Author: Paul Broks
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307985792
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
When celebrated neuropsychologist Paul Broks's wife died of cancer, it sparked a journey of grief and reflection that traced a lifelong attempt to understand how the brain gives rise to the soul. The result of that journey is a gorgeous, evocative meditation on fate, death, consciousness, and what it means to be human. The Darker the Night, The Brighter the Stars weaves a scientist’s understanding of the mind – its logic, its nuance, how we think about what makes a person – with a poet’s approach to humanity, that crucial and ever-elusive why. It’s a story that unfolds through the centuries, along the path of humankind’s constant quest to discover what makes us human, and the answers that consistently slip out of our grasp. It’s modern medicine and psychology and ancient tales; history and myth combined; fiction and the stranger truth. But, most importantly, it’s Broks’ story, grounded in his own most fascinating cases as a clinician—patients with brain injuries that revealed something fundamental about the link between the raw stuff of our bodies and brains and the ineffable selves we take for who we are. Tracing a loose arc of loss, acceptance, and renewal, he unfolds striking, imaginative stories of everything from Schopenhauer to the Greek philosophers to jazz guitarist Pat Martino in order to sketch a multifaceted view of humanness that is as heartbreaking at it is affirming.
The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Stars
Author: Paul Broks
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307985792
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
When celebrated neuropsychologist Paul Broks's wife died of cancer, it sparked a journey of grief and reflection that traced a lifelong attempt to understand how the brain gives rise to the soul. The result of that journey is a gorgeous, evocative meditation on fate, death, consciousness, and what it means to be human. The Darker the Night, The Brighter the Stars weaves a scientist’s understanding of the mind – its logic, its nuance, how we think about what makes a person – with a poet’s approach to humanity, that crucial and ever-elusive why. It’s a story that unfolds through the centuries, along the path of humankind’s constant quest to discover what makes us human, and the answers that consistently slip out of our grasp. It’s modern medicine and psychology and ancient tales; history and myth combined; fiction and the stranger truth. But, most importantly, it’s Broks’ story, grounded in his own most fascinating cases as a clinician—patients with brain injuries that revealed something fundamental about the link between the raw stuff of our bodies and brains and the ineffable selves we take for who we are. Tracing a loose arc of loss, acceptance, and renewal, he unfolds striking, imaginative stories of everything from Schopenhauer to the Greek philosophers to jazz guitarist Pat Martino in order to sketch a multifaceted view of humanness that is as heartbreaking at it is affirming.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307985792
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
When celebrated neuropsychologist Paul Broks's wife died of cancer, it sparked a journey of grief and reflection that traced a lifelong attempt to understand how the brain gives rise to the soul. The result of that journey is a gorgeous, evocative meditation on fate, death, consciousness, and what it means to be human. The Darker the Night, The Brighter the Stars weaves a scientist’s understanding of the mind – its logic, its nuance, how we think about what makes a person – with a poet’s approach to humanity, that crucial and ever-elusive why. It’s a story that unfolds through the centuries, along the path of humankind’s constant quest to discover what makes us human, and the answers that consistently slip out of our grasp. It’s modern medicine and psychology and ancient tales; history and myth combined; fiction and the stranger truth. But, most importantly, it’s Broks’ story, grounded in his own most fascinating cases as a clinician—patients with brain injuries that revealed something fundamental about the link between the raw stuff of our bodies and brains and the ineffable selves we take for who we are. Tracing a loose arc of loss, acceptance, and renewal, he unfolds striking, imaginative stories of everything from Schopenhauer to the Greek philosophers to jazz guitarist Pat Martino in order to sketch a multifaceted view of humanness that is as heartbreaking at it is affirming.
Into the Silent Land
Author: Paul Broks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Paul Broks draws on his 15 years as a neuropsychologist to present a narrative about memory and personal identity. Macabre yet humane, unsettling but affecting, he writes about the experiences of his patients, and his experience as their psychologist. The stories are those of ordinary people whose extraordinary illnesses have much to say to everyone about who and what we are. They are also about chance, compassion, human fallibility and eccentricity.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Paul Broks draws on his 15 years as a neuropsychologist to present a narrative about memory and personal identity. Macabre yet humane, unsettling but affecting, he writes about the experiences of his patients, and his experience as their psychologist. The stories are those of ordinary people whose extraordinary illnesses have much to say to everyone about who and what we are. They are also about chance, compassion, human fallibility and eccentricity.
