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The human brain to this day remains the most elusive, mysterious, and maddeningly complex organ in our bodies. Yet, during the last ten to fifteen years, novel methods and new technologies for creating images of the brain and its components have enabled unprecedented advances in neuroscience, providing us with new ways of seeing and interpreting our brains and ourselves. As Dr. Eric Kandel, a renowned neuroscientist at Columbia recently told the New York Times: In this field, we are merely in the foothills of an enormous mountain range...A" In fact, the rate of discovery as a result of new imaging techniques far outstrips our understanding of what scientists are finding. It's a very exciting time in neuroscience, and Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century captures the most important, most fascinating highlights of this brave new world unfolding to scientists for a whole new audience. The remarkably beautiful images being produced are used in the daily work of scientists around the world, yet most have been seen only by scientists and will be viewed in this book for the first time by a mainstream audience. Seven chapters will each introduce a different area of study with a brief essay written by a well-known scientist specializing in that field and accompanied by ten to fifteen images that best elucidate the topic and extensive, detailed captions by Schoonover describing and analyzing the significance of each. Beginning with a brief overview of past theories of the mind, from antiquity to the birth of modern neuroscience in the 19th century, and bringing us up to the latest advances and techniques in modern times, all is illustrated with truly spectacular images that could pass for abstract art, from intricate drawings by such scientists as Leonardo da Vinci and Santiago Ramon y Cajal (considered by many to be the greatest neuroscientist of all) to the latest imagery such as the spectacular rainbow-colored neurons being produced by a technique called Brainbow, which was discovered in 2007 and allows researchers to study the anatomical relationships between more than a hundred neurons at once (previously only a few at a time could be discerned). Author Carl Schoonover and the contributing scientists describe, analyse and convey the importance and context of each subject in a tone and style that is accessible and easily grasped by a non-scientist reader. Yet the scientific information is substantial enough that the book will surely appeal to hard-core scientists as well. Author and scientist Jonah Lehrer will contribute a foreword.
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Carl Schoonover is a doctoral candidate in neurobiology and behaviour at Columbia University Medical Center and was recently elected a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow. His background in philosophy (Harvard BA, Ecole Normale Superieure MA), his longstanding interest in contemporary art and design, and his experience and contacts in the neuroscience world make this, his first book, a natural fit. He has written on neuroscience for the general audience in publications such as Le Figaro (French national daily) and Commentaire (French politics and culture quarterly), and recently co-founded NeuWrite, a collaborative working group for scientists, writers and those in-between.
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A mind-blowing wish come true
28. Oktober 2010
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Through graduate school I encountered countless scientific images of the brain that were fascinating due to the creative techniques used to capture them as well as their power for unraveling sientific mysteries; but above all these images were simply beautiful in their own right and kept me wanting more.
In Portraits of the Mind, Carl Shoonover goes far beyond presenting an extensive compilation of beautiful images of the brain's physiology. He uses them in conjunction with brilliant and down-to-earth essays from top neuroscienctist to tell the story of the brain and of the people who've studied it throughout the centuries.
This book is a work of art to be treasured by anyone who shares appreciation for visual imaging, science and the brain.
Thanks Carl!
In Portraits of the Mind, Carl Shoonover goes far beyond presenting an extensive compilation of beautiful images of the brain's physiology. He uses them in conjunction with brilliant and down-to-earth essays from top neuroscienctist to tell the story of the brain and of the people who've studied it throughout the centuries.
This book is a work of art to be treasured by anyone who shares appreciation for visual imaging, science and the brain.
Thanks Carl!
7 von 7 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Images of How the Brain Works
25. Januar 2011
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Carl Schoonover, a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow at Columbia University, has provided information and images about the function of the central nervous system that is as fascinating a read as it is a subject. Not one to tackle all aspects of this interesting book, Schoonover has engaged fellow scientists and historians to access the history of the study of the human brain from the Middle Ages to the present. The result is a book brimming with scientific information made readable by the author in the accompanying captions to the many photographs and reproductions of drawings that illuminates the purely scientific writing of the text of the book.
The book opens with a well-written introduction and preface by the author who sets us on a journey to experience the ancient beliefs about the brain and the gradual probing of understanding how thoughts are transmitted and how the body works under the governorship of the brain. Beginning with Galen and progressing through Vesalius and Descartes (with some fascinating information on phrenology!) and Golgi, the beginning of Neuroscience as a subject begins the intensive writing and illustrations of Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852 - 1934), the Spanish histologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate. From here until the end of the book are images now available through electron microscopy, MRI, and other sophisticated forms of imaging that present the art of the central nervous system. After reading the texts, returning to the book becomes an artistic experience as the illustrations are endlessly fascinating.
PORTRAITS OF THE MIND is a book that marries science and art and will likely become a part of not only schools of science and medicine, but also schools of art. Very well written and produced, this book is highly recommended for the investigative mind! Grady Harp, January 11
The book opens with a well-written introduction and preface by the author who sets us on a journey to experience the ancient beliefs about the brain and the gradual probing of understanding how thoughts are transmitted and how the body works under the governorship of the brain. Beginning with Galen and progressing through Vesalius and Descartes (with some fascinating information on phrenology!) and Golgi, the beginning of Neuroscience as a subject begins the intensive writing and illustrations of Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852 - 1934), the Spanish histologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate. From here until the end of the book are images now available through electron microscopy, MRI, and other sophisticated forms of imaging that present the art of the central nervous system. After reading the texts, returning to the book becomes an artistic experience as the illustrations are endlessly fascinating.
PORTRAITS OF THE MIND is a book that marries science and art and will likely become a part of not only schools of science and medicine, but also schools of art. Very well written and produced, this book is highly recommended for the investigative mind! Grady Harp, January 11
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A good coffee table book
10. März 2011
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
There's a saying along the lines of "aesthetics is for artists like ornithology is for the birds". I think this also applies to science, and while there's lots of good stuff in this book, it strikes me as basically a collection of pretty pictures of neural structures and not, as the title claims, "portraits of the mind".
Maybe I don't mean this as a negative review of the book per se (it gives plenty of background on the science), but I do want to take issue with some of the more gushy reviews on this page. It's hard to combine art with science, in my view, because the underlying intentions are usually so different. You wind up with didactic art (boring) or mushy science (possibly worse than boring). I think this book does a really impressive job of navigating between those extremes, but inevitably the result is not a total success.
If you want to see beautiful pictures of neurons - minus the hype - I'd recommend "the fine structure of the nervous system" by Peters. "Human microscopic anatomy" by Krstic is also stunning, but hideously expensive.
Maybe I don't mean this as a negative review of the book per se (it gives plenty of background on the science), but I do want to take issue with some of the more gushy reviews on this page. It's hard to combine art with science, in my view, because the underlying intentions are usually so different. You wind up with didactic art (boring) or mushy science (possibly worse than boring). I think this book does a really impressive job of navigating between those extremes, but inevitably the result is not a total success.
If you want to see beautiful pictures of neurons - minus the hype - I'd recommend "the fine structure of the nervous system" by Peters. "Human microscopic anatomy" by Krstic is also stunning, but hideously expensive.
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