Connectome is Now Available in Paperback: Win a Signed Copy!

Sebastian Seung‘s book, Connectome, named one of the top 10 nonfiction books in 2012 by the Wall Street Journal, is now available in paperback.

This week’s top scoring player in EyeWire will win a signed copy!

What really makes us who we are? In this groundbreaking book, pioneering neuroscientist Sebastian Seung shows that our identity does not lie in our genes, but in the connections between our brain cells — our own particular wiring, or ‘connectomes’.

Everything about us – emotions, thoughts, memories – is encoded in these tangled patterns of neural connections, and now Seung and a dedicated team are mapping them in order to uncover the basis of personality, explain disorders such as autism and depression, and even enable us to ‘upload’ our brains. This book reveals the secrets of the brain, showing how our connectome makes each of us uniquely ourselves.

Reviews:

Connectome gives a sense of the excitement on the cutting edge of neuroscience.

– New Scientist

A rising star in neuroscience … fascinating and tremendously exciting.

– Steven Pinker

The reader is swept along with his enthusaism.

– The New York Times

Witty and exceptionally clear … beautifully explained … the best lay book on brain science I’ve ever read.

– Wall Street Journal