An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain

這本2005年的書An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain，不知道是否重譯？

時報文化剛出版。

媚俗的書名《趣味、記憶與愛慾》

"吸著水煙時隱時現的那隻貓" (頁30)，我查原書，找不到。

就問L. Carroll 專家張華兄：Alice 書中有水煙？
答曰：他弄亂了。吸水煙的是毛毛蟲。

An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain Paperback – October 4, 2005 by Diane Ackerman

Review

"Ackerman [is] our poetic chronicler of the natural world."
-- Chicago Tribune

"[A] lovely...arresting...discourse on brain science."
-- Entertainment Weekly

"Partly close observation, partly free association, Ackerman's paean turns the inside of our heads into...[something] gorgeous, tender, jewelled."
-- The New York Times Book Review

"A love song to the brain...combines flights of lyricism and autobiographical reflection with a cooler, more cerebral amalgam of science, anthropology, psychology, history, and literature."
-- Francine Prose, More magazine

"Evocative and meaningful."
-- Carl Zimmer, The Washington Post

About the Author

Diane Ackerman is a naturalist and poet and the author of ten books of literary nonfiction, including A Natural History of the Senses, A Natural History of Love, and Cultivating Delight. Also the author of six volumes of poetry and several nonfiction children's books, she contributes to The New York Times, Discover, National Geographic, Parade, and many other publications. Ackerman lives in Ithaca, New York.

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Product details Paperback: 300 pages Publisher: Scribner; unknown edition (October 4, 2005)