The Biology of the Brain edited by Rodolfo Llinas, W. H. Freeman, pp 170, Pounds sterling 7.95
THE BRAIN is wondrously complex. From the lowliest worm to a human, this organ is responsible for organising and regulating most aspects of behaviour, fitting the animal to cope with all the challenges of the environment. How the brain does this is still largely a mystery although, thanks to the rapid pace of research in the past few years, there is now an enormous amount of information about the constituent nerve cells (the neurons) and the glial cells which surround and support them. For those who are curious about the workings of the brain, however, it is often hard to make sense of this welter of facts.
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