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Book SynopsisOver the past forty thousand years a collective domestication has occurred that brings us to where we are today - humans have formed intense bonds with dogs, and the adoration is almost always reciprocal. This title considers the far-reaching consequences of the coevolution of dogs and humans, drawing upon scientific research.Trade Review"I greatly enjoyed this remarkable book, not only for it's captivating narrative, but also for fascinating information which will surprise even those who love animals and are attuned to the natural world. Jeffrey Masson writes amazing books, and this one is true to form. It's excellent." -- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs "In his story of Benjy, the dog who couldn't stop loving, Masson does a thought-provoking job of leveling the playing field between us and other species while also posing fascinating questions about the emotional makeup of our closest companion in the animal kingdom, our dogs." -- Ted Kerasote, author of Merle's Door "Masson is at his most personal and appealing in this book, especially when he writes about Benjy." -- Publishers Weekly "An enjoyable book for dog lovers." -- Kirkus Reviews

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Structure and Function of Hematopoietic Tissues 2. Principles of Immunophenotyping 3. Principles of Cytogenetics 4. Principles of Molecular Techniques 5. Morphology of Abnormal Bone Marrow 6. Reactive Lymphadenopathies 7. Bone Marrow Aplasia 8. Myelodysplastic Syndromes 9. Chronic Myeloproliferative Diseases 10. Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Diseases 11. Acute Myeloid Leukemia 12. The Neoplasms of Precursor Lymphoblasts 13. Acute Leukemias of Ambiguous Lineage 14. Lymphoid Malignancies of Non-precursor Cells: General Considerations 15. Mature B-Cell Neoplasms 16. Plasma Cell Myeloma and Related Disorders 17. Mature T-cell and NK-Cell Neoplasms 18. Hodgkin Lymphoma 19. Non-neoplastic and Borderline Lymphocytic Disorders 20. Mastocytosis 21. Histiocytic and Dendritic Cell Disorders 22. Granulocytic Disorders 23. Disorder of Red Blood Cells: Anemias 24. Disorders of Megakaryocytes and Platelets

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Book SynopsisAbout our authors Scott Freeman received a PhD in Zoology from the University of Washington and was subsequently awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Evolution at Princeton University. He has done research in evolutionary biology on topics ranging from nest parasitism to the molecular systematics of the blackbird family and is coauthor, with Jon Herron, of the standard-setting undergraduate text Evolutionary Analysis. Scott is the recipient of a Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Washington and is currently a Principal Lecturer in the UW Department of Biology, where he teaches introductory biology for majors, a writing-intensive course for majors called The Tree of Life, and a graduate seminar in college science teaching. Scott's current research focuses on how active learning affects student learning and academic performance. Lizabeth A. Allison is Chancellor Professor of Biology at the CoTable of Contents Biology: The Study of Life BioSkills UNIT 1: THE MOLECULAR ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE Water and Carbon: The Chemical Basis of Life Protein Structure and Function Nucleic Acids and an RNA World An Introduction to Carbohydrates Lipids, Membranes, and the First Cells UNIT 2: CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION Inside the Cell Energy and Enzymes: An Introduction to Metabolism Cellular Respiration and Fermentation Photosynthesis Cell–Cell Interactions The Cell Cycle UNIT 3: GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION Meiosis Mendel and the Gene DNA and the Gene: Synthesis and Repair How Genes Work Transcription, RNA Processing, and Translation Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes The Molecular Revolution: Biotechnology, Genomics, and New Frontiers Genes, Development, and Evolution UNIT 4: EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS AND PROCESSES Evolution by Natural Selection Evolutionary Processes Speciation Phylogenies and the History of Life UNIT 5: THE DIVERSIFICATION OF LIFE Bacteria and Archaea Diversification of Eukaryotes Green Algae and Land Plants Fungi An Introduction to Animals Protostome Animals Deuterostome Animals Viruses UNIT 6: HOW PLANTS WORK Plant Form and Function Water and Sugar Transport in Plants Plant Nutrition Plant Sensory Systems, Signals, and Responses Flowering Plant Reproduction and Development UNIT 7: HOW ANIMALS WORK Animal Form and Function Water and Electrolyte Balance in Animals Animal Nutrition Gas Exchange and Circulation Animal Nervous Systems Animal Sensory Systems Animal Movement Chemical Signals in Animals Animal Reproduction and Development The Immune System in Animals UNIT 8: ECOLOGY An Introduction to Ecology Behavioral Ecology Population Ecology Community Ecology Ecosystems and Global Ecology Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

