Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are - Hardcover

An amiable guide, witty and exceptionally clear in describing complex matters for the general reader...fascinating...beautifully explained and analyzed-as I might have expected from a writer who has produced the best lay book on brain science I've ever read (Daniel J Levitin Wall Street Journal)

This is complicated stuff, and it is a testament to Dr. Seung's remarkable clarity of exposition that the reader is swept along with his enthusiasm, as he moves from the basics of neuroscience out to the farthest regions of the hypothetical, sketching out a spectacularly illustrated giant map of the universe of man (Abigail Zuger New York Times)

An elegant primer on what's known about how the brain is organized and how it grows, wires its neurons, perceives its environment, modifies or repairs itself, and stores information. Seung is a clear, lively writer who chooses vivid examples (Susan Okie Washington Post)

YOU ARE MORE THAN YOUR GENES. YOU ARE YOUR CONNECTOME.

“A landmark work, gorgeously written. No other researcher has traveled as deeply into the brain forest and emerged to share its secrets.”—David Eagleman, author of Incognito and Sum

“Connectomics is emerging as a crucial and exhilarating field of study. Sebastian Seung takes you by the hand and shows you why. Connectome is a page-turner—a book that should be read by anyone who lays claim to be thinking about the nature of life.”—Michael Gazzaniga, University of California at Santa Barbara, author of Human and Who’s in Charge?

“Sebastian Seung scales the heights of neuroscience and casts his brilliant eye around, describing the landscape of its past and boldly envisioning a future when we may understand our own brains and thus ourselves.”—Kenneth Blum, executive director, Center for Brain Science, Harvard University

“Sebastian Seung can do it all. He’s widely recognized as a superb physicist, a whiz with computers, and a path-breaking neuroscientist. Connectome shows that he’s also a terrific writer, as inspiring as he is clear and good-humored.”—Steven Strogatz, Cornell University, author of Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order