DJ Strouse

My Goodreads Rating: 2 of 5 stars
This book has a nasty habit of mistaking naming for explaining, but it served the purpose of introducing an egghead physicist/mathematician to the messy biological world of neuroscience. If nothing else, its convincing evidence that neuroscience needs theorists.
If (Amount of jargon) > (Space in a human brain),
then FindTheorists.
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My Goodreads Rating: 3 of 5 stars
I dove into this book excited to learn how the minds of great scientists churn but instead was reminded of the great danger that accompanies reading old science texts – lengthy discussions of crackpot theories (i.e. phrenology) and passionate defenses of well-accepted ideas (i.e. not all mental activity is [...]

My Goodreads Rating: 4 of 5 stars
WARNING: If you’re reading a review of this book, then a friend or random stranger on the street has likely already fell to the ground before you and wailed that the geek prophet has arrived. Any attempt at a thorough description of this incredible (and incredibly strange) mash-up [...]