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Book SynopsisAbout our authors Lisa A. Urry (Units 1 and 2) is Gibbons Young Professor of Biology at Mills College. After earning a B.A. at Tufts University, she completed her Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Lisa has conducted research on gene expression during embryonic and larval development in sea urchins. Deeply committed to promoting opportunities in science for women and underrepresented minorities, she has taught courses ranging from introductory and developmental biology to a nonmajors course called Evolution for Future President. Michael L. Cain (Chapter 1 and Units 3, 4, and 7) is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist who is now writing full-time. Michael earned an A.B. from Bowdoin College, an M.Sc. from Brown University, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. As a faculty member at New Mexico State University, he taught introductory biology, ecology, evolution, botany, and conservation biology. Michael is theTable of Contents Introduction: Evolution and the Foundations of Biology UNIT 1: Chemistry and Cells The Chemical Context of Life Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life A Tour of the Cell Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling An Introduction to Metabolism Cellular Respiration and Fermentation Photosynthesis The Cell Cycle UNIT 2: Genetics Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles Mendel and the Gene Idea The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance The Molecular Basis of Inheritance Gene Expression: From Gene to Protein Regulation of Gene Expression Development, Stem Cells, and Cancer Viruses Genomes and Their Evolution UNIT 3: Evolution Descent with Modification Phylogeny The Evolution of Populations The Origin of Species Broad Patterns of Evolution UNIT 4: The Evolutionary History of Life Early Life and the Diversification of Prokaryotes The Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes The Colonization of Land The Rise of Animal Diversity UNIT 5: Plant Form and Function Vascular Plant Structure and Growth Resource Acquisition, Nutrition, and Transport in Vascular Plants Reproduction and Domestication of Flowering Plants Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals UNIT 6: Animal Form and Function The Internal Environment of Animals: Organization and Regulation Animal Nutrition Circulation and Gas Exchange The Immune System Reproduction and Development Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling Nervous and Sensory Systems Motor Mechanisms and Behavior UNIT 7: Ecology Population Ecology and the Distribution of Organisms Ecological Communities Ecosystems and Energy Conservation Biology and Global Change

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Book SynopsisHow biomedical research using various animal species and in vitro cellular systems has resulted in both major successes and translational failure.In Model Systems in Biology, comparative neurobiologist Georg Striedter examines how biomedical researchers have used animal species and in vitro cellular systems to understand and develop treatments for human diseases ranging from cancer and polio to Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia. Although there have been some major successes, much of this “translational” research on model systems has failed to generalize to humans. Striedter explores the history of such research, focusing on the models used and considering the question of model selection from a variety of perspectives—the philosophical, the historical, and that of practicing biologists. Striedter reviews some philosophical concepts and ethical issues, including concerns over animal suffering and the compromises that result.

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Book SynopsisAn evolutionary perspective—from lampreys to humans—on how the forebrain coordinates movement while the networks in the brainstem and spinal cord handle the execution.All living creatures interact with their environment: even the most basic have a set of innate motor circuits they rely on to feed, locomote, fight, and flee. In The Brain in Motion, Sten Grillner describes the evolution of the motor repertoire of vertebrates, from protovertebrates to primates. With breadth and depth, Grillner explores how the brain uses the different microcircuits in the brainstem and spinal cord, coordinating them through commands from the forebrain. He also considers the normal function of the brain as a platform for understanding clinical conditions such as stroke, Parkinson´s and Huntington´s diseases, and spinal cord injury.Grillner also explains in The Brain in Motion how the remarkable finding that the lamprey forebrain has all the components of the mammalian one has radically changed scientists’ views on the evolutionary origin of the vertebrate forebrain. We now know that the basic organization evolved 560 rather than 300 million years ago, as was previously thought. The forebrain, says Grillner, is like an orchestra conductor, while the microcircuits, with their reaching, grasping, posture, locomotion, and numerous other patterns of behavior, correspond to the members of the orchestra. The conductor determines when each will be called into action.Providing an elegantly integrated perspective, The Brain in Motion is essential reading for anybody that works professionally with movement control and function and dysfunction, whether in basic research, clinically, or in the training of motor skills.

