When neuroscientist Susan Barry was fifty years old, she took an unforgettable trip to Manhattan. As she emerged from the dim light of the subway into the sunshine, she saw a view of the city that she had witnessed many times in the past but now saw in an astonishingly new way. Skyscrapers on street corners appeared to loom out toward her like the bows of giant ships. Tree bran...(展开全部)

When neuroscientist Susan Barry was fifty years old, she took an unforgettable trip to Manhattan. As she emerged from the dim light of the subway into the sunshine, she saw a view of the city that she had witnessed many times in the past but now saw in an astonishingly new way. Skyscrapers on street corners appeared to loom out toward her like the bows of giant ships. Tree bran...(展开全部)

This is a profoundly smart science book and an inspiring memoir about change that is detailed and complex, quirky and engaging. Readers will connect with Sue's struggles, discoveries, and triumphs. When neuroscientist Susan Barry was fifty years old, she took an unforgettable trip to Manhattan. She saw the city in an astonishingly new way. With each glance, she experienced the ...(展开全部)

The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 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 neuroanatomi...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 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 neuroanatomi...(展开全部)

The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or ...(展开全部)

Oliver Sacks has been described (by The New York Times Book Review) as "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century," and his books, including the medical classics Migraine and Awakenings, have been widely praised by critics from W. H. Auden to Harold Pinter to Doris Lessing. In his last book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, Dr. Sacks undertook a fascinating j...(展开全部)

There is more to a seed than the plant it will someday become: seeds, seedheads, and pods have their own dazzling beauty that sometimes even surpasses that of flowers. Bitter melon seeds resemble a handful of rubies. And butterfly vine seeds look exactly like those delicate insects captured in mid-flight. Seeds also come with fascinating stories. Lotus seeds sent into orbit by ...(展开全部)

纳撒尼尔•拉胥梅耶，1969年12月2日出生。父亲于1995年过世时，他25岁。同年踏上探索父亲内心疯狂风暴之旅，写下处女作《当天使穿着黑衣出现》。曾与“国际安徒生大奖”得主澳洲插画大师罗伯•英潘（Robert Ingpen）合作绘本《破碎的鸟喙》（Broken Beaks）。他也是一位经常发表关于精神疾病和流浪问题、具有影响力的演讲家。