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Title: Rather poor
Review: While the authors of the series of lectures which make up this book have wonderful credentials as scientists, they are not very good writers. It isn't that they are unclear, so much as that they are dull and awkward. Mindful of their own research, some of the material is not very interesting either, although nuggets do shine through. I do recommend that anyone who can get hold of this book read pl. 24-27 on the neuroscience of cocaine addiction, because that section is a gem. Its explanation transcends cocaine addiction and clarifies a whole bunch of more general ideas: molecular substitutes, dynamics of receptor formation and reversibility, learning.
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