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The author of A Natural History of the Senses celebrates the fantasia of the human brain, lending a woman's perspective to neuroscience while reporting on the latest discoveries, the nature of consciousness, language development, and more. 60,000 first printing.
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"Evocative and meaningful."
-- Carl Zimmer, "The Washington Post"
"Evocative and meaningful."
-- Carl Zimmer, "The Washington Post"
"Ackerman [is] our poetic chronicler of the natural world."
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"[A] lovely...arresting...discourse on brain science."
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"Partly close observation, partly free association, Ackerman's paean turns the inside of our heads into...[something] gorgeous, tender, jewelled."
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"A love song to the brain...combines flights of lyricism and autobiographical reflection with a cooler, more cerebral amalgam of science, anthropology, psychology, history, and literature."
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"Evocative and meaningful."
-- Carl Zimmer, The Washington Post
Diane Ackerman is a naturalist and poet and the author of ten books of literary nonfiction, including A Natural History of the Senses, A Natural History of Love, and Cultivating Delight. Also the author of six volumes of poetry and several nonfiction children's books, she contributes to The New York Times, Discover, National Geographic, Parade, and many other publications. Ackerman lives in Ithaca, New York.
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