Connections: A Story of Human Feeling
Autor Karl Deisserothen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mar 2022
'Remarkable ... he has reimagined and redefined what literary non-fiction can be ... poetic, mind-stretching, and through it all, deeply human' Daniel Levitin
'A delight from the opening paragraph to the stunning conclusion, this book is an invitation to reverence for the complexity of the human brain and its relationship to the mind: a ticket to a state of wonder at the essence of our selves' Kathryn Mannix, author ofWith the End in Mind
Why do we feel what we feel?
Mental illness is one of the greatest causes of human suffering, but the reasons we bear this burden, and the nature of these diseases, have remained mysterious. Now, our understanding has reached a tipping point. InConnections, Professor Karl Deisseroth intertwines gripping case studies from his experience as an emergency psychiatry physician with breakthrough scientific discoveries from astounding new technology to tell a larger story about the origins of human emotion.
Addressing some of the most timeless questions about the human condition while illuminating the roots of misunderstood disorders such as depression, psychosis, schizophrenia and sociopathy,Connectionstransforms the way we understand the brain, and our selves.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241985816
ISBN-10: 0241985811
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241985811
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Karl
Deisserothis
the
D.H.
Chen
Professor
of
Bioengineering
and
of
Psychiatry
and
Behavioural
Sciences
at
Stanford
University.
He
is
known
for
creating
and
developing
optogenetics
and
hydrogel-tissue
chemistry
-
advanced
technologies
for
studying
the
function
of
the
brain
intact,
allowing
complex
emotions
to
be
studied
at
the
level
of
individual
cells.
A
member
of
the
National
Academy
of
Medicine,
the
National
Academy
of
Sciences,
and
the
National
Academy
of
Engineering,
Deisseroth
has
received
numerous
prizes
for
his
discoveries,
including
the
Kyoto
Prize,
the
Breakthrough
Prize,
and
most
recently
the
2020
Heineken
Prize
in
Medicine.
This
is
his
first
trade
book.
Recenzii
'I
find
myself
at
a
loss
for
how
to
describe
this
remarkable
work.
Just
as
Karl
has,
through
his
laboratory,
reimagined,
and
literally
redefined
how
we
view
the
human
brain,he
has
reimagined
and
redefined
what
literary
non-fiction
can
be,
with
great
elegance.For
all
of
us
who
write
about
science
for
the
public,
this
will
be
a
tough
act
to
follow.It's
poetic,
mind-stretching,
and
through
it
all,
deeply
human'
'Revelatory... it recalls the case histories of Oliver Sacks, at times the sweep of Yuval Harari'sSapiens.He writes with an evident love of words - but also, with a lucid line of scientific enquiry'
'There are some books that you read and forget. There are others that you read and think about occasionally.Then there are rare gems likeConnectionsthat you read, read again and find that the way you think has been irreversibly changed. Incredibly powerful'
'Karl Deisseroth is a master storyteller.Armed with an abundance of compassion and curiosity, he takes us on a spellbinding tour of the mysteries of the human mind through a series of fascinating case studies. His graceful prose weaves a tapestry of complex ideas into memorable stories, each illuminated by cutting-edge science.A delight from the opening paragraph to the stunning conclusion, this book is an invitation to reverence for the complexity of the human brain and its relationship to the mind: a ticket to a state of wonder at the essence of our selves'
'Deisseroth isa talented writer... It is in his encounters with distressed patients that his talent for marrying science and the imagination becomes most apparent and that his writing comes truly alive.Connectionswarrants comparison with books such asDo No Harmby Henry MarshandBrainstormby Suzanne Sullivan . . .Deisseroth achieves the difficult feat of moving and enlightening the reader at the same time ... [this is]a book that is beautiful to read and packed with cutting edge science'
'This hybrid memoir, by an emergency-room psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry and bioengineering,probes the evolutionary origins of human emotions'
'Essential...tinged with a profound humility built over years of interactions with patients... this is big'
'Deisseroth is a genuine pioneer, whose prize-winning research is re-defining our understanding of the brain...a stunning work from a relatively young man set on revealing the threads connecting our most pressing personal concerns with our timeless biological inheritance... Deisseroth has the imagination and literary gift to make it speak to all of us'
