El telar mágico de la mente

The Magic Loom of the Mind is the biography of the prestigious neuroscientist Joaquín M. Fuster, an exceptional portrait that advances in parallel with the history of the disciplines linked to the study of memory and knowledge. From the story about his life, Fuster introduces us to doctors, biologists, philosophers, students of general systems theory or cybernetics, naturalists and scientists who in one way or another have contributed to what has been his great passion: cognitive neuroscience. After the memory of his childhood in the middle of the Civil War, as well as the influence exerted by his particular family of doctors and psychiatrists, Fuster investigates the origins of his vocation and the paths of his career, until finally reaching the field of study in who is today a world authority. This is not an exhaustive history of neuroscience, but rather of the characters and discoveries that decisively influenced the research and work of Fuster himself. Like many characters whose life deserves to be narrated, the author with passion the direction of his existence and makes clear the reason for his writing: "I believe that scientists should not only expose our knowledge, but try to spread our passion for science and thus encourage to new researchers to continue our work".