Description |
xix, 229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Quantum Physics, Chemistry, and Consciousness -- 3. The Chemistry of Life -- 4. The Nerve Afire -- 5. Is There a Computer In Your Head? --6. "An Enchanted Loom" -- 7. A Century of Brain-Mind Theory -- 8. "A Great Arc" of Possibilities -- 9. Toward an Emergent Theory of Consciousness -- 10. "Then I Tell Them What I Told Them" -- App. A Nonlinearity and Emergence -- App. B The Mathematics of Quantum Theory -- App. C The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation -- App. D Local Modes -- App. E Schrodinger's Cat -- App. F Linear and Nonlinear Diffusion -- App. G The Hodgkin-Huxley Equations --App. H Counting Neural Networks -- App. I An Incomplete Physical Theory |
Notes |
Includes index. Bibliography: p. 217 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 217) and index |
Subject |
Consciousness.
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Mind-brain identity theory.
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Neurology.
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Neurosciences.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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LC no. |
95005932 |
ISBN |
0387943811 (acid-free paper) |
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(acid-free paper) |
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