Into the magic shop
Subtitle: a neurosurgeon's quest to discover the mysteries of the brain and the secrets of the heart
By: James R. Doty, MD
Publisher: Avery; Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781594632983; 9780399577963
Subjects: Compassion; Neurosurgeons; Altruism; Mind and body; Biography
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Real magic; title: A body at rest; title: Thinking about thinking; title: Growing pains; title: Three wishes; title: Apply yourself; title: Unacceptable; title: It's not brain surgery; title: The sultan of nothing; title: Giving up; title: The alphabet of the heart; title: Manifesting compassion; title: The face of God.