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1. Anil Ananthaswamy

The Man Who Wasn't There

Reveals the mind boggling neuroscience connecting brain, body, mind, and society, by examining a range of brain disorders, in the tradition of Oliver Sacks.

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The Edge of Physics

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Through Two Doors at Once

One of Smithsonian's Favorite Books of 2018One of Forbes's 2018 Best Books About Astronomy, Physics and MathematicsOne of Kirkus's Best Books of 2018 The intellectual adventure story of the "double-slit" experiment, showing how a sunbeam split into two paths first challenged our understanding of light and then the nature of reality itself--and continues to almost 200 years later.Many of science's greatest minds have grappled with the simple yet elusive "double-slit" experiment. Thomas Young devised it in the early 1800s to show that light behaves like a wave, and in doing so opposed Isaac Newton. Nearly a century later, Albert Einstein showed that light comes in quanta, or particles, and the experiment became key to a fierce debate between Einstein and Niels Bohr over the nature of reality. Richard Feynman held that the double slit embodies the central mystery of the quantum world. Decade after decade, hypothesis after hypothesis, scientists have returned to this ingenious experiment to help them answer deeper and deeper questions about the fabric of the universe.How can a single particle behave both like a particle and a wave? Does a particle exist before we look at it, or does the very act of looking create reality? Are there hidden aspects to reality missing from the orthodox view of quantum physics? Is there a place where the quantum world ends and the familiar classical world of our daily lives begins, and if so, can we find it? And if there's no such place, then does the universe split into two each time a particle goes through the double slit?With his extraordinarily gifted eloquence, Anil Ananthaswamy travels around the world and through history, down to the smallest scales of physical reality we have yet fathomed. Through Two Doors at Once is the most fantastic voyage you can take.

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Ya Ben Yoksam

Ya Ben Yoksam Benligin Labirentinde Bir Gezinti sizofreni, otizm, Alzheimer, epilepsi, Cotard sendromu gibi cesitli hastaliklara iliskin lerimiz sayesinde, zihin ve beden arasinda ayrim yapilamayacagini biliyoruz. Peki, o halde benlik tam olarak nerede yer alir; beyinde mi, zihinde mi, bedende mi Ya Ben Yoksam Benligin Labirentinde Bir Gezinti sinirbilimin benlik algimiza iliskin bulgularini renkli bir anlatimla sunuyor.Anil Ananthaswamy New Scientist dergisinin danisman kadrosunda yer aliyor. California Üniversitesi Santa Cruzdaki bilim yazarligi programinda misafir editörlük yapiyor ve Hindistan, Bangalordaki Ulusal Biyoloji Bilimleri Merkezinde bilim gazeteciligi dersi veriyor. Ingiltere Fizik Enstitüsünün Fizik Gazeteciligi Ödülünü ve Britanya Bilim Yazarlari Birliginin En Iyi Arastirmaci Gazeteci ödülünü kazanan Ananthaswamynin ilk kitabi The Edge of Physics 2010da Physics World tarafindan yilin kitabi secildi. Ananthaswamy Hindistan, Bangalorda ve California, Berkeleyde yasiyor.

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The Man Who Wasn't There

In the tradition of Oliver Sacks, science journalist Anil Ananthaswamy skillfully inspects the bewildering connections among brain, body, mind, self, and society by examining a range of neuropsychological ailments from autism and Alzheimer's to out-of-body experiences and body integrity identity disorder Award-winning science writer Anil Ananthaswamy smartly explores the concept of self by way of several mental conditions that eat away at patients' identities, showing we learn a lot about being human from people with a fragmented or altered sense of self. Ananthaswamy travelled the world to meet those who suffer from "maladies of the self" interviewing patients, psychiatrists, philosophers and neuroscientists along the way. He charts how the self is affected by Asperger's, autism, Alzheimer's, epilepsy, schizophrenia, among many other mental conditions, revealing how the brain constructs our sense of self. Each chapter is anchored with stories of people who experience themselves differently from the norm. Readers meet individuals in various stages of Alzheimer's disease where the loss of memory and cognition results in the loss of some aspects of the self. We meet a woman who recalls the feeling of her first major encounter with schizophrenia which she describes as an outside force controlling her. Ananthaswamy also looks at several less­ familiar conditions, such as Cotard's syndrome, in which patients believe they are dead, and those with body integrity identity disorder, where the patient seeks to have a body part amputated because it "doesn't belong to them." Moving nimbly back and forth from the individual stories to scientific analysis The Man Who Wasn't There is a wholly original exploration of the human self which raises fascinating questions about the mind-body connection.

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De man die er niet was

Wat gebeurt er in het brein van mensen die alzheimer, dementie of een andere gelijksoortige ziekte hebben? Anil Ananthaswamy neemt je, net als Oliver Sacks, mee naar de wereld van de recentste neurologische bevindingen, naar de nieuwe kennis over schizofrenie, autisme, alzheimer, epilepsie en buitenlichamelijke ervaringen. Want hoe werkt het brein eigenlijk? Om die vraag te beantwoorden laat Ananthaswamy je kennismaken met mensen die een totaal ander perspectief hebben op wie of wat ze zijn dan de gewone sterveling. Ananthaswamy vertelt onder andere over mensen die beweren dat ze dood zijn, die ervan overtuigd zijn dat ze niet bestaan en die geen emoties hebben. Hij beschrijft mensen van wie het geheugen gestopt is en die dus altijd dezelfde leeftijd denken te hebben terwijl ze wel ouder worden. Na het lezen van deze fascinerende en indringende verhalen weet je meer over hoe je bovenkamer eruitziet en zul je anders naar jezelf en de mensen om je heen kijken. Over De man die er niet was‘Ananthaswamy gebruikt neuropsychologie en vertelkunst om ons in de hoofden te laten kijken van mensen die de werkelijkheid totaal anders ervaren dan wij.’ The Washington Post‘Als je aan strandlectuur denkt, denk je waarschijnlijk niet aan neurowetenschappen. Maar Ananthaswamy weet moeilijke onderwerpen voor iedereen toegankelijk te maken.’ Men’s Journal‘Een verbijsterende reis.’ New Scientist