BOOK TALK Wednesday July 25th, 3:30pm, Jean Pierre Changeux: The Good, The True, and the Beautiful: A Neuronal Approach

You are invited to the second in our Summer Salon Series in the Library, on Wednesday July 25th, 3:30pm in the Bay Reading Room.

 

Long time MBLWHOI Library desk reader Jean Pierre Changeux of the Institut Pasteur will read from and speak about his new book

The Good, the True, and the Beautiful: A Neuronal Approach.

 

from Yale University Press:

 

In this fascinating and bold discussion, a renowned neurobiologist serves as guide to the most complex physical object in the living world: the human brain. Taking into account the newest brain research—morphological, physiological, chemical, genetic—and placing these findings in the context of psychology, philosophy, art, and literature, Changeux ventures into the unexplored territories where these diverse disciplines intersect.

 

All are invite to attend what will be a remarkable discussion, in the Bay Reading Room.