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001 2012028268
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008 120813s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780465029846 (hardback)
020 $z9780465033973 (e-book)
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042 $apcc
050 00 $aQP355.2$b.L64 2013
082 00 $a612.8$223
084 $aSCI057000$aSCI009000$aSCI089000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aLoewenstein, Werner R.
245 10 $aPhysics in mind :$ba quantum view of the brain /$cWerner R. Loewenstein.
264 1 $aNew York :$bBasic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,$c[2013]
300 $axvii, 325 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"In Physics in Mind, eminent biophysicist Werner R. Loewenstein seeks answers to these perplexing questions in the mechanisms of physics. Bringing information theory---the idea that all information can be quantified and encoded in bits---to bear on recent advances in the neurosciences, Loewenstein reveals inside the brain a web of immense computational power capable of rendering a coherent representation of the world outside. He guides us on an exhilarating journey along the sensory data stream of the brain---the stream that nurses our cognitions---and we see how the vast amounts of information coming in from the world outside get processed by the web, how its neurons gradually extract meaning from this hodgepodge, and how they arrive at a coherent picture of the world"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 283-307) and index.
650 0 $aNeurophysiology.
650 0 $aNeural networks (Neurobiology)
650 0 $aBrain.
650 7 $aSCIENCE / Quantum Theory.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience.$2bisacsh