Consciousness - Rita Carter

Author: Rita Carter
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Edition: First Edition, 2002
ISBN: 0 304 35600 X

Condition: Very good second-hand hardcover condition with light shelf wear and minor handling marks to the dust jacket, including a small closed tear/chip near the jacket edge. Binding is firm and pages are clean and bright. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Consciousness is an accessible and visually engaging exploration of one of humanity’s oldest and most difficult questions: what is consciousness, and how does the mind create our sense of self and reality?

Science writer Rita Carter combines neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and cognitive science to examine memory, perception, identity, emotion, dreams, altered states, and the relationship between brain activity and subjective experience. Richly illustrated and written for a general audience, the book explores both established science and the philosophical mysteries that still surround human awareness.