【编辑推荐】
♣ 医学界的桂冠诗人，科普写作的莎士比亚，奥利弗·萨克斯医生最后的遗作与漫长的告别：
广袤浪漫如宇宙或大脑，美丽幽深如记忆与神经，一部写给“好奇症患者”的万物奇谈，致敬人类大脑与科学之美的最后情书；
数十家欧美一线媒体重磅推荐，著名导演韦拉斯哈古的挚爱之书 。
♣ 介于文学与科学之间的书写，浪漫而严谨，温柔且坚定，萨克斯医生展现出他身兼科学家、说书人与诗人的神奇魅力：
作为脑科学界最受欢迎的畅销书作家，奥利弗·萨克斯的作品一直难以归类，本书则尤其丰富而复杂，闪耀着万花筒般的好奇之思。
它是萨克斯医生最后的声音，通过它，我们既可观望到他遥远的童年与原点，也可透过科学家的苍老之眼，凝视无限宇宙与有限肉身。
♣ 从乌贼到蕨类植物，从躁郁症到脑中之旅，从地外生命到神经学漫游，从“最初的爱”到“最后的故事”：
“最初的爱”是献给乌贼与其他头足纲动物的诗篇，饱含着少年趣味与科学浪漫，将读者带回“成为科学家”这一漫长旅程最初的起点；“最后的故事”则是对科学与人世的爱之告白，在饱含尊严的动人讲述中，向世界缓缓道别。
♣ 躁郁症、阿尔茨海默病、图雷特综合征、库鲁病……千奇百怪又触动人心的真实病例，集结作者临床生涯的精彩故事：
在局部麻醉状态下接受开颅手术中，会产生什么样的幻觉？我们的大脑原来是不会痛的？将一个人从僵死状态唤醒，竟会要了他的性命？车祸中的幸存者，为何反而深受自杀冲动的困扰？
每一个怪奇病例背后，都有着独特个体与艰难的灵魂。集诗人与医生于一身的萨克斯就如同《神曲》中的维吉尔，带领着读者在人类的认知与记忆，在大脑的沟回与起伏间浪漫游走。
♣ 复旦大学类脑智能博士生导师 × 神经科学主治医生，两位优秀科学青年联袂翻译，精准把握从理论到临床的专业知识背景；单向文学节年度设计奖得主、新锐设计师山川担纲装帧设计：
120*200细长开本，优美便携，趣味盎然。
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【内容简介】
“科学远不像许多人想象的那样冷淡和抽象，而是伴随着激情、渴望和浪漫。”
作为脑科学界最受欢迎的畅销书作家，奥利弗·萨克斯一直以其极富人文色彩的医学故事写作而享誉全球，他记录下病态背后的一系列奇异大脑与独立个体，被誉为“医学界的一千零一夜”。
但不同于过往作品，本书是萨克斯在临终前回望人生，写给青春与记忆、身体与疾病、大脑与科学的最后一封情书。他写到了自己从小对博物馆、图书馆的喜爱，对乌贼、蕨类植物的痴迷；同时以一贯细腻、精确和极富人文关怀的笔触，讲述了阿尔茨海默病、图雷特综合征、躁郁症等疾病的动人病例；并在大限将至之际，对纸书阅读、电子产品迷恋症、摄影技术乃至外星生命都做了精彩的思考。
他在博物、艺术、脑科学、神经医学、生物与化学、心智与认知等众多议题之间自如游弋，如同一个孩童在溪水间轻盈跳跃，将我们带回萨克斯医生“最初的爱”，回到科学的童心与原点。同时，它也召唤出萨克斯医生最后的声音，通过科学家的苍老之眼，重新观看我们身边的世界、广袤的宇宙与生命的迷人之处。可以说，这本书就是萨克斯医生最后的生命附言。
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【媒体推荐】
♠对我来说，这本书与电影紧密相关。它写到了大脑、认知和记忆。
——阿彼察邦·韦拉斯哈古（泰国著名导演）
♠生命从奥利弗·萨克斯的所有著作中喷涌而出。他曾经是、也将一直是一位杰出的奇人。在他的作品中，很难找到一个无聊的段落、一个沉闷的句子。
——《纽约时报书评》
♠在这部此前从未出版过的动人文集中，已故神经学家、知名作家奥利弗·萨克斯就他的医学生涯、青春岁月、心理健康领域等话题进行了思考……在探索艰深的主题时，萨克斯温柔、沉思的口吻是一剂良药，但书里也有不少轻松的时刻……对“慢性好奇症患者”来说，阅读这本最后的集子是种莫大的享受。
——《出版人周刊》
♠神经学家奥利弗·萨克斯的这部遗作进一步巩固了他在科学作家圣殿中的地位……他灵动的文字如显微镜一般——放大的镜头下是他个人生命中的细微场景，镜头后退又能将生活与科学囊括为一体。
——《科学家》杂志
♠充满魔法……这本书展现了神经学家萨克斯无穷无尽的好奇心。
——《人物》杂志
♠极其感人——书中不乏萨克斯一贯的能量和好奇，但也有他脆弱、敏感的一面……如萨克斯所言，他曾是个“满怀真与美”的普通男孩；随着时间的推移，我们越来越清楚地看到，萨克斯仍是那个始终如一的男孩，以永无止境的惊奇和急切，不仅与科学，还与科学史、塑造科学史的先辈进行互动……
我们不禁感到，面对未来，我们最好的机遇，就是人群中还有其他如萨克斯这般出类拔萃、充满激情、思想开明之人。
——《纽约书评》
♠如果你还不熟悉奥利弗·萨克斯，阅读这本书就是与他结识的绝佳方式……他是一位充满人文关怀的作者，拥有让人肃然起敬的力量，也能让读者睁眼见证地球上最微小、最被人遗忘的生命之美。
最重要的是，他能以高超的写作技艺让非专业领域的读者潜入神经科学之中。他满怀永不停歇的质疑和困惑书写着人类复杂的存在现状。他的写作文辞优美，发人深省。
——《纽约图书杂志》
♠萨克斯以这部最后的集子进一步巩固了自己的文字遗产……“科学写作的莎士比亚”这个称号也许名副其实，但萨克斯拒绝与过去时代或者当代的写作者相比较。值得读者欣慰的是，或许癌症能夺去他的肉身，他的声音将永远回响。“
——《科学家》杂志

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A brain scientist's journey from a debilitating stroke to full recovery becomes an inspiring exploration of human consciousness and its possibilities
On the morning of December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain. A neuroanatomist by profession, she observed her own mind completely deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life, all within the space of four brief hours. As the damaged left side of her brain--the rational, grounded, detail- and time-oriented side--swung in and out of function, Taylor alternated between two distinct and opposite realties: the euphoric nirvana of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace; and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized Jill was having a stroke, and enabled her to seek help before she was lost completely.
In My Stroke of Insight , Taylor shares her unique perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery, and the sense of omniscient understanding she gained from this unusual and inspiring voyage out of the abyss of a wounded brain. It would take eight years for Taylor to heal completely. Because of her knowledge of how the brain works, her respect for the cells composing her human form, and most of all an amazing mother, Taylor completely repaired her mind and recalibrated her understanding of the world according to the insights gained from her right brain that morning of December 10th.
