{"product_id":"tales-from-both-sides-of-the-brain-a-life-in-neuroscience-paperback","title":"Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael S. Gazzaniga\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael S. Gazzaniga, one of the most important neuroscientists of the twentieth century, gives us an exciting behind-the-scenes look at his seminal work on that unlikely couple, the right and left brain. Foreword by Steven Pinker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-twentieth century, Michael S. Gazzaniga, \"the father of cognitive neuroscience,\" was part of a team of pioneering neuroscientists who developed the now foundational split-brain brain theory: the notion that the right and left hemispheres of the brain can act independently from one another and have different strengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTales from Both Sides of the Brain\u003c\/em\u003e, Gazzaniga tells the impassioned story of his life in science and his decades-long journey to understand how the separate spheres of our brains communicate and miscommunicate with their separate agendas. By turns humorous and moving, \u003cem\u003eTales from Both Sides of the Brain\u003c\/em\u003e interweaves Gazzaniga's scientific achievements with his reflections on the challenges and thrills of working as a scientist. In his engaging and accessible style, he paints a vivid portrait not only of his discovery of split-brain theory, but also of his comrades in arms--the many patients, friends, and family who have accompanied him on this wild ride of intellectual discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a Foreword by Steven Pinker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Tales from Both Sides of the Brain, Michael S. Gazzaniga tells the story of his passionate, entrepreneurial life in science and his decades-long journey to understand how the separate spheres of our brains communicate and miscommunicate their separate agendas. From his time as an ambitious undergraduate at Dartmouth, as a member of its now famed \"Animal House\" fraternity, and his life as a diligent graduate student in California to the first experiments he conducted in his own lab; from meeting his first split-brain patients and his collaboration with esteemed intellectuals across disciplines, Gazzaniga recounts the trajectory of his discoveries. In his engaging and accessible style, he paints a vivid portrait not only of his discovery of split-brain theory, but also of his comrades-in-arms--the many patients, friends, and family members who have accompanied him on this wild ride of intellectual discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The idea that one skull can house two minds, each with a measure of autonomy, has also given way to the idea that we all have 'multiple minds' operating as a 'confederation, ' according to Gazzaniga. How this system creates a seemingly unified mind . . . remains a compelling question.\" --New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Tales will be cataloged as scientific autobiography. . . . But it is as much a book about gratitude--for the chance to study a subject as endlessly fascinating as the brain, for the author's brilliant colleagues and . . . for the patients who taught him . . . so much.\" --Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The personal story of a genius famous for one of the rare major discoveries ever made out in the still vast, still baffling terra incognita of the human brain, namely, the split-brain phenomenon.\" --Tom Wolfe, author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and The Right Stuff\u003c\/p\u003e--Sir Colin Blakemore, School of Advanced Study, University of London\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a Foreword by Steven Pinker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Tales from Both Sides of the Brain, Michael S. Gazzaniga tells the story of his passionate, entrepreneurial life in science and his decades-long journey to understand how the separate spheres of our brains communicate and miscommunicate their separate agendas. From his time as an ambitious undergraduate at Dartmouth, as a member of its now famed \"Animal House\" fraternity, and his life as a diligent graduate student in California to the first experiments he conducted in his own lab; from meeting his first split-brain patients and his collaboration with esteemed intellectuals across disciplines, Gazzaniga recounts the trajectory of his discoveries. In his engaging and accessible style, he paints a vivid portrait not only of his discovery of split-brain theory, but also of his comrades-in-arms--the many patients, friends, and family members who have accompanied him on this wild ride of intellectual discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The idea that one skull can house two minds, each with a measure of autonomy, has also given way to the idea that we all have 'multiple minds' operating as a 'confederation, ' according to Gazzaniga. How this system creates a seemingly unified mind . . . remains a compelling question.\" --New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Tales will be cataloged as scientific autobiography. . . . But it is as much a book about gratitude--for the chance to study a subject as endlessly fascinating as the brain, for the author's brilliant colleagues and . . . for the patients who taught him . . . so much.\" --Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The personal story of a genius famous for one of the rare major discoveries ever made out in the still vast, still baffling terra incognita of the human brain, namely, the split-brain phenomenon.\" --Tom Wolfe, author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and The Right Stuff\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44804545183846,"sku":"9780062228857","price":24.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/yTjPlK0A7Y9780062228857.webp?v=1771401131","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/tales-from-both-sides-of-the-brain-a-life-in-neuroscience-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}