Into the magic shop a neurosurgeon's quest to discover the mysteries of the brain and the secrets of the heart
The author relates how a chance encounter in a magic shop with a woman who taught him exercises to ease his sufferings and manifest his greatest desires gave him a glimpse of the relationship between the brain and the heart, and drove him to explore the neuroscience of compassion and altruism.
| Main Author: | Doty, James R. 1955- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Real magic
- A body at rest
- Thinking about thinking
- Growing pains
- Three wishes
- Apply yourself
- Unacceptable
- It's not brain surgery
- The sultan of nothing
- Giving up
- The alphabet of the heart
- Manifesting compassion
- The face of God.