Synopsis
The author of A Natural History of the Senses celebrates the fantasia of the human brain, lending a woman's perspective to neuroscience while reporting on the latest discoveries, the nature of consciousness, language development, and more. 60,000 first printing.
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"Evocative and meaningful."
-- Carl Zimmer, "The Washington Post"
"Evocative and meaningful."
-- Carl Zimmer, "The Washington Post"
"Evocative and meaningful."
-- Carl Zimmer, "The Washington Post"
"Ackerman [is] our poetic chronicler of the natural world."
-- Chicago Tribune
"[A] lovely...arresting...discourse on brain science."
-- Entertainment Weekly
"Partly close observation, partly free association, Ackerman's paean turns the inside of our heads into...[something] gorgeous, tender, jewelled."
-- The New York Times Book Review
"A love song to the brain...combines flights of lyricism and autobiographical reflection with a cooler, more cerebral amalgam of science, anthropology, psychology, history, and literature."
-- Francine Prose, More magazine
"Evocative and meaningful."
-- Carl Zimmer, The Washington Post
About the Author
Diane Ackerman is a naturalist and poet and the author of ten books of literary nonfiction, including A Natural History of the Senses, A Natural History of Love, and Cultivating Delight. Also the author of six volumes of poetry and several nonfiction children's books, she contributes to The New York Times, Discover, National Geographic, Parade, and many other publications. Ackerman lives in Ithaca, New York.
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