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100 1 _aAckerman, Diane,
_d1948-
245 1 3 _aAn alchemy of mind :
_bthe marvel and mystery of the brain /
_cDiane Ackerman.
260 _aNew York :
_bScribner,
_cc2004.
300 _axii, 300 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-286) and index.
505 0 _aMiracle waters (Evolution): The enchanted loom -- This island earth -- Why we ask why? -- The fibs of being -- Light breaks where no sun shines -- Sweet dreams of reason (The physical brain): The shape of thought -- Inner space -- Attention please-- A passion for patterns -- In the church of the pines --Einstein's brain -- The mind's eye -- Pavilions of desire (Memory): What is a memory? -- Reflections in a gazing ball --Remember what? -- Remember, I dream -- Hello, he lied --Traumatic memories -- Smell, memory, and the erotic -- Never a dull moment (The self, and other fictions): Introducing the self-- The other self -- Personality -- Shall it be male of female? Say the cells -- Creating minds -- The world is breaking someone else's heart (Emotions): The emotional climate -- The pursuit of happiness -- The color of saying (Language): Memory's accomplice-- Metaphors be with you -- The color of saying -- Shakespeare on the brain -- The wilderness within (The world we share): Oasis --Conscience and consciousness -- A kingdom of neighbors -- The beautiful captive.
650 1 2 _aBrain
_0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001921
650 2 2 _aNeuropsychology
_0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009484
655 2 _aPopular Work
_0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020496
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