How the Brain Works: The Facts Visually Explained (DK How Stuff Works)

I’m into brain books. My personal library has nearly a dozen, from scholarly texts to popular, from brain injury to legal defense issues. This is one of the best. The science is sound and up to date. The writing is excellent. The illustrations are informative. Highly recommend.

Great book for my teen. Engaging, colorful and educational.

Lots of interesting information. This is a subject that the general public knows little about. Many billions of neurons(nerve cells) sending messages and instructions from our brains. Sent by electrical and chemical means on to other neurons and on and on. And then neurons in the heart and gut not only react to those messages but are also capable of returning some information back to the brain. It cant be explained how this all developed and probably we will never know. Our brains have developed to the point that we can reason and plan and understand complexity. We do know that not only is life subject to change...but invites change. Change is a requirement in all life. That is all we know now. I would like to know more, but no one knows those answers. All we can do is refine and study the information that is available. Who knows what the human brain will be capable of in 1000 years...or a million years. I suspect that the brain will be very different. I read through this book and as time allows I will try to study it in greater detail. My brain tells me that I should do that. The human brain is the most complex thing on this earth.

Great details delivered in an easy read format!

For 6th grade students

This is defined helping me study neuroscience. It’s so colorful and definitely better than staring at a text book!

The media could not be loaded.  I’m a nursing student and I bought this book because I have an interest in neuro and because I love to read and learn new things. This book gives you a simple break down of how the brain works and shares different types of functions, senses, how memory, thinking and learning works and different types of disorders in the brain!

Such a great book. Love the illustrations, and as a psychology student, I think is great to know the basic information of how our brain works

me gusto, no pienses encontrar cosas avanzadas o complicadas es para principiantes o niños, no te aburrirás por sus colores, algunos temas son demasiado cortos en explicación, pero bien en general.

Well written with superb illustrations.Simple explanations.Great education.Good for all ages.

Bra som pedagogiskt material.

Graphics and Facts only.You will not understand how brain is work by reading this book.You need to research on each topic given in this book on internet.Not simplified language used.I think this is for medical student not for who is curious about basic science.Thanks

It’s the most beautiful book that i’ve ever read.