Of the thousands of recent books on the human brain that attempt to bridge science and popular science, Dr. Joaquin Fuster’s The Prefrontal Cortex, Fourth Edition (Academic Press, London, 2008) stands head and shoulders above the crowd. Critically acclaimed by Neuroscientists for nearly 30 years, the updated edition organizes perhaps the most disorganized field in all of Neuroscience: Neural Imaging. The recent update of this classic broadens its scope on the relationship of the PFC to behavior in such a thorough and convincing way, that the book has become a MUST read for every human interested in self-discovery, not just Neuroscience. Beyond self discovery and an astonishing review of current research in the area of the brain that arguably “makes us human,” the book rewards in other ways too numerous to list, among which is the intellectual rigor of Dr. Fuster’s style, which is simply a delight to behold. An investment worth your time, it will light up new areas of the PFC with each reading.
This review is about: Getting Started with MATLAB: A Quick Introduction for Scientists and Engineers (Paperback)
Like Mathematica and Maple, MatLab has now been around long enough to have a wide variety of custom plug in applications available, many free on the web (.M files are source/ASCII; .MAT are immediately executable binary files). Since MathWorks dropped Maple as a sub (graphic) engine and added MuPAD, MatLab’s graphics (already the best) have been supercharged. The latest edition (2010) of Pratap’s fine book picks up at release 6– and MathWorks is now selling release 12+. The book is completely up to date. Oxford’s update website for the book is not yet up for this release (www.oup.com/us/pratap) at the time of this review, which is surprising since the book’s been around for 16 years. read more…
Gate Press recently released The Medusa Code by Tom Halstead, which is currently in negotiation for movie rights. The novel is an astonishing journey through neural networks, video games, and a world where the stresses of information overload have put women in charge of the planet. An interesting read for those enjoying the interfaces between Science and Religion.
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