Zero to Birth

How the Human Brain Is Built

William A. Harris

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English

Princeton University Pres
01 October 2022

Child & developmental psychology; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Neurosciences; Developmental biology

By the time a baby is born, its brain is equipped with billions of intricately crafted neurons wired together through trillions of interconnections to form a compact and breathtakingly efficient supercomputer. Zero to Birth takes you on an extraordinary journey to the very edge of creation, from the moment of an egg's fertilisation through each step of a human brain's development in the womb - and even a little beyond.

As pioneering experimental neurobiologist W. A. Harris guides you through the process of how the brain is built, he takes up the biggest questions that scientists have asked about the developing brain, describing many of the thrilling discoveries that were foundational to our current understanding. He weaves in a remarkable evolutionary story that begins billions of years ago in the Proterozoic eon, when multicellular animals first emerged from single-cell organisms, and reveals how the growth of a fetal brain over nine months reflects the brain's evolution through the ages. Our brains have much in common with those of other animals, and Harris offers an illuminating look at how comparative animal studies have been crucial to understanding what makes a human brain human.

An unforgettable chronicle of one of nature's greatest achievements, Zero to Birth describes how the brain's incredible feat of orchestrated growth ensures that every brain is unique, and how breakthroughs at the frontiers of science are helping us to decode many traits that only reveal themselves later in life.

'Using an expository style, interspersed with first-person accounts of his own research, Harris provides an authoritative synopsis of developmental neuroscience.' - R. Douglas Fields, Science

By: William A. Harris
Imprint: Princeton University Pres
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9780691211312
ISBN 10: 0691211310
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 October 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

W. A. Harris is professor emeritus of anatomy at the University of Cambridge. He is the coauthor of Development of the Nervous System and Genetic Neurobiology and the coeditor of Retinal Development. A fellow of the Royal Society, he lives in Cambridge, England.

Reviews for Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain Is Built

"""Using an expository style, interspersed with first-person accounts of his own research, Harris provides an authoritative synopsis of developmental neuroscience.""---R. Douglas Fields, Science ""[Zero to Birth] really is a masterpiece in terms of how much information is packed into this average sized book.""---Nicole Barbaro, Bookmarked Reads ""The story of how this development takes place is filled with as much drama as any Shakespearian plot. There are accounts of self-love and selfless cooperation, suicide and cannibalism, rivalry and survival of the fittest. All on the cellular level. And, fortunately for readers who are not experts in the field, the style makes the story comprehensible and engaging.""---Gunnel Minett, Breathwork Science ""Highly illuminating.""---Andrew Robinson, Nature"