{"product_id":"9781405185578","title":"Splendors and Miseries of the Brain Love, Creativity, and the Quest for Human Happiness","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSplendors and Miseries of the Brain\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLove, Creativity, and the Quest for Human Happiness\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSemir Zeki\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePsychology \/ Cognitive Psychology \u0026amp; Cognition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSplendors and Miseries of the Brain\u003c\/i\u003e examines the elegant and efficient machinery of the brain, showing that by studying music, art, literature, and love, we can reach important conclusions about how the brain functions.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ediscusses creativity and the search for perfection in the brain\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexamines the power of the unfinished and why it has such a powerful hold on the imagination\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ediscusses Platonic concepts in light of the brain\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eshows that aesthetic theories are best understood in terms of the brain\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ediscusses the inherited concept of unity-in-love using evidence derived from the world literature of love\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eaddresses the role of the synthetic concept in the brain (the synthesis of many experiences) in relation to art, using examples taken from the work of Michelangelo, Cézanne, Balzac, Dante, and others\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eSemir Zeki\u003c\/b\u003e is a visual neurobiologist in the Department of Cognitive Neurology at University College London. Zeki has pioneered the study of the primate visual brain and furthered research on how affective states are generated by visual inputs. He has published extensively in his field, including the books \u003ci\u003eInner Vision: an exploration of art and the brain \u003c\/i\u003e(1999) and \u003ci\u003eA Vision of the Brain\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell Scientific, Oxford), and has also co-authored a book with the late French painter Balthus, entitled \u003ci\u003eLa Quête de l’essentiel\u003c\/i\u003e (1995).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 January 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405185578\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378543227020,"sku":"9781405185578","price":32.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405185578.jpg?v=1780180018","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405185578","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}