Darker the Night
Author: Lisa London
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991163557
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Inspired by a true story, this tale tracks an extraordinary young woman persevering through the challenges World War II as a German civilian. As the pride in her country is shattered with the news of the Nazi atrocities, her father reminds her, "The darker the night, the brighter the stars."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991163557
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Inspired by a true story, this tale tracks an extraordinary young woman persevering through the challenges World War II as a German civilian. As the pride in her country is shattered with the news of the Nazi atrocities, her father reminds her, "The darker the night, the brighter the stars."
The End of Night
Author: Paul Bogard
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316228796
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A deeply panoramic tour of the night, from its brightest spots to the darkest skies we have left. A starry night is one of nature's most magical wonders. Yet in our artificially lit world, three-quarters of Americans' eyes never switch to night vision and most of us no longer experience true darkness. In The End of Night, Paul Bogard restores our awareness of the spectacularly primal, wildly dark night sky and how it has influenced the human experience across everything from science to art. From Las Vegas' Luxor Beam -- the brightest single spot on this planet -- to nights so starlit the sky looks like snow, Bogard blends personal narrative, natural history, science, and history to shed light on the importance of darkness -- what we've lost, what we still have, and what we might regain -- and the simple ways we can reduce the brightness of our nights tonight.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316228796
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A deeply panoramic tour of the night, from its brightest spots to the darkest skies we have left. A starry night is one of nature's most magical wonders. Yet in our artificially lit world, three-quarters of Americans' eyes never switch to night vision and most of us no longer experience true darkness. In The End of Night, Paul Bogard restores our awareness of the spectacularly primal, wildly dark night sky and how it has influenced the human experience across everything from science to art. From Las Vegas' Luxor Beam -- the brightest single spot on this planet -- to nights so starlit the sky looks like snow, Bogard blends personal narrative, natural history, science, and history to shed light on the importance of darkness -- what we've lost, what we still have, and what we might regain -- and the simple ways we can reduce the brightness of our nights tonight.
Learning to Walk in the Dark
Author: Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher: Canterbury Press
ISBN: 1848256175
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
In this long awaited follow-up to the best-selling An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor explores ‘the treasures of darkness’ that the Bible speaks about. What can we learn about the ways of God when we cannot see the way ahead, are lost, alone, frightened, not in control or when the world around us seems to have descended into darkness?
Publisher: Canterbury Press
ISBN: 1848256175
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
In this long awaited follow-up to the best-selling An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor explores ‘the treasures of darkness’ that the Bible speaks about. What can we learn about the ways of God when we cannot see the way ahead, are lost, alone, frightened, not in control or when the world around us seems to have descended into darkness?
Lights Out, Night's Out
Author: William Boniface
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740784315
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
A dazzling visual contrasts between the late night atmosphere and the colourful creatures who roam the land in the late hours.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740784315
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
A dazzling visual contrasts between the late night atmosphere and the colourful creatures who roam the land in the late hours.
Let There Be Night
Author: Paul Bogard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Twenty-nine writers, poets, scientists, and scholars testify on behalf of darkness and against light pollution's diminishment of the night.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Twenty-nine writers, poets, scientists, and scholars testify on behalf of darkness and against light pollution's diminishment of the night.
When the Stars Lead to You
Author: Ronni Davis
Publisher: Little Brown Young Reader
ISBN: 9780316490696
Category : Depression, Mental
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
After Ashton broke Devon's heart, she focused on preparing for her future as an astrophysicist but Ashton's appearance on the first day of her senior year forces her to revisit their magical summer together.
Publisher: Little Brown Young Reader
ISBN: 9780316490696
Category : Depression, Mental
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
After Ashton broke Devon's heart, she focused on preparing for her future as an astrophysicist but Ashton's appearance on the first day of her senior year forces her to revisit their magical summer together.
Navigating the Night Sky
Author: Guilherme de Almeida
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1852338989
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
This book will interest anyone who marvels at the night sky and would like to learn to recognise constellations and identify the brightest stars by name. Step-by-step, the reader is guided through the knowledge needed to recognise key constellations, identify stars and planets, and interpret changes in the overall appearance of the sky throughout the year.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1852338989
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
This book will interest anyone who marvels at the night sky and would like to learn to recognise constellations and identify the brightest stars by name. Step-by-step, the reader is guided through the knowledge needed to recognise key constellations, identify stars and planets, and interpret changes in the overall appearance of the sky throughout the year.
Empire of the Stars
Author: Arthur I. Miller
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618341511
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
A history of the idea of "black holes" explores the tumultuous debate over the existence of this now well-accepted phenomenon, focusing particular attention on Indian scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618341511
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
A history of the idea of "black holes" explores the tumultuous debate over the existence of this now well-accepted phenomenon, focusing particular attention on Indian scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.