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Author : Alexander Jablokov
Release : 2012-10-30
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 721/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Brain Thief by : Alexander Jablokov
Download or read book Brain Thief written by Alexander Jablokov. This book was released on 2012-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cyberpunk with a new twist—or several. It’s really murder!
Author : Han Yu
Release : 2021-03-02
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 769/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Mind Thief by : Han Yu
Download or read book Mind Thief written by Han Yu. This book was released on 2021-03-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alzheimer’s disease, a haunting and harrowing ailment, is one of the world’s most common causes of death. Alzheimer’s lingers for years, with patients’ outward appearance unaffected while their cognitive functions fade away. Patients lose the ability to work and live independently, to remember and recognize. There is still no proven way to treat Alzheimer’s because its causes remain unknown. Mind Thief is a comprehensive and engaging history of Alzheimer’s that demystifies efforts to understand the disease. Beginning with the discovery of “presenile dementia” in the early twentieth century, Han Yu examines over a century of research and controversy. She presents the leading hypotheses for what causes Alzheimer’s; discusses each hypothesis’s tangled origins, merits, and gaps; and details their successes and failures. Yu synthesizes a vast amount of medical literature, historical studies, and media interviews, telling the gripping stories of researchers’ struggles while situating science in its historical, social, and cultural contexts. Her chronicling of the trajectory of Alzheimer’s research deftly balances rich scientific detail with attention to the wider implications. In narrating the attempts to find a treatment, Yu also offers a critical account of research and drug development and a consideration of the philosophy of aging. Wide-ranging and accessible, Mind Thief is an important book for all readers interested in the challenge of Alzheimer’s.
Author : Alexander Jablokov
Release : 2010-01-05
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 238/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Brain Thief by : Alexander Jablokov
Download or read book Brain Thief written by Alexander Jablokov. This book was released on 2010-01-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brain Thief is a fun, literate speculative fiction adventure, sort of New England cyberpunk noir, set a year or ten from now, somewhere between the Berkshires and Boston, and includes, at no extra charge, a 30-foot-tall fiberglass cowgirl. Bernal Haydon-Rumi, executive assistant to a funder of eccentric projects, drops by his boss's house on the way home from a business trip. By the next morning, he's been knocked out, his wealthy socialite boss Muriel has stolen a car and vanished, and the AI designed for planetary exploration that she's been funding turns out to be odder than it should be. In figuring out what's going on, Bernal has to deal with an anti-AI activist toting a handmade electronic arsenal, a local serial killer, a drug dealer with a business problem, a cryonic therapist stalked by past mistakes—and someone who specifically wants Bernal dead. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : David Orme
Release : 2009
Genre : Graphic novels
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 769/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Mind Thief by : David Orme
Download or read book Mind Thief written by David Orme. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy Blaster and his friend Wu Hoo are tracking a dangerous new foe -- a wizard who is stealing the minds of scientists. But the hunted becomes the hunter and suddenly the wizard kidnaps Wu Hoo! Billy needs help, so he calls on his friend Rika. The two make a great team in their search for Wu Hoo, but time is running out.
Author : Lauren Aguirre
Release : 2021-06-01
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 534/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Memory Thief by : Lauren Aguirre
Download or read book The Memory Thief written by Lauren Aguirre. This book was released on 2021-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FINALIST FOR THE 2022 PEN/E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD "Aguirre writes clearly, concisely, and often cinematically. The book succeeds in providing an accessible yet substantive look at memory science and offering glimpses of the often-challenging process of biomedical investigation.”—Science Sometimes, it’s not the discovery that’s hard – it’s convincing others that you’re right. The Memory Thief chronicles an investigation into a rare and devastating amnesia first identified in a cluster of fentanyl overdose survivors. When a handful of doctors embark on a quest to find out exactly what happened to these marginalized victims, they encounter indifference and skepticism from the medical establishment. But after many blind alleys and occasional strokes of good luck, they go on to prove that opioids can damage the hippocampus, a tiny brain region responsible for forming new memories. This discovery may have implications for millions of people around the world. Through the prism of this fascinating story, Aguirre recounts the obstacles researchers so often confront when new ideas bump up against conventional wisdom. She explains the elegant tricks scientists use to tease out the fundamental mechanisms of memory. And finally, she reveals why researchers now believe that a treatment for Alzheimer’s is within reach.
