The Human Brain Book

If there is a course out there entitled "Neuroscience for eight-year-olds," this is surely the text for it.

Let me be clear: This is an authoritative, beautifully illustrated, highly informative... comic book. No, not really, but it isn't a book. It's a bunch of illustrations with a little text scattered here and there. Everything consists of two-page spreads on one or another topic. All are illustrated in beautiful color, with both illustrations and photographs. It must have cost a mint to produce.

But it's like a deck of flashcards. There is no narrative. Want a two-page spread on the limbic system? Here it is. Want a detailed description of the limbic system? Sorry, we don't do text.

How you will feel about this depends on what you show more want. I bought this book because I wanted the very latest research. But I wanted something to read, to help get the big picture. Instead, what I got was a lot of, ahem, big pictures. It's not the same thing. show less

fantastic picture, very clear, updated with the latest research, if you are not a specialist. If you need to have only one book on the brain, this is the one

Fantastisch geillustreerd boek wat de stand van zaken inzake hersenonderzoek illustreert en toelicht. Een must. Zoonlief vindt het 'vet cool'. 256 pages, completer kan niet. Een must have.