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The true creator of everything : how the human brain shaped the universe as we know it /

"A radically new cosmological view from a groundbreaking neuroscientist placing the human brain at the center of humanity's universe. Renowned neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis introduces readers to a revolutionary new theory of how the human brain evolved to become an organic computer witho...

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Main Authors: Nicolelis, Miguel A. L
Published: Yale University Press,
Publisher Address: New Haven :
Publication Dates: [2020]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Cognitive neuroscience
Creative ability
Creative thinking
Brain > Evolution
Social evolution
Human evolution
Neuropsychology
Neurosciences
Brain
Summary: "A radically new cosmological view from a groundbreaking neuroscientist placing the human brain at the center of humanity's universe. Renowned neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis introduces readers to a revolutionary new theory of how the human brain evolved to become an organic computer without rival in the known universe. Nicolelis undertakes the first attempt to explain the entirety of human history, culture, and civilization based on a series of recently uncovered key principles of brain function. This new cosmology is centered around three fundamental properties of the human brain: its insu
Carrier Form: xvii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-332) and index.
ISBN: 9780300244632 (hardcover : alkaline paper) :
0300244630 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
Index Number: QP360
CLC: R338.2
Call Number: R338.2/N642
Contents: 1. In the beginning... -- 2. The true creator of everything makes its evolutionary entrance -- 3. Information and the brain : a bit of Shannon, a handful of Gödel -- 4. Fueling the brain with dynamics : biological solenoids and functional principles -- 5. The relativistic brain theory : it all comes down to one picotesla of magnetic power -- 6. Why the true creator is not a Turing machine -- 7. Brainets : coupling brains to generate social behaviors -- 8. The case for a braincentric cosmology -- 9. Building a universe with space, time, and mathematics -- 10. The true origins of the mathema

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