Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience - Tapa blanda

"The idea that one skull can house two minds, each with a measure of autonomy, has also given way to the idea that we all have "multiple minds" operating as a "confederation," according to Gazzaniga. How this system creates a seemingly unified mind . . . remains a compelling question."--New York Times Book Review

"Tales will be cataloged as scientific autobiography. . . . But it is as much a book about gratitude--for the chance to study a subject as endlessly fascinating as the brain, for the author's brilliant colleagues and . . . for the patients who taught him . . . so much."--Wall Street Journal

"[A] compelling autobiography . . . Gazzaniga was at the heart of a pivotal research programme and struck up friendships with neuroscience and psychology luminaries. . . . his natural appetite to tell juicy-behind-the-scenes stories is more than welcome."--Nature

"One of the fathers of cognitive neuroscience narrates his life's work in this warm memoir illuminating the birth of the revolutionary split-brain theory . . . Gazzaniga's tales of decades-long friendships show that science can be a surprisingly social co-creative effort that thrives outside the lab."--Entertainment Weekly

"In this fascinating memoir . . . [Gazzaniga's] warmth and good humor virtually jump off the page. . . . Gazzaniga's memoir should delight fans of the television series The Big Bang Theory, but it will also have tremendous appeal for non-nerds, too."--Booklist, Starred Review

"A fascinating affirmation of our essential humanity."--Kirkus Reviews

" . . . A winding tale of a life lived in science and the joys of bringing science to the public. . . . Gazzaniga's book is of great interest to . . . anyone intrigued by the story of one of the greatest discoveries in cognition."--Publishers Weekly

"It is fascinating to read about the stories going on behind the split-brain experiments that don't make it into the scientific literature. . . . Good for readers who enjoy scientific biographies and anyone interested in neuroscience."--Library Journal

"The story of how science works interwoven with the life of a brilliant scientist who not only created an entire new field of inquiry but just happened to live in the Animal House at Dartmouth. A marvelous, exciting adventure, elegantly written."--Daniel J. Levitin, author of This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession and The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

"The personal story of a genius famous for one of the rare major discoveries ever made out in the still vast, still baffling terra incognita of the human brain, namely, the split-brain phenomenon."--Tom Wolfe, author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Testand The Right Stuff