| ISBN |
9781594632983 (hardback) |
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1594632987 (hardback) |
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9780399577963 (International edition) |
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0399577963 (International edition) |
| Descript |
276 pages : illustration ; 22 cm |
| Content |
Real magic -- A body at rest -- Thinking about thinking -- Growing pains -- Three wishes -- Apply yourself -- Unacceptable -- It's not brain surgery -- The sultan of nothing -- Giving up -- The alphabet of the heart -- Manifesting compassion -- The face of God |
| Summary |
The author relates how a chance encounter in a magic shop with a woman who taught him exercises to ease his sufferings and manifest his greatest desires gave him a glimpse of the relationship between the brain and the heart, and drove him to explore the neuroscience of compassion and altruism |
| Subject |
Doty, James R. (James Robert), 1955-
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Neurosurgeons -- United States -- Biography
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Compassion
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Altruism
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Mind and body
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