Author: Eric R. Kandel
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
"A stunning book." - Oliver SacksCharting the intellectual history of the emerging biology of mind, Eric R. Kandel illuminates how behavioral psychology,
cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and molecular biology have converged into a powerful new science of mind. This science now provides nuanced insights into normal mental functioning and disease, and simultaneously opens pathways to more effective healing.Driven by vibrant curiosity, Kandel's personal quest to understand memory is threaded throughout this absorbing history. Beginning with his childhood in Nazi-occupied
Vienna, In Search of Memory chronicles Kandel's outstanding career from his initial fascination with history and…
When I first found this book, I thought it as the simple biography of a Nobel Prize winner, and bought it. However, after reading several chapters, I found it was much more. In this book, Dr. Kandel… A remarkably clear and interesting, though sometimes repetitive work about
how science can be done and how a scientist develops.
