Using a mix of experiential reportage, personal storytelling, and fresh scientific discovery, Steven Johnson describes how the brain works -- its chemicals, structures, and subroutines -- and how these systems connect to the day-to-day realities of individual lives. For a hundred years, he says, many of us have assumed that the most powerful route to self-knowledge took the form of lying on a couch, talking about our childhoods. The possibility entertained in this book is that you can follow another path, in which learning about the brain's mechanics can widen one's self-awareness as powerfully as any therapy or meditation or drug.

史蒂文•约翰逊（Steven Johnson）

美国著名科普作家,TED演讲者,被《展望》杂志（Prospect）誉为“数字化未来十大思想家”之一。

他的写作主题多集中于技术、科学和创新领域,著有How We Got to Now,Where Good Ideas Come From,The Ghost Map,Emergence等10部畅销书,被译成多种语言,在全世界广为传播。

他在《发现》杂志上设有专栏,也是《连线》杂志的特约编辑,作品出现在《纽约时报》、《华尔街日报》、《国家》、《纽约客》等报刊杂志中。他还出现在许多高知名度的电视节目中,包括查理•罗斯秀,乔恩•斯图尔特每日秀和吉姆•莱勒新闻时间。他创建了三个非常有影响力的网站,并为一些互联网公司服务。

译者简介

洪兰

中国台湾著名教育家,加州大学实验心理学博士,脑科学家,台湾地区第一位认知神经科学研究所所长,翻译了大量欧美优秀的脑科学相关著作,并撰写教育类杂志专栏二十年,出版诸多畅销作品。