Book description
In this, his first book aimed at the general reader, Gerald Edelman
describes how consciousness arises in complex brains and how it is
related to evolution, to the development of the self, and to the origins
of feelings, learning, and memory. Edelman's theories offer a solution
to the mind-body problem. An understanding of the workings of
consciousness in scientific terms would be of enormous value in all
areas of science, in medicine and psychiatry, and in the humanities.
Gerald Edelman MD PhD is Director of the Neurosciences Institute and
President of the Neurosciences Research Foundation. He is the author of
Bright Air, Brilliant Fire (1992) and Consciousness (Penguin 2000).
