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The neuroscientist David Eagleman recently wrote that the brain's cells are "connected to one another in a network of such staggering complexity that it bankrupts human language and necessitates new strains of mathematics.... there are as many connections in a single cubic centimeter of brain tissues as there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy."

Interesting but not sure who the demographic is for this book. It seems like it's written for academics in tone but the letter-style format is for the hobbyist readers? The voice also comes across as a little condescending at times, but perhaps her constant literary allusions provide evidence to her statement on page 56 concerning background knowledge and moving outside of ones boundaries of that one already knows