Out of your mind : the biggest mysteries of the human brain
(2025)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
612.82/CHAM,J

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 612.82/CHAM,J Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Pantheon Books, [2025]
©2025
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

viii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780593317358, 0593317351 :, 0593317351, 9780593317358
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

A mindful introduction -- Where is the mind? -- Why do we love? -- Why do we hate? -- Comic interlude: A primer on fear -- Will an AI take my job? -- What are the limits of memory? -- Comic interlude: A primer on Alzheimer's disease -- What is addiction? -- Comic interlude: The case of the addicted detective -- What is consciousness? -- What makes us happy? -- Do we have free will? -- Comic interlude: What makes something funny? -- What happens when we die? -- What makes us human? -- A brainy conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- For further exploration

The best-selling author, online cartoonist, and creator of We Have No Idea joins a neuroscientist on a journey into the fascinating world of the human brain

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