An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain

Author(s): Diane Ackerman (Cornell University)

Non-Fiction

From the bestselling author of "A Natural History of the Senses" "comes a playful, rewarding jaunt through the brain's chemical realities and emotional intangibles" ("Kirkus Reviews").

General Information

  • : 9780743246743
  • : Scribner Book Company
  • : Scribner Book Company
  • : 0.299
  • : 01 September 2005
  • : United States
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Diane Ackerman (Cornell University)
  • : Paperback / softback
  • : 300

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"Partly close observation, partly free association, Ackerman's paean turns the inside of our heads into...[something] gorgeous, tender, jewelled."

-- "The New York Times Book Review"

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