The Instant Egghead Guide to the Mind

The Instant Egghead Guide to the Mind

by SteveMirsky (Foreword), EmilyAnthes (Author)

Synopsis

Everything from neurons to consciousness in the blink of an eye (which takes 300 milliseconds).

Take a fantastic voyage through the whorls and curves of the human brain, no miniaturization required. Learn everything from how quickly you can possibly think (and that left-handed people think faster) to why being bad feels so good (yes, there's a biochemical explanation).
Whether you're a fan of Scientific American's wildly popular 60-Second Science podcast or just curious about science, you're going to love the tingly way your synapses feel after enjoying the same bite-sized knowledge in The Instant Egghead Guide to the Mind.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: 1
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 23 Dec 2008

ISBN 10: 0312386389
ISBN 13: 9780312386382

Author Bio

EMILY ANTHES is a freelance science journalist. Her work has appeared in Seed, Scientific American Mind, Discover, Slate, Good, New York, and the Boston Globe. She has a master's degree in science writing from MIT and a bachelor's degree in the history of science and medicine from Yale, where she also studied creative writing. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

STEVE MIRSKY has written the Anti-Gravity column for Scientific American since 1995. In 2006 he launched the daily Scientific American podcast, 60-Second Science, with tens of thousands of listeners and millions of downloads to date.