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1	A Universe of Consciousness How Matter Becomes Imagination more books like this by Gerald M Edelman, Giulio Tononi add to wishlist Edelman and Tononi explain consciousness as an affect of complex processes that take place in the brain. Looking not to a specific location, but to the brain's activity overall, the scientists propose a new conception of how consciousness happens. see all copies from $4.07! new only from $10.72! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: On the Matter of the Mind more books like this by Gerald M Edelman add to wishlist A nobel laureates revolutionary vision of how the mind originates in the brain. One of the worlds foremost brain scientists gives us a glimpse into the workings of the human brainthe most complex material object in the universe. He argues that biology will provide the key to understanding the brain and ultimately the mind. We are on the verge of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
3	Second Nature: Brain Science and Human Knowledge more books like this by Gerald M Edelman add to wishlist Burgeoning advances in brain science are opening up new perspectives on how we acquire knowledge. Indeed, it is now possible to explore consciousness - the very centre of human concern - by scientific means. In this illuminating book, Dr. Gerald M. Edelman offers a new theory of knowledge based on striking scientific findings about how the brain ... see all copies from $2.30! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Neural Darwinism: The Theory of Neuronal Group Selection more books like this by Gerald M Edelman add to wishlist Already the subject of considerable pre-publication discussion, this magisterial work by one of the nations leading neuroscientists presents a radically new view of the function of the brain and nervous system. Its central idea is that the nervous system in each individual operates as a selective system resembling natural selection in evolution, ... see all copies from $26.74! first editions
5	Topobiology: An Introduction to Molecular Embryology more books like this by Gerald M Edelman add to wishlist Edelman links genetics, development, behavior, and evolution.. If you had a complete copy of a dinosaurs DNA and the genetic code, you still would not be able to make a dinosauror even determine what one looked like. Why? How do animals get their shape and how does shape evolve? In this important book, Nobel laureate Gerald M. Edelman challenges ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Mindful Brain: Cortical Organization and the Group-Selective Theory of Higher Brain Function more books like this by Gerald M Edelman add to wishlist A proposal by two eminent biological scientists for a mechanism whereby mind becomes manifest from the operations of brain tissue. see all copies from $19.64! new only from $19.64! \| first editions
7	Wider Than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness more books like this by Gerald M Eldelman, Dr. Gerald Edelman add to wishlist How does the firing of neurons give rise to subjective sensations, thoughts, and emotions? How can the disparate domains of mind and body be reconciled? The quest for a scientifically based understanding of consciousness has attracted study and speculation across the ages. In this direct and non-technical discussion of consciousness, Dr. Gerald M. ... see all copies from $4.35! new only from $9.58!
8	Bright Air, Brilliant Fire more books like this by Gerald M Edelman add to wishlist We are on the verge of a revolution in neuroscience as significant as the Galilean revolution in physics or the Darwinian revolution in biology. Nobel laureate Gerald M. Edelman takes issue with the many current cognitive and behavioral approaches to the brain that leave biology out of the picture, and argues that the workings of the brain more ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| SVS
9	Remembered Present: A Biological Theory of Consciousness more books like this by Gerald M Edelman add to wishlist A genuine understanding of how mental states arise from the structure and function of the brain would be, as William James declared in 1892, the scientific achievement before which all past achievements would pale. Can a comprehensive biological theory of consciousness be constructed in 1990? Any attempt has to reconcile evidence garnered from ... see all copies from $17.49! new only from $53.05! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Consciousness : how matter becomes imagination more books like this by Gerald M. Edelman, Giulio Tononi add to wishlist What goes on in our heads when we have a thought? how do physical events that occur inside a fistful of gelatinous tissue give rise to a universe of conscious experience universe that contains everything we feel, everything we know, and everything we are? Scientists and philosophers have pondered these questions for more than two thousand years, ... see all copies from $13.71! new only from $14.87! \| first editions
11	Signal and Sense: Local and Global Order in Perceptual Maps more books like this by Gerald M Edelman add to wishlist What constitutes a meaningful signal for an organism in its ecological niche? This book considers this question with regard to how the structure and function of the nervous system allows perceptual categorization to occur. It addresses the overall theme under a variety of subtopics, including the recognition of biologically significant stimuli in ... see all copies from $110.85! new only from $122.00!
