Models of the Mind: How Physics, Engineering and Mathematics Have Shaped Our Understanding of the Brain

Grace Lindsay reveals the value of describing the machinery of neuroscience using the elegant language of mathematics.



The brain is made up of 85 billion neurons, which are connected by over 100 trillion synapses. For over a century, a diverse array of researchers have been trying to find a language that can be used to capture the essence of what these neurons do and how they communicate-and how those communications create thoughts, perceptions and actions. The language they were looking for...