Brain games the mind-blowing science of your amazing brain

"QUICK: Name the most powerful and complex supercomputer ever built. Give up? Here's a hint: It's housed in your head and it's the one thing that makes you YOU. Your brain is mission control for the rest of your body and steers you through life. Not bad for something the size of a softball that look...

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Main Author: Swanson, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Kids, [2015]
Series:National Geographic kids.
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Summary:"QUICK: Name the most powerful and complex supercomputer ever built. Give up? Here's a hint: It's housed in your head and it's the one thing that makes you YOU. Your brain is mission control for the rest of your body and steers you through life. Not bad for something the size of a softball that looks like a wrinkled grey sponge! In this fascinating, interactive book -- a companion to the National Geographic Channel hit show - kids explore the parts of the brain and how it all works, brainy news nuggets from a neuroscientist, plus fun facts and crazy challenges" -- provided by publisher.
Item Description:"Featuring challenges from the National Geographic Cannel hit: Brain Games."
Physical Description:112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 102) and index.
ISBN:9781426320712 (reinforced library binding)
142632071X (reinforced library binding)
9781426320705 (paperback)
1426320701 (paperback)
Author Notes:JENNIFER SWANSON is the author of over 14 nonfiction books for children. She specializes in writing about science and technology. Her children's book Body Bugs: Invisible Creatures Lurking Inside You was a 2012 Book of Note with the Pennsylvania Librarian Association. Jennifer has a M.S. Ed in K-8 science and is a middle school science instructor.