Brain, Mind, and the Structure of Reality by Paul Nunez (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Brain, Mind, and the Structure of Reality by Paul Nunez Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Does the brain create the mind, or is some external entity involved? This book synthesizes ideas borrowed from philosophy, religion, and science. Topics range widely from brain imagining of thought processes to quantum mechanics and the essential role of information in brains and physical systems. Publisher Description Does the brain create the mind, or is some external entity involved? In addressing this "hard problem" of consciousness, we face a central human challenge: what do we really know and how do we know it? Tentative answers in this book follow from a synthesis of profound ideas, borrowed from philosophy, religion, politics, economics, neuroscience, physics, mathematics, and cosmology, the knowledge structures supporting our meager grasps of reality. This search for newlinks in the web of human knowledge extends in many directions: the "shadows" of our thought processes revealed by brain imagining, brains treated as complex adaptive systems that reveal fractal-likebehavior in the brains nested hierarchy, resonant interactions facilitating functional connections in brain tissue, probability and entropy as measures of human ignorance, fundamental limits on human knowledge, and the central role played by information in both brains and physical systems. In Brain, Mind, and the Structure of Reality, Paul Nunez discusses the possibility of deep connections between relativity, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and consciousness:all entities involved with fundamental information barriers. Dr. Nunez elaborates on possible new links in this nested web of human knowledge that may tell us something new about the nature and origins ofconsciousness. In the end, does the brain create the mind? Or is the Mind already out there? You decide. Author Biography Paul L. Nunez is Emeritus Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University in New Orleans and runs a small consulting firm, Cognitive Dissonance, LLC, that works on electroencephalography (EEG), mostly with the University of California at Irvine. Dr Nunez received a Masters Degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville in 1963 and a PhD in engineering physics from the University of California at San Diego in 1969.After several years of scientific work in private industry, Dr Nunez opted for a major career change, accepting a grant from the National Institutes of Health for post-doctoral training at the UCSD Medical School, where he remained in a research position until 1980. From 1981-1985 he was Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at San Diego State University. He became Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University in 1985 and enjoyed a sabbatical at the BrainSciences Institute in Melbourne, Australia from 1998 - 2000.Dr Nunez has authored over 100 scientific publications and 4 books, including Electric Fields of the Brain: The Neurophysics of EEG in 2006 (Oxford University Press). Details ISBN 019534071X ISBN-13 9780195340716 Title Brain, Mind, and the Structure of Reality Author Paul Nunez Format Hardcover Year 2010 Pages 320 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc GE_Item_ID:137012673; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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