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Book SynopsisFascinating 'Why' questions about animals, and plenty of new ones, take center stage in the latest book by Caldecott Honor–winning duo Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.Do you know why a camel has a hump? A Zebra has stripes? Or why wombats have cube-shaped poop?   Find out the answers in this fun and beautifully illustrated book, and learn oodles of other intriguing facts about the animal world. It's the perfect gift for any kid who loves animals and is always asking 'Why?' because who doesn't want to know why a flamingo stands on one leg? Steve Jenkins and Robin Page have written and illustrated almost 100 nonfiction children’s books that have sold over 5 million copies between them. Masters at making nonfiction entertaining and visually engaging, their books have won numerous awards and are favorites of kids, parents, and teachers alike.

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Book SynopsisA piercing and scientifically grounded look at the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and how it will change the way we live—'excellent and timely.' (The New Yorker) Apollo's Arrow offers a riveting account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in 2020, and of how the recovery will unfold in the coming years. Drawing on momentous (yet dimly remembered) historical epidemics, contemporary analyses, and cutting-edge research from a range of scientific disciplines, bestselling author, physician, sociologist, and public health expert Nicholas A. Christakis explores what it means to live in a time of plague—an experience that is paradoxically uncommon to the vast majority of humans who are alive, yet deeply fundamental to our species.Unleashing new divisions in our society as well as opportunities for cooperation, this 21st-century pandemic has upended our lives in ways that will tes

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Book SynopsisIf you understand how drugs work (pharmacodynamics), how they are handled by the body (pharmacokinetics), how they interact with each other, and how drug treatments are assessed, then you will become a better prescriber. A Textbook of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics gives you that understanding.Fully revised throughout and extensively illustrated, the fifth edition of this well-established textbook has been streamlined to focus on what medical students and junior doctors really need to know in order to understand the implications of prescribing one drug over, or in combination with, another. The text provides current information on all areas of drug prescribing with updated discussion and guidance on such topics as adverse drug reactions, ''personalized medicine'', gene and cell-based therapy, advances in cancer therapy, and mechanisms of drug action and treatment guidelines in HIV and mycobacterial infections therapy. A new chapter on alternative meTrade Review"This is an excellent source for medical students and young doctors who are learning the art of using drugs in medical practice."—Thomas L. Pazdernik (University of Kansas), Doody's Publishing Service"If you only buy one clinical pharmacology textbook for medical school, make it this one."—Oxford Medical School GazetteTable of ContentsPart 1 General principlesPart 2 The nervous systemPart 3 The musculoskeletal systemPart 4 The cardiovascular systemPart 5 The respiratory systemPart 6 The alimentary systemPart 7 Fluids and electrolytesPart 8 The endocrine systemPart 9 Selective toxicityPart 10 HaematologyPart 11 ImmunopharmacologyPart 12 The skinPart 13 The eyePart 14 Clinical toxicology

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Book SynopsisKnowledge of the basic mechanisms of human disease is essential for any student or professional engaged in drug research and development. Functional gene analysis (genomics), protein analysis (proteomics), and other molecular biological techniques have made it possible to understand these cellular processes, opening up exciting opportunities for novel therapeutic possibilities.Molecular Pathomechanisms and New Trends in Drug Research presents an in-depth review of the molecular mechanisms involved in a number of common diseases including cancer, AIDS, inflammation, cardiovascular disease and neurodegenerative disorders, with particular emphasis on signal transduction and potential therapeutic strategies. It will be a useful reference text for students and researchers in chemistry, biochemistry, medicine and the pharmaceutical sciences.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Pathomechanisms and Molecular Target Finding. Common Pathway and General Mechanism. Drug Discovery. Molecular Pathomechanism of Cancer. Infectious Diseases. Diseases of the Central and the Peripheral Nervous System. Cardiovascular Diseases. Endocrinal and Gastrointestinal Disorders. Drug Applications.

