Instant Egghead Guide The Mind The Mind [Paperback]

Everything from neurons to consciousness in the blink of an eye (which takes 300 milliseconds).

Take a fantastic voyage through the whorls and curves of the human brain, no miniaturization required. Learn everything from how quickly you can possibly think (and that left-handed people think faster) to why being bad feels so good (yes, there's a biochemical explanation).
Whether you're a fan ofScientific American's wildly popular 60-Second Science podcast or just curious about science, you're going to love the tingly way your synapses feel after enjoying the same bite-sized knowledge inThe Instant Egghead Guide to the Mind.

Whether you're a fan ofScientific American's wildly popular 60-Second Science Podcast or just curious about science, you'll love the tingly way your synapses feel after enjoying the same bite-sized knowledge inThe Instant Egghead Guide to the Mind.

EMILY ANTHES is a freelance science journalist. Her work has appeared inSeed,Scientific American Mind,Discover,Slate,Good,New York, and theBoston Globe. She has a master's degree in science writing from MIT and a bachelor's degree in the history of science and medicine from Yale, where she also studied creative writing. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

STEVE MIRSKY has written the Anti-Gravity column forScientific Americansince 1995. In 2006 he launched the dailyScientific Americanpodcast, 60-Second Science, with tens of thousands of listeners and millions of downloads to date.