Search Type
  • All
  • Subject
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publisher
  • Series Title
Search Title

Download

Adventures in Memory

The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting

Adventures in Memory( )
Author: Østby, Hilde
Østby, Ylva
Foreword by: Kean, Sam
ISBN:978-1-77164-617-8
Publication Date:Apr 2020
Publisher:Greystone Books Ltd.
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $32.99
Book Description:

A novelist and a neuroscientist uncover the secrets of human memory.What makes us remember? Why do we forget? And what, exactly, is a memory?With playfulness and intelligence, Adventures in Memory answers these questions and more, offering an illuminating look at one of our most fascinating faculties. The authors--two Norwegian sisters, one

Book Details
Author Biography
Østby, Hilde (Author)
Sam Kean is the author of The Disappearing Spoon, The Violinist's Thumb, and The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery all of which were national bestsellers. The Disappearing Spoon was nominated by the Royal Society for one of the top science books of 2010, while The Violinist's Thumb was a finalist for PEN's literary science writing award.

Kean's stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Slate, Psychology Today, and The New Scientist, among other places, and his work has been featured on "Radiolab" and NPR's "All Things Considered," among other shows.

030



Rate this title:

Select your rating below then click 'submit'.






I do not wish to rate this title.