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Which book? Would you recommend it?

• danharaj 9y ago
  Principles of Neural Science 5th ed. By Kandel et al. It was recommended to me here on HN. The thing is a serious tome. When I want to work through a chapter I have to make time every day for a week and keep notes. In any case it has a lot of technical detail which is specifically what I was looking for.
  • andrepd 9y ago
    Hmm, 1981. Neuroscience has evolved considerably over the last 35 years. Is it still worth reading it now, over more modern texts?
    • forgotpwagain 9y ago
      Most recent edition was published in 2012. It's extensively updated between editions, so very much worth reading if you are seriously interested in neuroscience.
      • andrepd 9y ago
        Thank you, I will give it a look.
    • pizza 9y ago
      If you have some prior knowledge of neuroscience you can give it a cursory read in a day or so. You probably do yourself a greater favor reading it and overwriting fragments of knowledge later, than you would by not reading the whole textbook at all.