A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination - Hardcover

Edelman, Gerald M.; Tononi, Giulio

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465013767 ISBN 13: 9780465013760

Publisher: Basic Books, 2000

Synopsis

Nobel laureate in medicine Gerald Edelman and brain researcher Giulio Tononi draw on their cutting-edge research to show for the first time precisely how the brain creates conscious experience. What goes on in our head when we have a thought? Why do the physical events that occur inside a fistful of gelatinous tissue give rise to the world of conscious experience?In The Universe of Consciousness , Gerald Edelman and Giulio Tononi present for the first time a full-scale theory of consciousness based on direct observation of the human brain in action. Their pioneering work, presented here in an elegant style, challenges much of the conventional wisdom about consciousness. The Universe of Consciousness has enormous implications for our understanding of language, thought, emotion, and mental illness.

About this title

About the Author:

Gerald M. Edelman is director of the Neurosciences Institute and chairman of the Department of Neurobiology at the Scripps Research Institute. He received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1972. He is also the author of Bright Air, Brilliant Fire; Tobiology; and The Remembered Present .

Synopsis:

In this text, Nobel laureate in medicine, Gerald Edelman, and brain researcher, Giulio Tononi, draw on their research to show precisely how the brain creates conscious experience.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0465013767
• ISBN 13: 9780465013760
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 274