NOW A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Compelling….Kaku thinks with great breadth, and the vistas he presents us are worth the trip”
—The New York Times Book Review
The New York Times best-selling author of PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE, PHYSICS OF THE FUTURE and HYPERSPACE tackles the most fascinating and complex object in the known universe: the human brain.
        
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The bestselling author of "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life" and "Magnificent Mind at Any Age" explains how to harness brain power to improve overall health and body function.

A new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychoanalyst Doidge traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed--people whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable. We see a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, blind people who learn to see, learning...

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the series, see four never-before-released episodes and two long-out-of-print episodes that marked the seismic transition that occurred when Joel passed the torch on to Mike.

"A neurologist regales readers with extraordinary stories of the brain under siege. Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: The very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are true accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake, from total loss of inhibitions to florid psychosis to compulsive lying. Cognitive neurologist Sara Manning Peskin demystifies...

Using a series of experiments, illusions, and demonstrations, host Jason Silva and guest experts unlock the science behind the mysteries of why we say, see, eat, feel, and act as we do. Hailed by critics as tremendous fun that makes science entertaining, it turns your mind's eye inward for a fascinating journey into the 3 1/2 pounds of tissue.