Well, I'm sure I've gotta be the only clinical neurologist who has read every article of the Annual Review of Neurosciences for the past 10 years, so those are my qualifications to review this monster of a book. Don't let the talk about the binding scare you...mine's held up well. This book is twice the size of the usual ARN books...over 1300 pages of sheer reading pleasure! Though I do have to admit some of it is thick going, to say the least; I found the article on steropsis particularly incomprehensible. There's a great article on frontal lobe function. Other clinically relevant articles are on tauopathies, brain tumor biology, prion diseases, and human brain malformations. There are several large articles on nerve growth factor, including an extensive historical review of Hamburger and Levi-Montalcini's initial contributions to the field, plus related articles on neurotrophins. Plenty of early development stuff, including articles on reelin, pituitary development and patterning of the midbrain and cerebellum. Zeki's article on conscious vision is a must read for those who are interested in the biological basis of consciousness. Fascinating articles on olfaction should interest neural net fans.

The Human Tradition In The Civil War And Reconstruction brings alive a decisive period in American history, examining the realm of generals and others and using the lives of fourteen selected individuals to examine personal experiences during Reconstruction on both sides of the issue. This college-level text reveals the abolition movement's influences, the roles played by blacks during the war, and the experiences of military individuals alike.

Excellent book. I am a graduate student in neuroscience, and am currently using this book as a text for a course. All of the chapters (papers) are very well written by experts in the field, yet at the same time are very easy to understand with only basic neuroscience/biological knowledge. Although it's not my area, I believe synaptic plasticity will explode with implications and explanations for psychological phenomena.

This text provides a quick, concise review of the pimary topics covered on emergency medicine exams. I found it to be a good way to prepare for inservice exams and the written boards.

I found this book a very interesting source on the subject. It gives a fundamental understanding of the technology behind interactive services as well as explaining the key concepts that are important.