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Book SynopsisGenetic Engineering: A Primer presents the growing field of biotechnology to non-science majors and other general interest readers. The author examines the natural forces that change genetic information and the ways in which scientists have learned to engineer these genetic changes. With a wealth of information flooding the popular press, including news and controversy surrounding cloning, Genetic Engineering is a timely volume that provides background information to the reader intent on understanding this fascinating development.Table of ContentsBuilding Blocks of Living Things. Matter and Living Things. Proteins. Nucleic Acid. How Living Things are Changed. Making and Altering Proteins. Altering Genetic Material in Bacteria. Genetically Engineering Bacteria. Viruses. Making Genetic Changes in Plants and Animals. Placing New Genes in Mammalian Cells. Genetic Engineering of Plants. Embryo Transfers and Cloning of Animals. How Genetic Engineering Helps Us. Gene Therapy and Disease. Other Applications for Gene Therapy. Biotechnology, Safety, and the Future. Glossary. Appendix.

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Book SynopsisWhile the subject of environmental stress in animals is broad, the available information is fragmentary and lacks an up-to-date overview and analysis. Environmental Stress and Cellular Response in Arthropods fills these knowledge gaps. Written by three experts from the same institution, the chapters have a consistency not often found in multi-authored or contributed books. The authors describe environmental stress in arthropods, specifically Drosophila and analyze the process in all its aspects, from biochemical mechanisms to effects on the whole organism. Incorporating new information that has become available in recent years, the authors explore hypotheses about the integrated response these systems often have. They explore topics ranging from disturbance of homeostasis, changes in metabolic processes, damage of cellular structures to acquired tolerance, effects on aging processes, and survival and cell death. By analyzing all these aspects in detail at the moleculaTable of ContentsBasal Signal Transduction Systems Involved in Stress Response. The Stress-protein System. The Oxidative Stress Response System. The Metallothionein System. The Mixed Function Oxygenase System. The Role of Cellular Response Systems in Developing Tolerance to Environmental Stress. The Effects of Environmental Stress on Aging and Cell Death. The Integrated Cellular Stress Defense System.

