Forget what you thought you knew about yourself and open your mind wide You are part reptile, part mammal, part primate. You are a dopamine fiend. You are a walking assembly of patterns and waves, clusters of neurons firing in sync with one another ' In Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson takes us on a journey to the frontiers of brain science and reveals exactly how we're hardwired to think and feel. Experimenting with the latest technology he discovers (among other things) that everything we do from falling in love to forming a sentence is caused by neurons firing and chemicals swirling around our heads; that there are gadgets which can enable us to control our own brainwaves; that everyone's mind, like their fingerprint, is unique; and this can help us understand our own mental foibles and see ourselves in a totally new way.

Mind Wide Open: Why You Are What You Think

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Steven Johnson

Psychology & Counseling

Penguin??Books

Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), remembered in Britain for radical politics and theology as well as his discovery of oxygen, spent his last decade in the United States, where his camaraderie with Franklin and Jefferson helped build the new country and establish transatlantic cooperation. In this 'biography of one man's ideas' Johnson reflects on a thinker who epitomized the creative power that comes from crossing intellectual boundaries.

The Invention of Air: An Experiment, a Journey, a New Country, and the Amazing Force of Scientific Discovery

Science & Math

History & Philosophy

The Best Technology Writing 2009

Yale University Press

The IT Professional's Business and Communications Guide: A Real-World Approach to CompTIA A+ Soft Skills

Get the communication skills you need for career success with this unique book. Preparing you for exams and beyond, the valuable content delves into the issues that you'll face in corporate, retail, and remote support environments. The book offers more than fifty scenarios depicting typical workplace situations, possible responses-and appropriate solutions to guide you. With this approach, you'll gain valuable insight into becoming a team player and learn strategies to communicate more effectively with coworkers and customers.

The It Professional's Business and Communications Guide: A Real-World Approach to Comptia A+ Soft Skills

Computers & Technology

Certification

Sybex

Farsighted

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How We Got to Now

A journey into the mind, showing the reader exactly how our minds work and how we can use this information to comprehend our behaviour. The author undertakes a variety of weird experiments to discover the reasons behind his own habits - such as making inappropriate jokes at the wrong time.

Mind Wide Open : One Man's Journey into the Workings of His Brain

Self-Help

Allen Lane.

Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Riverhead Books

A Story of Western Civilization Volume 1

August 2018 Print. Volume I 2nd Edition

A Story of Western Civilization Volume 1 Second Edition (August 2018 print for Music 201)

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