{"product_id":"circuit-breakers-how-neuroscientists-get-inside-your-head-anna-chambers-hardcover","title":"Circuit Breakers: How Neuroscientists Get Inside Your Head -- Anna Chambers, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeuroscientist Dr. Anna Chambers takes us inside a state-of-the-art brain research laboratory, showing us how scientists unpack the biological secrets that make headlines and save lives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent decades, neuroscience has revealed fascinating details about how the brain works in health and disease. But how do we know what we know?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCircuit Breakers\u003c\/i\u003e, Harvard neuroscientist Dr. Anna Chambers pulls back the curtain to show us what happens in the modern brain research laboratory. Here, we learn how cutting-edge tools can manipulate memories, make neurons glow in the dark, and record signals at every level, from the whole brain to a single synapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of David Eagleman's \u003ci\u003eLivewired \u003c\/i\u003eand Robert Sapolsky's \u003ci\u003eBehave, Circuit Breakers\u003c\/i\u003e weaves down-to-earth explanations of futuristic tools, like human brain implants and laser-controlled neurons, with candid interviews and stories from the author's own often-grueling journey as a researcher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the rapidly expanding field of neuroscience, unprecedented discoveries may be all in a day's work. Through stories of the 'science around the science'--all the daily problems a scientist must solve, like accessing a living brain encased in a skull, or figuring out how to coax unusual creatures like cuttlefish and bats into behaving naturally in a lab--Chambers invites us into spaces where few of us ever venture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout, Chambers tells the little-known stories of these discoveries with equal parts humor and wonder. Through sharing this fascinating--and sometimes downright strange--profession with the wider world, \u003ci\u003eCircuit Breakers\u003c\/i\u003e is deeply committed to inspiring young neuroscientists, improving scientific literacy, and dispelling the many myths about the brain, the ultimate \"black box.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Chambers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abrams Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.18w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419773587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Anna Chambers\u003c\/b\u003e is a neuroscientist who conducts research on memory, sleep and hearing. She is an Instructor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School and a researcher in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Hospital in Boston. She studied neuroscience as an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins, received a Ph.D. from Harvard in 2015, and conducted postdoctoral fellowships in Germany and Norway. She lives in the Boston area with her husband and two sons. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anna Chambers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68255844237540,"sku":"9781419773587","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781419773587.jpg?v=1794470525","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/circuit-breakers-how-neuroscientists-get-inside-your-head-anna-chambers-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}