{"product_id":"9780743246743","title":"An Alchemy of Mind","description":"By: Diane Ackerman     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Zookeeper's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, an ambitious and enlightening work that combines an artist's eye with a scientist's erudition to illuminate, as never before, the magic and mysteries of the human mind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Long treasured by literary readers for her uncommon ability to bridge the gap between art and science, celebrated scholar-artist Diane Ackerman returns with the book she was born to write. Her dazzling new work, \u003ci\u003eAn Alchemy of Mind,\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unprecedented exploration and celebration of the mental fantasia in which we spend our days—and does for the human mind what the bestselling \u003ci\u003eA Natural History of the Senses\u003c\/i\u003e did for the physical senses.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bringing a valuable female perspective to the topic, Diane Ackerman discusses the science of the brain as only she can: with gorgeous, immediate language and imagery that paint an unusually lucid and vibrant picture for the reader. And in addition to explaining memory, thought, emotion, dreams, and language acquisition, she reports on the latest discoveries in neuroscience and addresses controversial subjects like the effects of trauma and male versus female brains. In prose that is not simply accessible but also beautiful and electric, Ackerman distills the hard, objective truths of science in order to yield vivid, heavily anecdotal explanations about a range of existential questions regarding consciousness, human thought, memory, and the nature of identity.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46735752397027,"sku":"DTRSSUS-9780743246743","price":131.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/O_d7b24ad3-9ad8-46ec-9161-a6425f78b8d7.jpg?v=1750564836","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/9780743246743","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}