Today Taylor is convinced that the stroke was the best thing that could have happened to her. It has taught her that the feeling of nirvana is never more than a mere thought away. By stepping to the right of our left brains , we can all uncover the feelings of well-being and peace that are so often sidelined by our own brain chatter. A fascinating journey into the mechanics of the human mind, My Stroke of Insight is both a valuable recovery guide for anyone touched by a brain injury, and an emotionally stirring testimony that deep internal peace truly is accessible to anyone, at any time. Questions for Jill Bolte Taylor Amazon.com: Your first reaction when you realized what was happening to your body was one you would expect: "Oh my gosh, I'm having a stroke!" Your second, though, was a little more surprising: "Wow, this is so cool!" What could be cool about a stroke? Taylor: I grew up to study the brain because I have a brother who is only 18 months older than I am. He was very different in the way he perceived experiences and then chose to behave. As a result, I became fascinated with the human brain and how it creates our perception of reality. He was eventually diagnosed with the brain disorder schizophrenia, and I dedicated my career to the postmortem investigation of the human brain in an attempt to understand, at a biological level, what are the differences between my brain and my brothers brain. On the morning of the stroke, I realized that my brain was no longer functioning like a "normal" brain and this insight into my brother's reality excited me. I was fascinated to intimately understand what it might be like on the inside for someone who would not be diagnosed as normal. Through the eyes of a curious scientist, this was an absolutely rare and fascinating experience for me to witness the breakdown of my own mind. Amazon.com: What did you learn about the brain from your stroke and your recovery that your scientific training hadn't prepared you for? Taylor: My scientific training did not teach me anything about the human spirit and the value of compassion. I had been trained as a scientist, not as a clinician. I can only hope that we are teaching our future physicians about compassion in medicine, and I know that some medical schools, including the Indiana University School of Medicine, have created a curriculum with this intention. My training as a scientist, however, did provide me with a roadmap to how the body and brain work. And although I lost my left cognitive mind that thinks in language, I retained my right hemisphere that thinks in pictures. As a result, although I could not communicate with the external world, I had an intuitive understanding about what I needed to do in order to create an environment in which the cells in my brain could be happy and healthy enough that they could regain their function. In addition, because of my training, I had an innate trust in the ability of my brain to be able to recover itself and my mother and I respected the organ by listening to it. For example, when I was tired, I allowed my brain to sleep, and when I was fresh and capable of focusing my attention, we gave me age-appropriate toys and tools with which to work. Amazon.com: Your stroke affected functions in your left brain, leaving you to what you call the "la-la land" of your right hemisphere. What was it like to live in your right brain, and then to rebuild your left? Taylor: When the cells in my left brain became nonfunctional because they were swimming in a pool of blood, they lost their ability to inhibit the cells in my right hemisphere. In my right brain, I shifted into the consciousness of the present moment. I was in the right here, right now awareness, with no memories of my past and no perception of the future. The beauty of La-la land (my right hemisphere experience of the present moment) was that everything was an explosion of magnificent stimulation and I dwelled in a space of euphoria. This is great way to exist if you don't have to communicate with the external world or care whether or not you have the capacity to learn. I found that in order for me to be able to learn anything, however, I had to take information from the last moment and apply it to the present moment. When my left hemisphere was completely nonfunctional early on, it was impossible for me to learn, which was okay with me, but I am sure it was frustrating for those around me. A simple example of this was trying to put on my shoes and socks. I eventually became physically capable of putting my shoes and socks on, but I had no ability to understand why I would have to put my socks on before my shoes. To me they were simply independent