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The age of insight the quest to understand the unconscious in art, mind, and brain : from Vienna 1900 to the present

A brilliant book by a Nobel Prize winner, "The Age of Insight" takes readers to Vienna in 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind--our conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions--and how mind and brain...

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Main Author: Kandel, Eric R.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House, c2012.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Subconsciousness.
Perception.
Subconsciousness in art.
Summary: A brilliant book by a Nobel Prize winner, "The Age of Insight" takes readers to Vienna in 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind--our conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions--and how mind and brain relate to art.
Physical Description: xviii, 636 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 1400068711
9781400068715
1588369307 (ebook)
9781588369307 (ebook)
Author Notes: Eric R. Kandel is University Professor and Kavli Professor at Columbia University and a Senior Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Kandel is founding director of the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, and recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on memory storage in the brain. He is the author of In Search of Memory, a memoir that won a Los Angeles Times Book Award, and co-author of Principles of Neural Science, the standard textbook in the field. He was born in Vienna and lives in New York with his wife, Denise.

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