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3222418The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Starshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-darker-the-night-the-brighter-the-stars-9780307985804/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3853344/f7dfdcef-7a67-4526-b211-ead7626371c5.jpg?v=638385975280930000148164MXNCrownInStock/Ebooks/<p>When celebrated neuropsychologist Paul Brokss wife died of cancer, it sparked a journey of grief and reflection that traced a lifelong attempt to understand how the brain gives rise to the soul. The result of that journey is a gorgeous, evocative meditation on fate, death, consciousness, and what it means to be human.</p><p><em>The Darker the Night, The Brighter the Stars</em> weaves a scientists understanding of the mind its logic, its nuance, <em>how</em> we think about what makes a person with a poets approach to humanity, that crucial and ever-elusive <em>why</em>. Its a story that unfolds through the centuries, along the path of humankinds constant quest to discover what makes us human, and the answers that consistently slip out of our grasp. Its modern medicine and psychology and ancient tales; history and myth combined; fiction and the stranger truth.</p><p>But, most importantly, its Broks story, grounded in his own most fascinating cases as a clinicianpatients with brain injuries that revealed something fundamental about the link between the raw stuff of our bodies and brains and the ineffable <em>selves</em> we take for who we are. Tracing a loose arc of loss, acceptance, and renewal,he unfolds striking, imaginative stories of everything from Schopenhauer to the Greek philosophers to jazz guitarist Pat Martino in order to sketch a multifaceted view of humanness that is as heartbreaking at it is affirming.</p>...3158068The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Stars148164https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-darker-the-night-the-brighter-the-stars-9780307985804/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3853344/f7dfdcef-7a67-4526-b211-ead7626371c5.jpg?v=638385975280930000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20189780307985804_W3siaWQiOiJmM2Y2YTEzNy1mNjBjLTQ3OWUtOWM4ZS03YTQzYjlkZmVhOWQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE2NCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjE2LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE0OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMjdUMDM6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780307985804_<p>When celebrated neuropsychologist Paul Brokss wife died of cancer, it sparked a journey of grief and reflection that traced a lifelong attempt to understand how the brain gives rise to the soul. The result of that journey is a gorgeous, evocative meditation on fate, death, consciousness, and what it means to be human.</p><p><em>The Darker the Night, The Brighter the Stars</em> weaves a scientists understanding of the mind its logic, its nuance, <em>how</em> we think about what makes a person with a poets approach to humanity, that crucial and ever-elusive <em>why</em>. Its a story that unfolds through the centuries, along the path of humankinds constant quest to discover what makes us human, and the answers that consistently slip out of our grasp. Its modern medicine and psychology and ancient tales; history and myth combined; fiction and the stranger truth.</p><p>But, most importantly, its Broks story, grounded in his own most fascinating cases as a clinicianpatients with brain injuries that revealed something fundamental about the link between the raw stuff of our bodies and brains and the ineffable <em>selves</em> we take for who we are. Tracing a loose arc of loss, acceptance, and renewal,he unfolds striking, imaginative stories of everything from Schopenhauer to the Greek philosophers to jazz guitarist Pat Martino in order to sketch a multifaceted view of humanness that is as heartbreaking at it is affirming.</p>...9780307985804_Crownlibro_electonico_d73d2679-9b8e-3c89-afa4-308e99767519_9780307985804;9780307985804_9780307985804Paul BroksInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-2fad59d2-aec3-47aa-b008-f6d0543efd94.epub2018-07-03T00:00:00+00:00Crown