In Search of Memory：The Emergence of a New Science of Mind

Chartingtheintellectualhistoryoftheemergingbiologyofmind,EricR.Kandelilluminateshowbehavioralpsychology,cognitivepsychology,neuroscience,andmolecularbiologyhaveconvergedintoapowerfulnewscienceofmind.Thissciencenowprovidesnuancedinsightsintonormalmentalfunctioninganddisease,andsimultaneouslyopenspathwaystomoreeffectivehealing.Drivenbyvibrantcuriosity,Kandelspersonalquesttounderstandmemoryisthreadedthroughoutthisabsorbinghistory.BeginningwithhischildhoodinNazi-occupiedVienna,"InSearchofMemory"chroniclesKandelsoutstandingcareerfromhisinitialfascinationwithhistoryandpsychoanalysistohisgroundbreakingworkonthebiologicalprocessofmemory,whichearnedhimtheNobelPrize.Adeftmixtureofmemoirandhistory,modernbiologyandbehavior,"InSearchofMemory"traceshowabrilliantscientistsintellectualjourneyintersectedwithoneofthegreatscientificendeavorsofthetwentiethcentury:thesearchforthebiologicalbasisofmemory.