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Is consciousness merely an illusion, a by-product of our brains workings, or is it, as the latest physics may suggest, the basis for all reality? Your perception of the world around you, your consciousness, should be the one thing you could talk about with absolute confidence. But nothing about consciousness is clear-cut and understanding it is perhaps the hardest problem facing modern science. But some extraordinary insights gathered by the latest research suggest that the answers are within our grasp. Building on the success of her bestselling book MAPPING THE MIND, Rita Carter gathers these insights together to throw a new light on consciousness, its nature, its origins and its purpose.
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Rita Carter is a full-time medical writer contributing to, among others, THE INDEPENDENT, NEW SCIENTIST, DAILY MAIL and TELEGRAPH. She was twice awarded the Medical Journalists' Association prize for outstanding contribution to medical journalism. Rita Carter was born in the UK and currently resides in Oxford.
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Consciousness
Seller: Cocksparrow Books, Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: F/F/ND. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edn. 1st Imp. SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2002 * Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson.* Binding and cover condition: Stiff card covers with an illustration of an eye in blue on a grey background, no bumps or rubs. White titles to cerise spine strip and to face. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, none to spine or hinge. FINE. * Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright, private copy not ex-library. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults. No age darkening to page edges. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, diags & line drawings within text throughout.* Pages: 307pp. text. xiii pp. Reading list & index at rear. * Product Description:- I think therefore I am. Nothing about consciousness is as it first seems. We are, at best, unreliable witnesses as to its nature. How conscious are you of the world around you? You may be surprised to learn that you are conscious of no more than four or five objects at any one time. You may be further surprised to hear that your consciousness is neither seamless nor immediate. From stimulus to conscious awareness there is a gap of half a second, a gap consciousness fills by back-dating itself in time. Indeed, is time itself an illusion created by consciousness? * This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*. Seller Inventory # 9713
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CONSCIOUSNESS CARTER, RITA
Seller: Ven y empieza, Puerto Lumbreras, MU, Spain
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Condition: Muy Bueno. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Consciousness, de Rita Carter, es una fascinante exploración del misterio más profundo del ser humano: la propia conciencia. La autora, reconocida divulgadora científica, nos guía a través de los últimos avances en neurociencia para desentrañar cómo el cerebro genera nuestra experiencia subjetiva del mundo.Este libro, con ISBN 9781841882376, combina rigor científico con un lenguaje accesible, haciendo comprensible conceptos complejos sobre la mente, la percepción y el yo. Una lectura imprescindible para estudiantes de psicología, profesionales de la salud mental y cualquier persona curiosa por entender qué nos hace ser quienes somos.Una obra que invita a reflexionar y que transforma nuestra manera de vernos a nosotros mismos y a los demás. Seller Inventory # 1804