Reviews
"Welcome to Your Brain is a delightful and engaging romp through neuroscience by two of its leading lights -- a marvelous collection of facts and findings that answer the questions we all have about our own minds. If the human brain came with an owner's manual, it might well look like this."-Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness"Welcome To Your Brain is a lucid and fascinating journey into the inner life of the mind, an essential manual for one of nature's most amazing technologies. You'll never think about yourself -- or think about thinking -- quite the same way again."-Steven Johnson, author of Mind Wide Open and The Ghost Map"People need to know how the brain works. How else can you competently serve on a jury, or vote for what the government should spend money on, or decide what to make of your child having trouble learning to read? But here's the problem: lots of people find science difficult. Welcome to Your Brain is a great solution. Written by two top neuroscientists, it's great on the facts-accurate, up to date, focuses on all the important topics-AND it's crystal clear and witty and irreverent and wonderfully written. This is a terrific book."-Robert Sapolsky, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers"If all scientists could write like this, professional science writers would be out of a job. Welcome to Your Brain is clear, understandable, entertaining and fascinating. A description of how, in a noisy room, to hear a caller on your cell phone is just one of the many good reasons to buy this book."-Sandra Blakeslee, co-author, The Body Has a Mind of its Own, If all scientists could write like this, professional science writers would be out of a job. Welcome to Your Brain is clear, understandable, entertaining and fascinating. A description of how, in a noisy room, to hear a caller on your cell phone is just one of the many good reasons to buy this book., "Welcome to Your Brain is a delightful and engaging romp through neuroscience by two of its leading lights -- a marvelous collection of facts and findings that answer the questions we all have about our own minds. If the human brain came with an owner's manual, it might well look like this." -Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness "Welcome To Your Brain is a lucid and fascinating journey into the inner life of the mind, an essential manual for one of nature's most amazing technologies. You'll never think about yourself -- or think about thinking -- quite the same way again." -Steven Johnson, author of Mind Wide Open and The Ghost Map "People need to know how the brain works. How else can you competently serve on a jury, or vote for what the government should spend money on, or decide what to make of your child having trouble learning to read? But here's the problem: lots of people find science difficult. Welcome to Your Brain is a great solution. Written by two top neuroscientists, it's great on the facts-accurate, up to date, focuses on all the important topics-AND it's crystal clear and witty and irreverent and wonderfully written. This is a terrific book." -Robert Sapolsky, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers "If all scientists could write like this, professional science writers would be out of a job. Welcome to Your Brain is clear, understandable, entertaining and fascinating. A description of how, in a noisy room, to hear a caller on your cell phone is just one of the many good reasons to buy this book." -Sandra Blakeslee, co-author, The Body Has a Mind of its Own, People need to know how the brain works. How else can you competently serve on a jury, or vote for what the government should spend money on, or decide what to make of your child having trouble learning to read? But here's the problem: lots of people find science difficult. Welcome to Your Brain is a great solution. Written by two top neuroscientists, it's great on the facts--accurate, up to date, focuses on all the important topics--AND it's crystal clear and witty and irreverent and wonderfully written. This is a terrific book., Welcome To Your Brain is a lucid and fascinating journey into the inner life of the mind, an essential manual for one of nature's most amazing technologies. You'll never think about yourself -- or think about thinking -- quite the same way again., "An insightful and playful guide to the most mysterious part of the universe --Welcome to Your Brainunravels some of the fascinating discoveries and puzzles of this marvelous organ."-Dan Ariely, author ofPredictably Irrational "Welcome To Your Brainis a lucid and fascinating journey into the inner life of the mind, an essential manual for one of nature's most amazing technologies. You'll never think about yourself -- or think about thinking -- quite the same way again."-Steven Johnson, author ofMind Wide OpenandThe Ghost Map "If all scientists could write like this, professional science writers would be out of a job. Welcome to Your Brainis clear, understandable, entertaining and fascinating. A description of how, in a noisy room, to hear a caller on your cell phone is just one of the many good reasons to buy this book."-Sandra Blakeslee, co-author,The Body Has a Mind of its Own "People need to know how the brain works. How else can you competently serve on a jury, or vote for what the government should spend money on, or decide what to make of your child having trouble learning to read? But here's the problem: lots of people find science difficult.Welcome to Your Brainis a great solution. Written by two top neuroscientists, it's great on the facts-accurate, up to date, focuses on all the important topics-AND it's crystal clear and witty and irreverent and wonderfully written. This is a terrific book."