An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain. This item is unavailable.An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain

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.

"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