Today, when we look at a brain, we see an intricate network of billions of neurons in constant, crackling communication, a chemical labyrinth that senses the world outside and within, produces love and sorrow, keeps our hearts beating and lungs breathing, composes our thoughts, and constructs our consciousness.
Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain--and How it Changed the World (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2014) - ISBN: 9781476799759