Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain BOTY_2025 Hailed upon its original publication

Hailed upon its original publication in India as “a love song to plants and trees” and “an ode to all that is unnoticed

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Award-winning economics writer Jon Hilsenrath examines what happened

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Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain BOTY_2025 Hailed upon its original publicationFrom the author of How Emotions Are Made, a myth busting primer on the brain in the tradition of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob between your ears and explain how the brain works. In seven short essays (plus a bite sized story about how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible