An alchemy of mind the marvel and mystery of the brain
| Main Author: | Ackerman, Diane, 1948- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Scribner,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Miracle waters (Evolution): The enchanted loom
- This island earth
- Why we ask why?
- The fibs of being
- Light breaks where no sun shines
- Sweet dreams of reason (The physical brain): The shape of thought
- Inner space
- Attention please
- A passion for patterns
- In the church of the pines
- Einstein's brain
- The mind's eye
- Pavilions of desire (Memory): What is a memory?
- Reflections in a gazing ball
- Remember what?
- Remember, I dream
- Hello, he lied
- Traumatic memories
- Smell, memory, and the erotic
- Never a dull moment (The self, and other fictions): Introducing the self
- The other self
- Personality
- Shall it be male of female? Say the cells
- Creating minds
- The world is breaking someone else's heart (Emotions): The emotional climate
- The pursuit of happiness
- The color of saying (Language): Memory's accomplice
- Metaphors be with you
- The color of saying
- Shakespeare on the brain
- The wilderness within (The world we share): Oasis
- Conscience and consciousness
- A kingdom of neighbors
- The beautiful captive.