-Robert Sapolsky,Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers "Welcome to Your Brainis a delightful and engaging romp through neuroscience by two of its leading lights -- a marvelous collection of facts and findings that answer the questions we all have about our own minds. If the human brain came with an owner's manual, it might well look like this."-Daniel Gilbert, author ofStumbling on Happiness, Welcome to Your Brain is a delightful and engaging romp through neuroscience by two of its leading lights -- a marvelous collection of facts and findings that answer the questions we all have about our own minds. If the human brain came with an owner's manual, it might well look like this., "A terrific, surprisingly fun guide for the general reader." - Publishers Weekly "...a delightful and engaging romp through neuroscience by two of its leading lights -- a marvelous collection of facts and findings that answer the questions we all have about our own minds. If the human brain came with an owner's manual, it might well look like this." - Daniel Gilbert "Written by two top neuroscientists, [Welcome to Your Brain is] great on the facts-accurate, up to date, focuses on all the important topics-AND it's crystal clear and witty and irreverent and wonderfully written. This is a terrific book." - Robert Sapolsky "...a lucid and fascinating journey into the inner life of the mind, an essential manual for one of nature's most amazing technologies. You'll never think about yourself -- or think about thinking -- quite the same way again." - Steven Johnson "If all scientists could write like this, professional science writers would be out of a job. Welcome to Your Brain is clear, understandable, entertaining and fascinating." - Sandra Blakeslee "An insightful and playful guide to the most mysterious part of the universe... unravels some of the fascinating discoveries and puzzles of this marvelous organ." - Dan Ariely, "Welcome to Your Brain is a delightful and engaging romp through neuroscience by two of its leading lights -- a marvelous collection of facts and findings that answer the questions we all have about our own minds. If the human brain came with an owner's manual, it might well look like this." Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness "Welcome To Your Brain is a lucid and fascinating journey into the inner life of the mind, an essential manual for one of nature's most amazing technologies. You'll never think about yourself -- or think about thinking -- quite the same way again." Steven Johnson, author of Mind Wide Open and The Ghost Map "People need to know how the brain works. How else can you competently serve on a jury, or vote for what the government should spend money on, or decide what to make of your child having trouble learning to read? But here's the problem: lots of people find science difficult. Welcome to Your Brain is a great solution. Written by two top neuroscientists, it's great on the factsaccurate, up to date, focuses on all the important topicsAND it's crystal clear and witty and irreverent and wonderfully written. This is a terrific book." Robert Sapolsky, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers "If all scientists could write like this, professional science writers would be out of a job. Welcome to Your Brain is clear, understandable, entertaining and fascinating. A description of how, in a noisy room, to hear a caller on your cell phone is just one of the many good reasons to buy this book." Sandra Blakeslee, co-author, The Body Has a Mind of its Own, "Welcome to Your Brain is a delightful and engaging romp through neuroscience by two of its leading lights -- a marvelous collection of facts and findings that answer the questions we all have about our own minds. If the human brain came with an owner's manual, it might well look like this." -- Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness "Welcome To Your Brain is a lucid and fascinating journey into the inner life of the mind, an essential manual for one of nature's most amazing technologies. You'll never think about yourself -- or think about thinking -- quite the same way again." -- Steven Johnson, author of Mind Wide Open and The Ghost Map "People need to know how the brain works. How else can you competently serve on a jury, or vote for what the government should spend money on, or decide what to make of your child having trouble learning to read? But here's the problem: lots of people find science difficult. Welcome to Your Brain is a great solution. Written by two top neuroscientists, it's great on the facts--accurate, up to date, focuses on all the important topics--AND it's crystal clear and witty and irreverent and wonderfully written. This is a terrific book." -- Robert Sapolsky, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers "If all scientists could write like this, professional science writers would be out of a job. Welcome to Your Brain is clear, understandable, entertaining and fascinating. A description of how, in a noisy room, to hear a caller on your cell phone is just one of the many good reasons to buy this book." -- Sandra Blakeslee, co-author, The Body Has a Mind of its Own
