“Beautifully written, eloquently reasoned.… Mr. Buonomano takes us off and running on an edifying scientific journey.â€â€•Carol Tavris, Wall Street Journal In Your Brain Is a Time Machine, leading neuroscientist Dean Buonomano embarks on an “immensely engaging†exploration of how time works inside the brain (Barbara Kiser, Nature). The human brain, he argues, is a complex system that not only tells time, but creates it; it constructs our sense of chronological movement and enables “mental time travelâ€â€•simulations of future and past events. These functions are essential not only to our daily lives but to the evolution of the human race: without the ability to anticipate the future, mankind would never have crafted tools or invented agriculture. This virtuosic work of popular science will lead you to a revelation as strange as it is true: your brain is, at its core, a time machine. 22 illustrations
Your Brain Is a Time Machine
Author
Buonomano, DeanPublication Date
2018-04-17 0:00:00Publisher
Ingram