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The Scientific American Book of the Brain
The Scientific American Book of the Brain offers a snapshot of neuroscience knowledge from the late 1990s, before the explosion of modern brain imaging and genetics. It cuts through the complexity with clear, accessible essays that don’t pretend the brain is a solved puzzle. Think of it as a grounded introduction to what scientists knew—and what still baffled them—at the turn of the millennium.
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