Popular science books devoted to the mysteries of the structure and activity of the human brain usually have two problems. The first is that, trying to impress the reader, the authors often sin against the truth, publishing not the most reliable data.
Popular science books devoted to the mysteries of the structure and activity of the human brain usually have two problems. The first is that, trying to impress the reader, the authors often sin against the truth, publishing not the most reliable data. Meanwhile, there is simply no need for this — even what is known for sure about the brain and its capabilities today is amazing. It is enough just to present the achievements of modern science in an accessible way. But with this «only» problem number two immediately arises — it is not at all easy to do. However, the author of The Irrational Brain managed to happily avoid both dangers. Without falling into either sensationalism in the spirit of the «discoveries of British scientists» or excessive complexity, he describes the structure of the brain, the biochemical processes occurring in it, the mechanisms of perception — and the amazing paradoxes lurking in the most important and still the most little-studied organ of the human body.
EKSMO, 352 p.