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Additional Praise for
In Search of Memory
“If there is another book that does a better job of demonstrating how biological research is done, or of telling the story of a brilliant scientist’s career, I don’t know it. Nor do I know one that better conveys the unique excitement that drives the success of research and permeates the thinking of its most able practitioners, or that gives a better descriptive narrative of the historical evolution of our understanding of mind.”
—Sherwin B. Nuland,
New York Times Book Review
“An autobiography of exceptional substance.”
—Bryce Chirtensen,
Booklist
, starred review
“This intellectual autobiography presents a fascinating portrait of a scientist’s formation…. An important account of a creative and highly fruitful career.”
—
Publishers Weekly
“Kandel’s memoir excels…. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the life and work of a major scientist—or, indeed, the course of science in our time…. Kandel’s finely executed work might well seduce talented students to further the work that he has so impressively launched.”
—Howard Gardner,
Washington Post
“In Search of Memory
is a scintillating mix of memoir, history of science, and fundamental biology without peer. It shows compellingly what first-rate science is and how it is created.”
—E. O. Wilson, author of
The Creation, Consilience,
The Diversity of Life
, and
The Future of Life
“Eric Kandel has written a stunning book which moves, almost with a single breath, from first to last, and gives an extraordinary picture of this last incredible half-century of neuroscience. Kandel seamlessly weaves together the personal and the scientific, and brings out the great web of influences and interactions which make science the most communal enterprise in the world.”
—Oliver Sacks, author of
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
“An enchanting book that has a broad historical and conceptual sweep…. A lucid and comprehensive overview of developments in neuroscience during the 20th century…. In short,
In Search of Memory
is a must-read account of science and a life, with all the associated joys and sorrows. It provides an insightful perspective on how first-rate research is carried out. One encounters a fascinating and persistent person who pursued the quest for his own Holy Grail and found it.”
—Nancy C. Andreasen,
Science
“Written with talent and grace, this extraordinary book by one of the greatest scientists of the mind alive will be read with delight by ............
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