{"product_id":"9780465052455-secondhand-bright-air-brilliant-fire-on-the-matter-of-the-mind","title":"Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: On the Matter of the Mind","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition.  See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.  A description of our secondhand books is not always available.  Please contact  us if you have a question about this title.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Gerald M. Edelman (Vincent Astor Professor and Director of the Neurosciences Institute, Rockefeller University, USA)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Hardback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 304\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA nobel laureates revolutionary vision of how the mind originates in the brain. One of the worlds foremost brain scientists gives us a glimpse into the workings of the  human brainthe most complex material object in the universe. He argues that biology will provide the key to understanding the brain and ultimately the mind. We are on the verge of a revolution in neuroscience as significant as the Galilean revolution in physics or the Darwinian revolution in biology. Nobel laureate Gerald M. Edelman takes issue with the many current cognitive and behavioral approaches to the brain that leave biology out of the picture, and argues that the workings of the brain more closely resemble the living ecology of a jungle than they do the activities of a computer. Some startling conclusions emerge from these ideas: individuality is necessarily at the very center of what it means to have a mind, no creature is born value-free, and no physical theory of the universe can claim to be a theory of everything without including an account of how the brain gives rise to the mind. There is no greater scientific challenge than understanding the brain. Bright Air, Brilliant Fire is a book  that provides a window on that understanding.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43985298063579,"sku":"9780465052455-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/products\/9780465052455-us-300.jpg?v=1677627485","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780465052455-secondhand-bright-air-brilliant-fire-on-the-matter-of-the-mind","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}