In Search Of Memory: The Emergence Of A New Science Of Mind

Author: Eric R. Kandel

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ISBN : 9780393329377
Publisher : W W Norton & Company
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Charting the intellectual history of the emerging biology of mind, Eric R. Kandel illuminates how behavioral psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and molecular biology have converged into a powerful new science of mind. This science now provides nuanced insights into normal mental functioning and disease, and simultaneously opens pathways to more effective healing. Driven by vibrant curiosity, Kandel s personal quest to understand memory is threaded throughout this absorbing history. Beginning with his childhood in Nazi-occupied Vienna, "In Search of Memory" chronicles Kandel s outstanding career from his initial fascination with history and psychoanalysis to his groundbreaking work on the biological process of memory, which earned him the Nobel Prize. A deft mixture of memoir and history, modern biology and behavior, "In Search of Memory" traces how a brilliant scientist s intellectual journey intersected with one of the great scientific endeavors of the twentieth century: the search for the biological basis of memory.

Awards

Shortlisted for Royal Society Prize for Science Books: General Prize 2007.

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ERIC R. KANDEL is Kavli Professor and University Professor at Columbia University and senior investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000.

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