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Incognito - The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman
$42.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
If the conscious mind--the part you consider to be you--is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing? In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why can your foot move ...Show more
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
Drawing on cutting-edge research this book demonstrates the brain's ability to change, rewire and heal, from the internationally bestselling author.
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman
$37.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? What does a baby born without a nose tell us about our sensory machinery? Might we someday control a robot with our thoughts? And what does any of this have to do with why we dream?The answers to these ques ...Show more
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
$25.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: General Adult
SUM shows us forty wonderfully imagined possibilities of life beyond death. In one afterlife you may find that God is the size of a microbe and is unaware of your existence. In another, your creators are a species of dim-witted creatures who built us to figure out what they could not. In a different ver ...Show more
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: Vintage
At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives--each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In a ...Show more
The Brain - The Story of You by David Eagleman
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
'This is the story of how your life shapes your brain, and how your brain shapes your life.' Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman on a whistle-stop tour of the inner cosmos. It's a journey that will take you into the world of extreme sports, criminal justice, genocide, brain surgery, robotics and ...Show more
The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World by Anthony Brandt David Eagleman
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Our relentless drive to create makes us unique among living creatures. What is special about the human brain that enables us to innovate? Why don't cows choreograph dances? Why don't squirrels build elevators to their treetops? Why don't alligators invent speedboats?Weaving together the arts and science ...Show more
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