'Karl Deisseroth's imaginative narrative flows effortlessly...There is a first love of reading and writing and hints of a literary imagination that draws on James Joyce and Toni Morrison... Deisseroth endeavors to find an emotive language for the psychiatric patients he meets. He accomplishes this by weaving together... psychiatric knowledge, technology, and imagination. These together free him to write poetically...His narratives are always sensitive... an admixture of fact and fiction, reality and imagination, damage and desire'
'[Deisseroth's]scintillating and moving analysis of the human brain and emotions, based on observations of his patients, proves he is not exaggerating. It is alsoa great read'
'I've known Karl as a colleague, a scientist whose discoveries in the lab have been breathtaking and revolutionary. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised to discoverhe's also a stunning writer, his words guiding us to a profound understanding of the nature of human emotions, seamlessly invoking Ovid and optogenetics, Borges and basal ganglia as he takes on this journey.Projectionsis a tour de force'
'Karl Deisseroth intertwines neuroscience and human stories in a way that is altogether new:technical, lyrical, and deeply compassionate all at once.Through sharing what he's learned as a groundbreaking scientist and a psychiatrist caring for patients with severe illness, he reveals glimmer of what makes us human.This is a crucial book for anyone who loves science, anyone who loves someone suffering from a disorder of the brain, or anyone who, like so many of us, loves both'
'The writing in this exploration of what causes human emotion at a cellular level isextraordinarily good, inviting comparisons with the work of Oliver Sacks and Henry Marsh' (Editor's Choice)
'Deisseroth, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, melds the personal with the clinical in hismasterful debuton how the human mind works and what can be learned when it goes awry ...writing with abundant empathy,Deisseroth brings his patients' struggles to life as he educates about both neuroscience and humanity.This is a must-read'
'Unique and utterly riveting,Projectionsbraids together three skeins from Karl Deisseroth's life: his painstaking clinical experience as a psychiatrist, dedicated to helping patients; his ingenious inventions in biotechnology that have ushered in waves of new insights into how brains work; and his life as a humble and caring social human being witha gift for crafting a spellbinding chronicle. This is a masterpiece written for each and every one of us'
'Karl Deisseroth is already known around the world as a groundbreaking scientist who has pioneered dazzling new techniques for investigating the brain. In thisenthralling masterpiece of a book, he demonstrates that he is also a perceptive psychiatrist, as well as a spellbinding writer whobeautifully connects the inner feelings within all human beings to deep insights from modern psychiatry and neuroscience'
'We are living during a revolution in our understanding of the human brain, and Karl Deisseroth has been at the forefront of these advances.This magisterial work shows that not only is he one of our leading scientists, but also a gifted writer and storyteller. With precise yet luminous prose, he merges stories of cutting-edge neuroscience with a deep reverence for his patients' humanity'
'Deisseroth writes of heartbreaking and desperate medical cases with a doctor's knowledge, and a novelist's skill for narrative.I could not put this book down'
'Revelatory... it recalls the case histories of Oliver Sacks, at times the sweep of Yuval Harari'sSapiens.He writes with an evident love of words - but also, with a lucid line of scientific enquiry'
'There are some books that you read and forget. There are others that you read and think about occasionally.Then there are rare gems likeConnectionsthat you read, read again and find that the way you think has been irreversibly changed. Incredibly powerful'
'Karl Deisseroth is a master storyteller.Armed with an abundance of compassion and curiosity, he takes us on a spellbinding tour of the mysteries of the human mind through a series of fascinating case studies. His graceful prose weaves a tapestry of complex ideas into memorable stories, each illuminated by cutting-edge science.A delight from the opening paragraph to the stunning conclusion, this book is an invitation to reverence for the complexity of the human brain and its relationship to the mind: a ticket to a state of wonder at the essence of our selves'
