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The Evolving Brain

R. Grant Steen

2007437 pagesabout 7–10 hours
2007
first published
  • 2010Globe Pequot Press, The · 437 pages · ENGISBN 9781615923595
  • 2007Prometheus Books · 437 pages · ENGISBN 9781591024804

The human brain is arguably the most complex object in the universe. With about 100 billion neurons, each of which makes perhaps 10,000 synapses, our incredible central processing unit is capable of roughly 1,000 trillion interconnections. What do scientists know about how this amazingly complex organ functions? Is it even possible to unravel all of its mysteries? In this comprehensive book on the science of the brain, distinguished neurophysiologist R. Grant Steen provides us with a crash course on how the brain works.

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