The brain is an evolutionary triumph of neural engineering. Its capacity to seek knowledge and form generalized concepts is boundless. In this ground–breaking new study, Semir Zeki explores the enormously elegant and efficient machinery of the brain to analyze its products in creative disciplines and discover whether or not this intricate system brings different solutions to bear in solving problems in disparate fields. Splendors and Miseries of the Brain, which is derived from Balzac’s novel of the same name, delves into the brain’s key functions of obtaining knowledge and forming concepts about the world. While these functions have been more thoroughly documented in neurobiology’s traditional disciplines—physiology, anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, mathematics, and computer science, to name but a few—Zeki goes beyond these fields to scientifically study the products of the brain in literature, music, art, and other fields. By studying these fields, Zeki...

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