The Brain, a Galaxy in Your Head

David Fortin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2025 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-5147-9 (ISBN)

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The human brain is the most complex object known in the universe. It is said that there are as many stars in the milky way, as there are neurons in the brain. Interestingly, the parallel between the universe and the brain goes further, as the matter density distribution in the universe would resemble that in the brain, no less. This book summarizes the current knowledge on the brain, extending this knowledge into philosophical considerations. It first retraces historical milestones in the discovery of the brain, followed by a detailed and balanced account on current knowledge on the subject. Admittedly, the goal here is to summarize intelligibly the knowledge on the subject without going too much into details. The next step in this odyssey is then to consider more philosophical implications on the brain; hence we will discuss one of the greatest mysteries of all, the consciousness. The last chapter will draw the line between the biological brain and AI, which, we will see, have strictly nothing in common. Finally, we will study the impacts of digital technologies on our brains. This is the perfect guide to familiarise yourself with the marvel within your head, your brain.

After completing his training in neurosurgery at Sherbrooke University, Canada in 1996, Dr Fortin underwent 2 fellowships in neuro-oncology, (University of Western Ontario, Canada and Oregon Health Sciences University, USA). He is full professor, director of the neuro-oncology program, and of the CHUS (Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke) research laboratory on brain tumours. He has implanted a new treatment program of intraarterial chemotherapy infusion for the treatment of brain tumours. He has published 160 papers, and has won different awards, such as the Galeano prize (most appreciated professor at Sherbrooke University medical school 7 years in a row), and the 2018- Excellence award - Specialist of the Year by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He is the author of 4 books (in French) on the brain and is frequently present in the mediatic sphere as a collaborator in neuroscience.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.09.2025
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Anatomie / Neuroanatomie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-0364-5147-X / 103645147X
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-5147-9 / 9781036451479
Zustand	Neuware