Elephants have bigger brains than humans. So why are we more intelligent? Suzana Herculano-Houzel tells how her ability to…

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Why Only Us: Language and Evolution is a loosely connected collection of four essays that will fascinate anyone interested…

An anecdotal guide for the perplexed new investigator as well as a refreshing resource for the old pro, covering everything…

In The Form of Becoming Janina Wellmann offers an innovative understanding of the emergence around 1800 of the science of…

A comprehensive and unified account of the neural computations underlying speech production, offering a theoretical…

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Scientists offer personal accounts of the challenges, struggles, successes, U-turns, and satisfactions encountered in their…

• Rok vydání 2020

An argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists\' willingness to change theories…

One in twenty-three people carry the genes for the synesthesia. Not a disorder but a neurological trait - like perfect pitch…

• Rok vydání 2020

A leading scientist describes his life, his gender transition, his scientific work, and his advocacy for gender equality in…

Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves on our ability to multitask - read…

An argument that consciousness, more widespread than previously assumed, is the feeling of being alive, not a type of…

A generously illustrated examination of the boom in luxurious, resort-style scientific laboratories and how this affects…

The definitive book on leadership in the digital era: why digital technologies call for leadership that emphasizes…

How Finland\'s nuclear waste experts discern far future Earths, and what the rest of us non-Finns and non-experts can learn…

A feminist media history of quantification, uncovering the stories behind the tools and technologies we use to count,…

Experts review the latest research on the neocortex and consider potential directions for future research.…

An overview of how networks develop in the brain; from their emergence during early development to normal aging and in the…

• Rok vydání 2020

In this autobiography, Nobel laureate Herbert A. Simon asks himself whether what he learned as a scientist helps explain…

A proposal for using cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of public investment in large scientific…

A new theory about the origins of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in the evolutionary transition…