'Deisseroth isa talented writer... It is in his encounters with distressed patients that his talent for marrying science and the imagination becomes most apparent and that his writing comes truly alive.Connectionswarrants comparison with books such asDo No Harmby Henry MarshandBrainstormby Suzanne Sullivan . . .Deisseroth achieves the difficult feat of moving and enlightening the reader at the same time ... [this is]a book that is beautiful to read and packed with cutting edge science'
'This hybrid memoir, by an emergency-room psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry and bioengineering,probes the evolutionary origins of human emotions'
'Essential...tinged with a profound humility built over years of interactions with patients... this is big'
'Deisseroth is a genuine pioneer, whose prize-winning research is re-defining our understanding of the brain...a stunning work from a relatively young man set on revealing the threads connecting our most pressing personal concerns with our timeless biological inheritance... Deisseroth has the imagination and literary gift to make it speak to all of us'
'Karl Deisseroth's imaginative narrative flows effortlessly...There is a first love of reading and writing and hints of a literary imagination that draws on James Joyce and Toni Morrison... Deisseroth endeavors to find an emotive language for the psychiatric patients he meets. He accomplishes this by weaving together... psychiatric knowledge, technology, and imagination. These together free him to write poetically...His narratives are always sensitive... an admixture of fact and fiction, reality and imagination, damage and desire'
'[Deisseroth's]scintillating and moving analysis of the human brain and emotions, based on observations of his patients, proves he is not exaggerating. It is alsoa great read'
'I've known Karl as a colleague, a scientist whose discoveries in the lab have been breathtaking and revolutionary. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised to discoverhe's also a stunning writer, his words guiding us to a profound understanding of the nature of human emotions, seamlessly invoking Ovid and optogenetics, Borges and basal ganglia as he takes on this journey.Projectionsis a tour de force'
'Karl Deisseroth intertwines neuroscience and human stories in a way that is altogether new:technical, lyrical, and deeply compassionate all at once.Through sharing what he's learned as a groundbreaking scientist and a psychiatrist caring for patients with severe illness, he reveals glimmer of what makes us human.This is a crucial book for anyone who loves science, anyone who loves someone suffering from a disorder of the brain, or anyone who, like so many of us, loves both'
'The writing in this exploration of what causes human emotion at a cellular level isextraordinarily good, inviting comparisons with the work of Oliver Sacks and Henry Marsh' (Editor's Choice)
'Deisseroth, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, melds the personal with the clinical in hismasterful debuton how the human mind works and what can be learned when it goes awry ...writing with abundant empathy,Deisseroth brings his patients' struggles to life as he educates about both neuroscience and humanity.This is a must-read'
'Unique and utterly riveting,Projectionsbraids together three skeins from Karl Deisseroth's life: his painstaking clinical experience as a psychiatrist, dedicated to helping patients; his ingenious inventions in biotechnology that have ushered in waves of new insights into how brains work; and his life as a humble and caring social human being witha gift for crafting a spellbinding chronicle. This is a masterpiece written for each and every one of us'
'Karl Deisseroth is already known around the world as a groundbreaking scientist who has pioneered dazzling new techniques for investigating the brain. In thisenthralling masterpiece of a book, he demonstrates that he is also a perceptive psychiatrist, as well as a spellbinding writer whobeautifully connects the inner feelings within all human beings to deep insights from modern psychiatry and neuroscience'
'We are living during a revolution in our understanding of the human brain, and Karl Deisseroth has been at the forefront of these advances.This magisterial work shows that not only is he one of our leading scientists, but also a gifted writer and storyteller. With precise yet luminous prose, he merges stories of cutting-edge neuroscience with a deep reverence for his patients' humanity'
'Deisseroth writes of heartbreaking and desperate medical cases with a doctor's knowledge, and a novelist's skill for narrative.I could not put this book down'