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Book SynopsisWhat are scientists working on today? What do they worry about? What do they think about the working of the brain, climate change, animal experimentation, cancer, and mental illness? Is science progressing or in retreat? Is this century humankind''s last?These are just some of the compelling and provocative questions tackled here by twelve of the world''s leading scientists and scientific thinkers. In engaging and lucid discussion, they clarify many of the most urgent scientific challenges and dilemmas facing science today. Essential reading for anyone interested in popular science, What Scientists Think is edited and written by Jeremy Stangroom of the highly successful The Philosopher''s Magazine and includes a foreword by Marek Kohn, author of A Reason for Everything: Natural Selection and the British Imagination.Trade Review'I don't often recommend books in the health column, but I have to make an exception this week. It's called What Scientists Think ... Why do I recommend it as a doctor? Because there are chapters on the brain and consciousness, on psychiatry and schizophrenia, on viruses and their threats, and on cancer research and animal experimentation, all of which are absolute 'must' reads for anyone who wishes to be properly informed on all of these subjects. If I were a schoolteacher I'd buy a copy for every teenager and certainly every student going to university - not just those studying science, but for all the others, too, who find science difficult or even alien ... it is straightforward and thought-provoking and if you have opinions on science be prepared to change them.' – Dr Tom Smith, Broadcasting Doctors' Association'Highly personal yet wholly intellectual, the interviewees reflect current hotspots in research' – Victoria Neumark, TES'What Scientists Think ... can begin, incrementally, to give non-scientists a glimpse of how scientists work, and their thoughts and worries ... Stangroom has produced a volume in which the issues are contemporary and the interviewees speak clearly and non-technically. At just 194 pages, it is a simple and pleasingly effective manual for understanding scientists and what they think.' – Mark Pagel, New Humanist'The overall result is a very light and easy read full of engaging discussion and food for thought' - Chemistry World'I don't often recommend books in the health column, but I have to make an exception this week. It's called What Scientists Think and is a series of interviews with twelve of the world's top scientists. Luckily, you don't need a degree to understand them - the interviews are easy to read, although they do require some thought on your part. Why do I recommend it as a doctor? Because there are chapters on the brain and consciousness, on psychiatry and schizophrenia, on viruses and their threats, and on cancer research and animal experimentation, all of which are absolute 'must' reads for anyone who wishes to be properly informed on all of these subjects. If I were a schoolteacher I'd buy a copy for every teenager and certainly every student going to university - not just those studying science, but for all the others, too, who find science difficult or even alien ... it is straightforward and thought-provoking and if you have opinions on science be prepared to change them.' - Dr Tom Smith, Broadcasting Doctors' Association'Stem cell research: ever wondered what scientists actually think of it? Have you ever questioned what goes on in the minds of geneticists, biologists, astronomers? A new book, edited by Jeremy Stangroom, shows what matters to 12 of the world's most important scientists: not only their thoughts on their current projects but their hopes and fears for the future. What Scientists Think addresses some controversial subjects, such as GM crops and that political hot potato, hospital superbugs. This topic is discussed by Professor Dorothy Crawford, a world authority on viruses, who says that "MSRA is more worrying than something like SARS."' - Rebecca Pearson, Independent on Sunday: Review' ... there is loads of observation and complicated explanation stored under the heading "science", much of which you need lots of maths to digest. But these 12 helpful brains can give you the gist - not of current theories but of the relationship eminent practitioners have with their areas of expertise.' - Victoria Neumark, Times Education Supplement'Highly personal yet wholly intellectual, the interviewees reflect current hotspots in research ...' - Victoria Neumark, TES'What Scientists Think ... can begin, incrementally, to give non-scientists a glimpse of how scientists work, and their thoughts and worries ... Stangroom has produced a volume in which the issues are contemporary and the interviewees speak clearly and non-technically. At just 194 pages, it is a simple and pleasingly effective manual for understanding scientists and what they think.' - Mark Pagel, New Humanist'a powerful insight into scientific mind and method' Globe and Mail'Many books contain insights by scientists - but few offer the focus of What Scientists Think...From the impact of a cure for cancer to the threat from bioterrorism, What Scientists Think provides much food for thought' The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. The Interviews 1. Darwinism and Genes 2. Evolutionary Psychology and the Blank Slate3. The Human Brain and Consciousness 4. Science and the Human Animal 5. Cybernetics and a Post-Human Future 6. Psychiatry and Schizophrenia 7. Microbiology, Viruses and Their Threats 8. On Cancer Research 9. Animal Experimentation, Ethics and Medical Research 10. Science Under Threat 11. Biodiversity 12. Science: Its Dangers and its Public Further Reading

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Book SynopsisSince 1972, scientists from all over the world working on fundamental questions of echinoderm biology and palaeontology have conferred every three years to exchange current views and results. The 11th International Echinoderm Conference held at the University of Munich, Germany, from 6-10 October 2003,continued this tradition. This volume comprises 95 submitted papers and 96 abstracts covering a wide spectrum from innovative student contributions to the lessons learnt from experienced specialists. The content of the contributions ranges from original research results to the latest synopses concerning a variety of topics, including visual sensing, larval cloning, mutable collagenous tissues, sea urchin aqua-culture, deuterostome phylogeny, palaeobiology and taphonomy.Table of ContentsOrganizationEditorialHistorical retrospectAccompanying thoughtsReproduction and developmentRegeneration and immunologyAquaculture and fisheriesPhysiology and behaviourFunctional morphologyPalaeontology and taphonomyPhylogeny, systematics and taxonomyAbstractsMiscellaneousConfereesAuthor index

