What Goes On In My Head?
What Goes On In My Head?
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Introduces your child to the most powerful, complicated computer network that exists - their brain. From what the different parts of the brain do and why it changes at different stages in a person's life, to why sleep is so important for us, this title helps you uncover the secrets of your inner world in detail.
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What Goes On In My Head? by Robert Winston
The most powerful living thing in the world is the brain! Allow Professor Robert Winston to help you get your head around your own brilliant brain in this best-selling reference title for children and teenagers. What Goes On In My Head? makes sense of the brain's mind-boggling structure and shows how this vital organ is the control centre for everything we do. What makes you happy? How does your memory work? Why are you laughing? What is positive thinking? Pick your brain to find the answers to these questions and much, much more inside. This groundbreaking book investigate the science of your brain to discover how it deals with emotions, feelings, behaviour, personality, memory, and language. Follow the brain as it changes during the course of a lifetime, from the baby brain through the early years and adolescence into adulthood. Boost your brainpower with brainteasers to test your reasoning and reactions before diving headfirst into a personality quiz to reveal things you never knew about yourself. Get your brain in gear and start reading.
Brilliant, entertaining and canny * The Observer on What Makes Me Me? *
instant pickupability. . a useful addition to the school library. * Guardian on It's Elementary *
instant pickupability. . a useful addition to the school library. * Guardian on It's Elementary *
A household name thanks to popular TV series that include The Human Body, which won three baftas, Superhuman, Walking with Cavemen and The Human Mind. A winner of the Royal Society's prestigious Michael Faraday Gold Award, he was made a life peer in 1995.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781409348566 |
| ISBN 10 | 1409348563 |
| Title | What Goes On In My Head? |
| Author | Robert Winston |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |