{"product_id":"god-soul-mind-brain-book-michael-s-a-graziano-9781935248118","title":"God Soul Mind Brain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Essential reading for the devout, the agnostic, and the atheist. In tackling the question of the religious brain, Graziano is respectful, sincere, and scientifically plausible. This might even be an Important Book.\"--\u003cb\u003eSam Wang, author of \u003ci\u003eWelcome to Your Brain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A beautifully crafted, tightly scripted account of how the far-flung legions of the brain's neurons give rise to social awareness and our notions of soul, religion and God.\"--\u003cb\u003eChristof Koch, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Lucid and engaging. . . . Moves with pace and humor.\"--\u003cb\u003ePhilip Johnson-Laird, author of \u003ci\u003eMental Models\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Do we know the origins of Gods and ghosts? This well-written book makes the bold case that new discoveries in social neuroscience can illuminate human spiritual experience.\"--\u003cb\u003eTerry Sejnowski, PhD, Salk Institute\/UC San Diego\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting for the general public, Michael S. A. Graziano explores the controversial relationship between science and religion, first dismissing the \"science \u003ci\u003eversus\u003c\/i\u003e religion\" debate as outdated. The cutting-edge field of social neuroscience explains how our perceptions of our own consciousness, of other minds, and of spirits and gods depend on machinery in the brain that evolved to make us socially intelligent animals. In clear prose without technical jargon, Graziano discusses his and others' findings in this twenty-year-old science and the implications for human spirituality and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael S. A. Graziano\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of neuroscience, Princeton University, is the author of numerous articles on the functioning of the brain. He is internationally known for fundamental discoveries about sensory-motor coordination. His previous book on the brain, \u003ci\u003eThe Intelligent Movement Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Oxford University Press in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50245279613201,"sku":"CIN1935248111G","price":12.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52107655512337,"sku":"CIN1935248111VG","price":5.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1935248111.jpg?v=1763122395","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/god-soul-mind-brain-book-michael-s-a-graziano-9781935248118","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}