The Universe Within: A New Science Explores the Human Mind

by Morton Hunt

The exploration of a new science - the humand mind. A wonderfully readable, lucid account of the latest discveries and theories of cognitive science - the study of how our minds work.

Genres: Science

415 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Date of Birth: 1920

Morton Hunt is an award winning science writer who has writen for The New Yorker,The New York Times Magazine and Harper's among many other publications. He is the author of "The Natural History of Love", and "The Universe Within". He lives in Gladwyne, PA.

Reviews

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

1982 Morton Hunt how we think or not

Yep, it is all of the fun questions that we need to answer. Also, Morton tries to explain how and why. The back cover has a prominent selection that explains the book better than the introduction.

The prewired brain:
Improving your memory:
Do we ever totally forget anything?
How logical are we? Not very.
How much does it matter?
Do you "pigeonhole" other people, experiences, or events?
Is it bad to do so?

Where children's ideas come from:
Solving new problems:
Mind over the computer:

There are several illustrations and tests. No breakthrough theories.

[Gerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book when I studied artificial intelligence to gain an understanding of how our mind works. Overall, the material lends to an understanding of how we need to allow software to "experience" and store "results" and form "memory."