From nothingness to birth

If the brain is simple to the degree that it can be understood, then why is it complex to the degree that it can understand itself? The brain is — truly — the most complex structure known to humans, more complex even than planets, stars, or galaxies. This book is a narration of all the stages that science has gone through to discover this complex structure, starting from the molecular level, passing through the cellular and embryonic levels, and reaching birth. How much is the inheritance of unicellularity in us? And how much is the human brain similar to or different from the brains of other creatures? And what is the mechanism through which the environment stamps its effects on us? This is a glimpse of the many questions the book raises and answers in a style that attracts the non-specialist reader without neglecting experts, also relying on illustrative diagrams. The book is completely free from the influences of popular culture and topical approaches, let alone the misconceptions and exaggerations that have mingled in many books of the Arab library with rigorous science, overshadowing it and confining the Arab reader to a task that should not be theirs — to separate the wheat from the chaff. Number of pages: 304 Year of publication: 2024 Publisher: Dar Al-Rafidain for Publishing and Distribution