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Book by Rodolfo Llinás
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I of the Vortex: From Neurons to Self is a popular science book by the Colombian neuroscientist Rodolfo Llinás, published in February 2002 by MIT Press. and whose Spanish edition features a prologue by his friend, Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez.

The book is considered a best seller for scientific dissemination and won the "best health book" award at the International Latino Book Award Fair in BookExpo America 2013, in New York, and according to Google Scholar has received more than 1000 citations.

Content

The book traces the history of neuroscience in its search for trying to explain the functioning of the mind and the brain. In addition, the author includes some of his ideas and research, published in international research journals, but prepared for a general public.

See also

References

  1. I of the Vortex. Bradford Books. 13 April 2001. ISBN 9780262122337. Archived from the original on 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2019-05-22. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "El cerebro y el mito del yo". www.librerianorma.com. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  3. Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2003-05-11). "PRÓLOGO LITERARIO A UN LIBRO CIENTÍFICO". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  4. S.A.S, Editorial La República. "Feria del libro norteamericana premió a Rodolfo Llinás". www.larepublica.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  5. "Latino Literacy Now's International Latino Book Awards". Book Business. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  6. "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  7. I of the Vortex. Bradford Books. 13 April 2001. ISBN 9780262122337. Retrieved 22 May 2019. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  8. "El cerebro y el mito del yo". Retrieved 22 May 2019.

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