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The Atlas of the Brain
A visual journey Lara Wierenga & Dirma Janse
The most recent and fascinating insights about the brain, accessibly written and beautifully illustrated Unique collaboration between a neuroscientist (University of Leiden) and an information designer (TU Delft) Lara Wierenga is seen as one of the most promising researchers in her field
Neuroscientist Lara Wierenga and graphic designer Dirma Janse join forces for this unique book project. Their goal: acquaint the public with the wondrous machine that is our brain.
Through 30 interesting questions (e.g. "How does the brain learn things?") and hundreds of fascinating illustrations and infographics they take you along for a visual exploration of the human brain. Thanks to the original layout and countless interesting facts, they provide insight into the complex brain science.
Lara Wierenga is a neuroscientist and lecturer at the University of Leiden. She specializes in the brain development of children. Among other things, she researches why boys have ADHD more often than girls, what music classes teach us about the growth of the brain and what our first love tells us about the workings of the teenage brain. Dirma Janse is a graphic designer and specializes in infographics and scientific visualisations. She looks for visual solutions to display complex information more clearly to the wider public. She’s a lecturer of Science Vision at TU Delft and also worked for Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad.
320 x 250 | 256 pages | 118,000 words hardcover | all rights available
Kasteelstraat 97 | b-8700 Tielt | Belgium | T +32-51424211 | www.lannoopublishers.com CONTACT liesbeth.debruyne@lannoo.be, gunther.spriet@lannoo.be or wouter.roose@lannoo.be Popular science – 3
What we know about the brain, in an exceptionally rich, beautifully illustrated book
– neuroscientist Dick Swaab, author of We are our brains
Kasteelstraat 97 | b-8700 Tielt | Belgium | T +32-51424211 | www.lannoopublishers.com CONTACT liesbeth.debruyne@lannoo.be, gunther.spriet@lannoo.be or wouter.roose@lannoo.be Popular science – 4
