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books:
THE VISION REVOLUTION
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The Brain from 25,000 Ft
     
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MARK CHANGIZI
is an evolutionary neurobiologist aiming to grasp the ultimate foundations underlying
why we think, feel and see as we do. His
research
focuses on "why" questions, and he has made important discoveries such as on why we see
in color, why we see illusions, why we have forward-facing eyes, why letters are shaped
as they are, why the brain is organized as it is, why animals have as many limbs and
fingers as they do, and why the dictionary is organized as it is.
He
attended
the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, and then went on
to the University of Virginia for a degree in physics and mathematics, and to the University
of Maryland for a PhD in math. In 2002 he won a prestigious Sloan-Swartz Fellowship in
Theoretical Neurobiology at Caltech, and since 2007 he has been an assistant professor in
the Department of Cognitive Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
He has more than thirty scientific journal
articles, some of which have been covered in
news venues
such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and Wired.
He has written two books,
THE VISION REVOLUTION
(Benbella, 2009) and THE BRAIN FROM 25,000 FEET (Kluwer, 2003).
He has just finished his third book, HARNESSED: How Language and Music
Mimicked Nature and Transformed Ape to Man.
Praise for THE VISION REVOLUTION:
"...the novel ideas...may have a big effect on our understanding of the human brain."
-- Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2009.
Book excerpt in WSJ.
"Changizi's theories are appealing and logical... ...will make you wonder the next time you notice someone blush"
-- Scientific American MIND, July 2009
"...surprising, overturning theories that have dominated primatology since the 1970s"
-- Barnes & Noble Spotlight Review, July 13, 2009
"Changizi challenges common notions regarding sight. ...keep[s] them... dazzled."
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review), May 11, 2009
The book has also been mentioned in interviews in the
New York Times and
Scientific American,
   
