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| Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain (**) | 
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| Authors: Mark F. Bear, Barry Connors, Michael Paradiso
Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Category: Book
List Price: £27.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 1478
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 928
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0781760038
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.8
EAN: 9780781760034
ASIN: 0781760038
Publication Date: February 1, 2006
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Condition: Excellent condition. Barely used. Ships from the UK. CD and online learning access code included and unopened.
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A textbook that explains clearly and keeps you interested March 24, 2008
This is an amazing textbook which I used for both my neuroscience and mind modules for my medicine course. It starts so simply that you can follow it with just an A-level knowledge of biology as even things like action potentials are explained to you. It then goes much deeper over a broad variety of topics but continues explaining things clearly and simply.
There are clear coloured diagrams, each labelled well and linked to the text. There are boxes with essentail vocab and self review sections at the end of each chapter so you can check on your own progress before continuing. There's many real life scenarios embedded in special interet boxes which keep you engaged and bring the subject matter back into the real world so you don't get lost in the intricacies of it all. There are different coloured pages in the middle with the anatomy plates in. They're easy to find as the pages are edged in purple so it's simple to flick back and refer to them if needed.
All in all it got me through my last term beautifully and I can see it being useful for people in many numbers of fields. It has now been stolen by my mother for reference and she's doing a psychology Master's degree!
 Neuroscience: Exploring the brain July 16, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an excellent textbook in order to cover the generalities of neuroscience upto a second year BSc level. If you are looking for in depth topic within neuroscience I would suggest Principles of Neural Science by Kandel et al. However what this textbook lacks in detail, is more than ably compensated in its clarity and if the reader is interested, papers are suggested which, allows the reader to delve deeper into the mysteries of neuroscience.
Brilliant September 1, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Absolutely brilliant. Starts every chapter with the basic science if you're not familiar, then goes into a reasonable amount of detail. Great pictures, which really aid understanding, and good analogies to back up more complex ideas. Recommended for Biomed/Neuroscience/Medical/Biology students in 1st year !
The easy way into Neuroscience July 28, 2006
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
As a Neuroscience teacher I have seen a lot of Neuro textbooks, and this is the one that I recommend most highly to undergraduate students who are new to the Neurosciences. It is written in a very approachable style, covers enough important material to prepare students well for a 1st year prelim exam, but, unlike some other textbooks I could name, it does not swamp or confuse the novice with too much detail. Final year undergraduates or graduate students in the Neurosciences will probably want something more comprehensive, like Squire et al Fundamental Neuroscience, but as a first Neuroscience textbook this is among the best available.
Everyone should read this book! September 6, 2005
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
I am not a medical student, just someone interested in the brain and how it works : I have only read books at the level of Robert Winston's "The Human Mind" before, but this book amazed me by it's depth and how well it was explained for the lay reader.When I first received the book, I was daunted at it's size but - at the same time - I had a tingle of anticipation and I just could not wait to start reading it! I initially expected to read as far as I could before it got too technical, but I got right to the end with no real problems (-although the chemistry chapter was hard going). The text is so clear and the (hundreds of) diagrams so good that I felt that with a bit of effort, I could really internalise it. Of course, as I had no exam and was reading purely for pleasure, I didn't make the ultimate effort in areas I was not directly interested in. In summary, this book is a "must" for anyone interested in how the brain works, the different bits, how senses and nerves function, etc. I'd recommend it to anyone... ..and I haven't even looked at the CD-ROM yet!!
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