actions that were not related and I did not have the cognitive ability to figure out the appropriate sequencing of the events. Over time, I regained the ability to weave moments back together to create an expanse of time, and with this ability came the ability to learn methodically again. Life in La-la land will always be just a thought away, but I am truly grateful for the ability to think with linearity once again. Amazon.com: What can we learn about our brains and ourselves from your experience, even if we haven't lived through the kind of brain trauma you have? Taylor: I learned that I have much more say about what goes on between my ears than I was ever taught and I believe that this is true for all of us. I used to understand that I had the ability to stop thinking about one thing by consciously choosing to preoccupy my mind with thinking about something else. But I had no idea that it only took 90 seconds for me to have an emotional circuit triggered, flush a physiological response through my body and then flush completely out of me. We can all learn that we can take full responsibility for what thoughts we are thinking and what emotional circuitry we are feeling. Knowing this and acting on this can lead us into feeling a wonderful sense of well-being and peacefulness. Amazon.com: You are the "Singin' Scientist" for Harvard's Brain Bank (just as you were before your stroke). Could you tell us about the Brain Bank (in song or not)? Taylor: There is a long-term shortage of brain tissue donated for research into the severe mental illnesses. Most people dont realize that when you sign the back of your license as an organ donor, the brain is not included. If you would like to donate your brain for research, you must contact a brain bank directly. There is also a shortage of "normal control" tissue for research. The bottom line reality is that if there were more tissue available for research, then more scientists would be dedicating their careers to the study of the severe mental illnesses and we would have more answers about what is going on with these disorders. The numbers of mentally ill individuals in our society are staggering. The most serious and disabling conditions affect about 6 percent--or one in 17--adults and 9-13 percent of children in the United States. Half of all lifetime conditions of mental illness start by age 14 years, and three-fourths by age 24 years. For more information about brain donation to the Harvard brain bank, please call 1-800-BRAINBANK or visit them at: www.brainbank.mclean.org If you would like to hear me sing the brain bank jingle, please visit www.drjilltaylor.com!

From the inventor of the PalmPilot comes a new and compelling theory of intelligence, brain function, and the future of intelligent machines

Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself.
Hawkins develops a powerful theory of how the human brain works, explaining why computers are not intelligent and how, based on this new theory, we can finally build intelligent machines.
The brain is not a computer, but a memory system that stores experiences in a way that reflects the true structure of the world, remembering sequences of events and their nested relationships and making predictions based on those memories. It is this memory-prediction system that forms the basis of intelligence, perception, creativity, and even consciousness.
In an engaging style that will captivate audiences from the merely curious to the professional scientist, Hawkins shows how a clear understanding of how the brain works will make it possible for us to build intelligent machines, in silicon, that will exceed our human ability in surprising ways.
Written with acclaimed science writer Sandra Blakeslee, On Intelligence promises to completely transfigure the possibilities of the technology age. It is a landmark book in its scope and clarity.

If the conscious mind—the part you consider you—accounts for only a tiny fraction of the brain’s function, what is all the rest doing? This is the question that David Eagleman—renowned neuroscientist and acclaimed author of Sum—answers in a book as accessible and entertaining as it is deeply informed by startling, up-to-the-minute research.