Publisher's Synopsis
Universe Within makes the case that the human brain is a physical model of the universe because of structural and dynamical similarities shared between the two systems based on the pictures emerging out of neuroscience and physics, respectively. The relationship between the human brain and the universe revealed by Melvin A. Felton, Jr. might be the missing principle that leads to the theory-of-everything.
Our understanding of the Universe, and our place in it, advances in fits and starts when scientists and engineers place seemingly unrelated ideas together and ask, with an open mind, what new things can be learned from the juxtaposition. This book does just that in comparing what is known about the large-scale structure of the Universe to what is known about the structure of the human brain. The author thoroughly explains this comparison without resorting to excessive magic or excessively complicated mathematics. The result is an imaginative and enjoyable expose covering a broad range of science. Books such as this one are often just the ticket to encourage new thought and scholarship along one of the garden paths that advance our understanding of our place in the Universe. This is a good read, one that I will assign to my physical science students for a semester-long reading and writing exercise. Dr. Calvin W. Lowe, Professor of Physics and Director of Interdisciplinary STEM Center at Hampton University, Hampton, VA (USA)
