Waterstones Two Heads
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Price: £18.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: A brilliantly illustrated journey through the wonders and mysteries of the human brain - from a renowned husband-and-wife team of cognitive neuroscientists. Professors and husband-and-wife team Uta and Chris Frith have pioneered major studies of brain disorders throughout their nearly fifty-year career. In Two Heads, their distinguished careers serve as a prism through which they share the compelling story of the birth of neuroscience and their paradigm-shifting discoveries across areas as wide-ranging as autism and schizophrenia research, and new frontiers of social cognition including diversity, prejudice, confidence, collaboration and empathy. Working with their son Alex Frith and artist Daniel Locke, they examine the way that neuroscientific research is now focused on the fact we are a social species, whose brains have evolved to work cooperatively. What happens when people gather in groups? How do people behave when they're in pairs - either pitted against each other or working together? Is it better to surround yourself with people who are similar to yourself, or different? And, are two heads really better than one? Highly original and ingeniously illustrated, Two Heads provides an expansive understanding of how our brains work, and how they work together.
Category: Books
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781526601551
Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9781526601551
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Author: Colin.ynwa
Rating: 5
Review: Firstly the fact that this is a comic is SO adapt given its subject matter, one of cooperation and diversity. What better way to express that than via a medium that mixes the skills of the writer and artist to get to a better outcome than either could do on their own. Something that this book demonstrates both in content and in ability to get complex ideas into my simple noggin (though I have learnt that I'm actually WEIRD and the creators flatter me by calling me smart - bless um!) Its masterfully done. The art does indeed hark to that other genius of non fiction comics Scott McCloud - well being a BIG fan of Zot comics generally but he's best known for his non-fiction. Its simple, straightfoward, disarming and in that able to convey complex things very, very clearly. Its sparks with imagination (not sure how much this is from script or joint discussion?) and allows the words to remain in clear focus, while never being diminished in and of itself. Its a lovely comic to read. The real masterstroke is the way the 'tale' is told. The first half feels a little disconnected to its overarching theme, as none neuroscientists are introduced to some basic themes and concepts. Then there's a little interlude about the world of science and how it works leading to a second half that starts to pull all the threads, laid out so expertly in the first together into a cohesive whole. Its has an epic and genuinely heartwarming conclusion, that really should be read by so many folks I suspect will never hear of the comic. Thence I call this a tale, as while its a non-fiction its structure is that of a story, it pulls you through, lays the 'characters' and 'clues' out for you and then steady pulls you through to understand its single overarching narrative. Its makes it an effortless read, even with such an apparently weighty subject matter. So the structure makes this readable and draws you through the telling makes it a pleasure. The tale as told by Uta and Chris Frith is done in such a relexed conversational style its not like your reading a popular science book rather sat around a table chatting to two entirely engaging individuals, both of whom seem genuinely funny (very funny at times) and charming - which given how brilliant they clearly are is a bit annoying, couldn't they be all lofty or summit?!? Its like a fascintating conversation (and Daniel Locke's 'friendly' art really elevates this) - if one-sided. Like when your chatting to some folks that are so interesting you just listen and ask more to find out what they know. I have to say, and this is something I never thought I'd say about a book about psychology, its enchanting, that's the best way to describe it, enchanting, especially that ending, which is a magical message we should listen to. Heartly recommended!
Author: Bruce Grembowski
Rating: 1
Review: Not commenting on the content, as I just bought the Kindle version. Unfortunately, it will not go into landscape mode on my Galaxy Tab S7's Kindle app, so it's going to be hard to read. I can get other books to go into landscape mode, so I'm not sure what's wrong with this one.
