Tales from Both Sides of the Brain, Michael S. Gazzaniga
Tales from Both Sides of the Brain, Michael S. Gazzaniga
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Tales from Both Sides of the Brain
A Life in Neuroscience

Author: Michael S. Gazzaniga

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 12 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/03/2015

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Synopsis

Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the most important neuroscientists of the twentieth century, gives us an exciting behind-the-scenes look at his seminal work on that unlikely couple, the right and left brain. Foreword by Steven Pinker.In the mid-twentieth century, Michael S. Gazzaniga, “the father of cognitive neuroscience,” was part of a team of pioneering neuroscientists who developed the now foundational split-brain brain theory: the notion that the right and left hemispheres of the brain can act independently from one another and have different strengths.In Tales from Both Sides of the Brain, Gazzaniga tells the impassioned story of his life in science and his decades-long journey to understand how the separate spheres of our brains communicate and miscommunicate with their separate agendas. By turns humorous and moving, Tales from Both Sides of the Brain interweaves Gazzaniga’s scientific achievements with his reflections on the challenges and thrills of working as a scientist. In his engaging and accessible style, he paints a vivid portrait not only of his discovery of split-brain theory, but also of his comrades in arms—the many patients, friends, and family who have accompanied him on this wild ride of intellectual discovery.

About Michael S. Gazzaniga

Michael S. Gazzaniga is internationally recognized in the field of neuroscience and a pioneer in cognitive research. He is the director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of many popular science books, including Who’s in Charge? (Ecco, 2011). He has six children and lives in California with his wife.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Always

Though it's well written it was hard to force myself to finish reading it. I wanted more information about his research and I wouldn't have minded the personal accounts if they some how worked into it. Rather than using personal experiences to explain how his thinking was effected and how it changed......more

This book is certainly much more about Michael Gazzaniga than science, and can be considered sort of a celebrity book in the science world. While there is some science in there, it is not very detailed and not always necessarily very accurate. However, the book is not without merit. In fact, it is a......more

Goodreads review by Stetson

This was a revelatory read for several reasons: interesting neuroscience, science history, and personal memoir. The last aspect was really the most compelling aspect of Gazzaniga's book. I was completely unaware that Bill Buckley was a close personal friend to an eminent neuroscientist. Gazzaniga's......more