About the Book: Tell Tale Brain
The brain remains a mystery to us. How can a three - pound mass of jelly that
can fit inour palm imagine angels, contemplate the meaning of infinity, and even
question its own place in the cosmos? Renowned neuroscientist prof. V.s.
ramachandran takes us on a fascinating journey into the human brain by studying
patients who exhibit bizarre symptoms and using them to understand the functions
of a normal brain. Along the way he asks big questions: how did abstract
thinking evolve? What is art? Why do we laugh? How are these hardwired into the
neural mechanisms of the humanbrain, and