwSt
The extraordinary story of how the human brain evolved... and is still evolving.

We've come a long way. The earliest human had a brain as small as a child's fist; ours are four times bigger, with spectacular abilities and potential we are only just beginning to understand.

This is How the Mind Changed, a seven-million-year journey through our own heads, packed with vivid stories, groundbreaking science, and thrilling surprises. Discover how memory has almost nothing to do with the past; meditation rewires our synapses; magic mushroom use might be responsible for our intelligence; climate accounts for linguistic diversity; and how autism teaches us hugely positive lessons about our past and future.

Dr Joseph Jebelli's In Pursuit of Memory was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and longlisted for the Wellcome. In this, his eagerly awaited second book, he draws on deep insights from neuroscience, evolutionary biology, psychology, and philosophy to guide us through the unexpected changes that shaped our brains. From genetic accidents and environmental forces to historical and cultural advances, he explores how our brain's evolution turned us into Homo sapiens and beyond.

A single mutation is all it takes.

Joseph Jebelli is a neuroscientist and a writer. He received a PhD in neuroscience from University College London for his work on the cell biology of neurodegenerative diseases, then worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Washington, Seattle. His much acclaimed first book, In Pursuit of Memory, was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and longlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. He lives in London.

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 162 x 238 mm
Gewicht 520 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Humanbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
ISBN-10 1-5293-0013-4 / 1529300134
ISBN-13 978-1-5293-0013-0 / 9781529300130
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
Wie die Vernichtung der Arten unser Überleben bedroht - Der …

von Matthias Glaubrecht

Buch | Softcover (2023)
Penguin (Verlag)
15,00