What really makes us who we are? This book shows that our identity does not lie in our genes, but in the connections between our brain cells - our own particular wiring, or 'connectomes'. It reveals the secrets of the brain, showing how our connectome makes each of us uniquely ourselves.[...]

"This is complicated stuff, and it is a testament to Dr. Seung's remarkable clarity of exposition that the reader is swept along with his enthusiasm, as he moves from the basics of neuroscience out to the farthest regions of the hypothetical, sketching out a spectacularly illustrated giant map of th[...]

Sebastian Seung, a dynamic young professor at MIT, is at the forefront of a revolution in neuroscience. He believes that our identity lies not in our genes, but in the connections between our brain cells--our particular wiring. Seung and a dedicated group of researchers are leading the effort to map[...]