Borges and Memory
Encounters with the Human Brain
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2023
Summary
A scientist’s exploration of the working of memory begins with a story by Borges about a man who could not forget.
Imagine the astonishment felt by neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga when he found a fantastically precise interpretation of his research findings in a story written by the great Argentinian fabulist Jorge Luis Borges fifty years earlier. Quian Quiroga studies the workings of the brain-in particular how memory works-one of the most complex and elusive mysteries of scienc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262549561 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262549565 |
| Author: | Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, Juan Pablo Fernandez, Maria Kodama |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm |
| Series: | Inside Technology |
About The Author
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, a native of Argentina, is Professor and Director of the Bioengineering Research Centre at the University of Leicester.
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