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Title: Functional Neuroscience
ISBN: 0387985433
Author:
Oswald Steward
Publicate Date: 2000-03-17
Publish: 2000-03-17
List Price: $94.00
Average Customer Rating: 3.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Good, good book
This is my kind of neuro book. It's integrated; it's multidimensional; its logical; and it makes neuroscience as 'mathematical' as biology can get. What does that mean? Well, it makes cramming unnecessary; to quote Poincare, there are two abilities in learning mathematics: one is sheer memory for steps in a chain of reasoning; the other, in his view by far more important, and which this book facilitates, is an appreciation of the nature of the links between propositions. If these links have been appreciated, the exact identity of the steps becomes less important because, if necessary, they can be reconstructed. This is the finest neuroscience book for its level I've come across; and if I go on to win the Nobel Prize, I know who to thank.
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2: Good, good book
This is my kind of neuro book. It's integrated; it's multidimensional; its logical; and it makes neuroscience as 'mathematical' as biology can get. What does that mean? Well, it makes cramming unnecessary; to quote Poincare, there are two abilities in learning mathematics: one is sheer memory for steps in a chain of reasoning; the other, in his view by far more important, and which this book facilitates, is an appreciation of the nature of the links between propositions. If these links have been appreciated, the exact identity of the steps becomes less important because, if necessary, they can be reconstructed. This is the finest neuroscience book for its level I've come across; and if I go on to win the Nobel Prize, I know who to thank.
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3: May be the WORST neuro book ever written!!!
This is the WORST science book I have ever brought. Here are just few of the MANY problems: 1) The text is full of grammatical and factual errors. (Note: I am talking about errors in neuroscience basics, not error due to new discoveries.) 2) The contents within each chapter are poorly organized and confusing. 3) Illustrations rarely, if ever, match the content within the text. For example, sometimes the text mentions a structure but that structure is nowhere on ANY illustrations within the chapter. 4) A shameful index. Very often there will be a neuro word I don't know and have not encountered in previous chapters. I go to the index and guess what? The index points me to the page I started with!!! 5) No glossary. He doesn't define the word in the text. He doesn't redirect with the index. You are basically going to have to grab another neuro book for the definition! 6) The title page claims 100+ color photos. Don't be fooled. That just means he added blue in the pictures. 7) Oh, did I mention there are multiple illustrations that are FLAT OUT WRONG!!! How can the editors of Springer Verlag let this be published!??!?!? Do yourself a favor. If you have this book, BURN it (or write the author for a refund)!!!! If you don't have this book, DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!
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4: Waste of money
This is a poorly written book, with many errors. It is confusing, contradictory and badly organized. Avoid if at all possible.
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