Clive Gifford

You & Your Amazing Brain

A Book of Brains and How They Work
Illustrator: Wilson, Anne

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

You & Your Amazing Brain includes a mix of science, history, natural world examples, cultural amusement and astonishing stories all focused on brains, intelligence and learning in humans and even other animals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 182mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9780711283619
• ISBN-10: 0711283613
• Artikelnr.: 66454302

Autorenporträt

Clive Gifford has travelled to more than 70 countries, climbed rocket launch towers, ridden on robots and flown gliders. He's had more than 200 books published and received nominations for or won Royal Society, School Library Association, Smithsonian and TES awards. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts 2019 for his title The Colours of History (QED). Clive lives in Manchester, UK. 

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
SECTION 1: THE NAKED BRAIN 
Brain In A Box
Lobes Of Difference 
Nerve Superhighway
Mind Messengers
Making Sense
Out Of Sight
Smart Safari
SECTION 2: MIND MECHANICS
Brain Bonkers
Brainy Building Blocks
My, How You’ve Grown!
The Teenage Brain
Your Demanding Friend
The Great Memory Game
Thanks For The Memories
Memory Masters
Sleep On It
SECTION 3: I’M WITH STUPID!
Guessing Games
Making Assumptions
Having A Think 
Mind Your Language 
Intelligence 
Problem-Solving 
Getting Creative
It’s Been Emotional
Managing Emotions 
Pleasure And Risk 
Fear, Stress and Phobias 
Fight Or Flight! 
Error Codes 
Brain Games
Conclusion
Author’s Note
Find Out More
Answers to Brain Games
Glossary
Index