The Quest for Consciousness: A Nurobiological Approach - Hardcover

Koch, Christof

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0974707708 ISBN 13: 9780974707709

Publisher: Roberts & Company Publishers, 2004

Synopsis

Consciousness is one of science's last great unsolved mysteries. How can the salty taste and crunchy texture of potato chips, the unmistakable smell of dogs after they have been in the rain, or the exhilarating feeling of hanging on tiny fingerholds many feet above the last secure foothold on a cliff, emerge from networks of neurons and their associated synaptic and molecular processes? In The Quest for Consciousness, Caltech neuroscientist Christof Koch explores the biological basis of the subjective mind in animals and people.

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'The Quest for Consciousness' is not only a mine of information, and full of provocative thoughts and insights, but a delight to read and ponder.' --Oliver Sacks

About the Author

Born in the American Midwest, Christof Koch grew up in Holland, Germany, Canada, and Morocco, where he graduated from the French Lycèe Descartes. He studied Physics and Philosophy in Germany and was awarded his Ph.D. in Biophysics. After four years at MIT, Koch joined the California Institute of Technology, where he is the Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology. He lives in Pasadena, loves dogs, Apple Computers, climbing and long-distance running in the San Gabriel mountains around Los Angeles. The author of more than three hundred scientific papers and journal articles, patents, and many books, Koch studies the biophysics of computation, and the neuronal basis of visual perception, attention, and consciousness.

Edition details

• Publisher: Roberts & Company Publishers
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0974707708
• ISBN 13: 9780974707709
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432