12	Brain more books like this by Gerald M Edelman (Editor), Professor Jean-Pierre Changeux (Editor) add to wishlist One of the vastly exciting areas in modern science involves the study of the brain. Recent research focuses not only on how the brain works but how it is related to what we normally call the mind, and throws new light on human behaviour. Progress has been made in researching all that relates to interior man, why he thinks and feels as he does, ... see all copies from $21.00! new only from $21.00! \| SVS
13	The Cell in Contact: Adhesions and Junctions as Morphogenetic Determinants more books like this by Gerald M Edelman, Jean-Paul Thiery add to wishlist This volume, which results from a conference held at the Neurosciences Institute, addresses a central issue in developmental biology that is of particular relevance to the formation of the nervous system. It focuses on cell adhesion molecules, substrate adhesion molecules, and cell junctional molecules, on the regulation of their expression, and ... see all copies from $15.07! first editions
14	Cellular Selection and Regulation in the Immune Response more books like this by Gerald M. Edelman (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $11.29!
15	Molecular Bases of Neural Development more books like this by Molecular Bases of Neural Deve, W Einer Gall (Editor), Gerald M Edelman (Editor) add to wishlist Emphasizing cellular interactions at the molecular level, this volume presents work on the embryological development of the nervous system. It contains sections on primary processes in early development, on the role of glia and cell migration in the central nervous system and in the periphery, of the formation of neurites and synapses, the ... see all copies from $2.52! first editions
16	Morphoregulatory Molecules more books like this by Gerald M. Edelman (Editor), Bruce A. Cunningham (Editor), Jean-Paul Thiery (Editor) add to wishlist This volume reviews the cellular and morphogenetic effects of the expression of adhesion molecules. Its chapters summarize the progress made in our understanding of the structure, function and genetic control of the three families of molecules involved in adhesion - cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), substrate adhesion molecules (SAMs) and cell ... see all copies from $10.02! first editions
17	Synaptic Function more books like this by Synaptic Function, W Einer Gall (Editor), Gerald M Edelman (Editor) add to wishlist This book consists of five sections. The first section details methods for analyzing both presynaptic and postsynaptic function and emphasizes the molecular aspects of synapses. It describes ongoing studies of neurotransmitter release, voltage- sensitive ion channels, and electronic transmission at gap junctions. The second section focuses on the ... see all copies from $9.98! first editions
18	Synaptic Function more books like this by Gerald M Edelman (Editor), W Einer Gall (Editor), W Maxwell Cowan (Editor) add to wishlist This book consists of five sections. The first section details methods for analyzing both presynaptic and postsynaptic function and emphasizes the molecular aspects of synapses. It describes ongoing studies of neurotransmitter realease, voltage-sensitive ion channels, and electronic transmission at gap junctions. The second section focuses on the ... see all copies from $13.78!
19	Molecular Determinants of Animal Form: Proceedings of the UCLA Symposium Held at Park City, Utah, March 30-April 4, 1985 more books like this by Gerald M. Edelman add to wishlist see all copies from $49.99!
20	Dynamic Aspects of Neocortical Function more books like this by Gerald M Edelman (Editor), W Einer Gall (Editor), W Maxwell Cowan (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $32.50!
21 view cover	Wider Than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness more books like this by Gerald M Edelman add to wishlist In this direct and nontechnical discussion of consciousness, the Nobel Prize-winning author draws on a lifetime of scientific inquiry into the workings of the brain to formulate answers to the mind-body questions that intrigue every thinking person. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.01! \| first editions
22 view cover	Wider Than the Sky: A Revolutionary View of Consciousness by Gerald M. Edelman add to wishlist In this, his first book aimed at the general reader, Gerald Edelman describes how consciousness arises in complex brains and how it is related to evolution, to the development of the self, and to the origins of feelings, learning, and memory. Edelman's theories offer a solution to the mind-body problem. An understanding of the workings of ... see all copies from $15.02! new only from $15.02!
23	Auditory Function: Neurobiological Bases of Hearing more books like this by Gerald M. Edelman, W. Einer Gall, W. Maxwell Cowan add to wishlist Recent advances in anatomical, physiological, and psychophysical techniques and new formal analyses have made considerable advances in integrating the various aspects of hearing. Consisting of five sections, this volume begins with development and proceeds from the periphery to the highest psychological functions reflected in speech and guided ... see all copies from $125.00!
24	El Universo de La Conciencia by Gerald M Edelman, Giulio Tononi add to wishlist El exito obtenido por la Historia del tiempo, de Stephen Hawking, propicio la creacion, en 1991, de esta coleccion de divulgacion cientifica que fue dirigida durante largo tiempo por dos personas de formacion humanistica: de ahi ciertas contaminaciones al inicio de la coleccion. Sin embargo, cuando Jose Manuel Sanchez Ron se hizo cargo de ella, ... see all copies from $61.07!
25	Gehirn Und Geist. Wie Aus Materie Bewusstsein Entsteht by Giulio Tononi Gerald M. Edelman, Susanne Kuhlmann-Krieg add to wishlist see all copies from $42.54! new only from $67.27!

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