Eric Kandel has written a gripping memoir of the European twentieth century that any author might envy. He has also written an American account of discoveries in the neurosciences that any scientist might envy. Both genres are skillfully entwined in his civilized, generous, and stylish book In Search of Memory. Its Proustian title suggests that we will be treated to a memoir raised to the level of art by insight; its authorship by a Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 2000) assures us that we'll learn why the#
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