Judith Horstman, Scientific American

The Scientific American Brave New Brain (eBook, PDF)

How Neuroscience, Brain-Machine Interfaces, Neuroimaging, Psychopharmacology, Epigenetics, the Internet, and Our Own Minds are Stimulating and Enhancing the Future of Mental Power

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating and highly accessible book presents fantastic buttotally feasible projections of what your brain may be capable ofin the near future. It shows how scientific breakthroughs andamazing research are turning science fiction into science fact. Inthis brave new book, you'll explore: * How partnerships between biological sciences and technology arehelping the deaf hear, the blind see, and the paralyzedcommunicate. * How our brains can repair and improve themselves, erasetraumatic memories * How we can stay mentally alert longer--and how we may beable to halt or even reverse Alzheimers * How we can control technology with brain waves, includingprosthetic devices, machinery, computers--and even spaceshipsor clones. * Insights into how science may cure fatal diseases, and improveour intellectual and physical productivity Judith Horstman presents a highly informative and entertaininglook at the future of your brain, based on articles fromScientific American and Scientific American Mindmagazines, and the work of today's visionaryneuroscientists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470602799
• Artikelnr.: 38205567

Autorenporträt

Judith Horstman is the author of The Scientific AmericanDay in the Life of Your Brain, the first book in this series oftitles copublished with Scientific American. She's an award-winningscience journalist and author whose work has appeared in USA Todayand numerous other newspapers and magazines; in publications byHarvard, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins universities; and is theauthor of four other books. Visit her Web site atwww.JudithHorstman.com Scientific American is one of the most popular sciencemagazines in the world.