A fresh take on contemporary brain science, this book presents
neuroscience--the scientific study of brain, mind, and behavior--in
easy-to-understand ways with a focus on concepts of interest to all
science readers. Rigorous and detailed enough to use as a textbook in a
university or community college class, it is at the same time meant for
any and all readers, clinicians and non-clinicians alike, interested in
learning about the foundations of contemporary brain science. From
molecules and cells to mind and consciousness, the known and the
mysterious are presented in the context of the history of modern biology
and with an eye toward better appreciating the beauty and growing public
presence of brain science.