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westoncb · 2020-02-10
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Kind of an odd title and book, but I think it may do a good job of what you're looking for:
"Principles of Neural Design": https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Neural-Design-MIT-Press/dp...
The book that got me into neuroscience was Phantoms in the Brain by V. S Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee. A 22-year old book that wowed 20-year-old me. Principles of Neural Design by Peter Sterling and Simon Laughlin is a more recent book. It is brilliant, beautifully written and probably should be required reading for anyone looking to do graduate studies in neuroscience. In a field inundated with data and siloes and jargon, it bats for a focus on jargon-free understanding of principles that can explain much of the complexity. It was hugely inspirational for us when doing our own book (plug alert!).
I hope that Journey of the Mind: How Thinking Emerged from Chaos, a book I co-authored, a book which drew inspiration from these two books, is able to do the same for many looking to study neuroscience and AI now.
Phantoms in the Brain https://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Huma...
Principles of Neural Design https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Neural-Design-MIT-Press/dp...
Journey of the Mind https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Mind-Thinking-Emerged-Chaos/d...