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Book SynopsisInsect Taste offers an accessible overview to some of the many advances in insect taste research. The book covers how insects solve the basic problem of taste gustatory processing, from detection and transduction, through coding to the generation of behavior and the evolutionary biology underpinning gustaory learning.Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1: Gustation in Drosophila MelanogasterChapter 2: Drosophila Gr5a: Expression Pattern, Ligand Profile and Transduction PathwayChapter 3: Neurophysiology of Gustatory Receptor Neurons in DrosophilaChapter 4: Chemosensory Regulation of Feeding in the Blowfly: Several Studies after the Hungry FlyChapter 5: Tasting in Plant-Feeding Insects: From Single Compounds to Complex Natural StimuliChapter 6: Tasting Toxicants as Bitter: PhytoecdysteroidsChapter 7: Peripheral Modulation of Taste ResponsesChapter 8: The "Sweet Tooth" of the Honeybee: The Perception of Nectar and its Influence on Honeybee BehaviourChapter 9: Effects of Experience on the Physiology of Taste Discrimination in InsectsChapter 10: Evolutionary Biology of Learning in Insect: The Search for Food

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Book SynopsisA brash young neuroscientist presents his solution to biology's hardest problem-what consciousness is, and why we have it, and what it means for our self perception and our mental healthTrade ReviewPublishers Weekly "Though others have capably presented the relationship between brain and mind, and the functions of various portions of the brain, Bor does it so effectively that the material remains fresh... Bor balances neuroscience with comparative biology, and philosophy with psychology while writing in a fully engaging conversational style." John Duncan, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, and author of How Intelligence Happens "In his presentation of the modern science of consciousness, Daniel Bor is luminous, charming and at the same time deep and original. He is that rare combination--a genuine scientist who knows his stuff and a writer in love with words." Science News "Bor's knack for bolstering personal examples with laboratory studies makes this a thought-provoking read. His ideas are tantalizing." Times Higher Education Supplement "The Ravenous Brain ... offers a meaningful explanation of what we do in trying to find meaning in everything. And what we do mentally (in other words, cerebrally) is what we are: conscious -- too conscious -- beings... The Ravenous Brain's theoretical claims have the potential to escape the popular science box and enter the real world of wet cognitive neuroscience. I hope it happens, and I hope Bor writes more books." Kirkus Reviews "[A] lively look at what research is revealing about consciousness and a view of some of the ethical implications of recent findings about the brain's 'ravenous appetite for wisdom.' ... Bor keeps general readers in mind, making challenging subject matter entertaining by peppering his narrative with personal anecdotes, imaginative thought experiments and probing research studies... An enthusiastic report from the front lines of cognitive science designed to pique the interest of nonscientists." Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, University of Cambridge, and author of The Science of Evil "Daniel Bor takes on the most challenging of topics, the nature of conscious experience, bringing to bear his unique combination of personal motivation (from having witnessed the psychologically disabling effects of his father's stroke), his deep knowledge of philosophy, and his everyday experience as a cognitive neuroscientist. In so doing, he brings consciousness down to earth, taking it apart to make it scientifically tractable. He has provided a valuable service to those in the separate fields of philosophy and neuroscience by his highly readable integration of these fields." Chris Frith, Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology, Wellcome Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, and author of Making up the Mind "Reading books about the science of consciousness I am often left with the feeling that our mental life is some kind of unnecessary froth that arises by magic. This book is refreshingly different. Here, at last, consciousness is seen in the light of evolution and is treated as something that is intensely practical and useful." Sam Kean, author of The Violinist's Thumb, Wall Street Journal "Mr. Bor takes on the oldest, thorniest question in neuroscience--what is consciousness?--and delivers a masterly overview of everything scientists think they think right now." New Scientist "In The Ravenous Brain, Bor takes us on a tour of the fascinating world of consciousness research... Bor's engaging and knowledgeable prose, liberally sprinkled with personal vignettes and coupled with a knack for explaining complex concepts in everyday language, make this a book well worth reading." Scientific American Mind "Bor manages to pack a great deal of information... into a small book. He presents a sweeping overview of how the brain evolved, from the primordial soup to present day, and argues that consciousness could actually be generated in nonbiological substrates such as computers... [An] intriguing perspective to our growing understanding of how the human mind works." Nature "As scientific enterprises go, cracking consciousness is up there with deciphering dark matter. Neuroscientist Daniel Bor dives into the conundrum with relish... Intriguing arguments abound."

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