{"product_id":"wider-than-the-sky-gerald-m-edelman-9780300107616","title":"Wider Than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness","description":"How does the firing of neurons give rise to subjective sensations, thoughts, and emotions? How can the disparate domains of mind and body be reconciled? The quest for a scientifically based understanding of consciousness has attracted study and speculation across the ages. In this direct and non-technical discussion of consciousness, Dr. Gerald M. Edelman draws on a lifetime of scientific inquiry into the workings of the brain to formulate answers to the mind-body questions that intrigue every thinking person.\u003cbr\u003eConcise and understandable, the book explains pertinent findings of modern neuroscience and describes how consciousness arises in complex brains. Edelman explores the relation of consciousness to causation, to evolution, to the development of the self, and to the origins of feelings, learning, and memory. His analysis of the brain activities underlying consciousness is based on recent remarkable advances in biochemistry, immunology, medical imaging, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, yet the implications of his book extend farther--beyond the worlds of science and medicine into virtually every area of human inquiry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald M. Edelman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300107617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300107616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.78h x 5.00w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScience Books \u0026amp; Films\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 16","brand":"Gerald M. Edelman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988107133183,"sku":"9780300107616","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_497397ae-1499-4669-b01e-4899c2c7c20b.jpg?v=1683292660","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wider-than-the-sky-gerald-m-edelman-9780300107616","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}