The Mind Author:Richard M. Restak Without the mind, there would be no Chartres, no Declaration of Independence, no Beethoven quartets. With mind, it can sometimes seem that all things are possible... — Mind puts meaning and purpose into our lives. Mind is conscious awareness and unconscious processes operating together to provide each of us with a world view. No guarantees of qua... more »lity come with this gift of mind. Mind has produced a saintly Mother Teresa and an Albert Einstein, and it has also spawned the demonic behaviors of serial killers. Nonetheless, another gift of mind is hope. As the search for mind continues and we ask ourselves those questions unique to the human species -- Why are we here? What is the purpose of our lives? -- we forge new directions for ourselves and our fellows.« less
A wonderful companion book to the PBS series, focusing more on the functions and dysfunctions of the mind, and less on the anatomy of the brain. Good photos.