Neuroscience by Anne Rooney is a nice historical overview of what has led us to our current understanding of neuroscience.

This particular volume in the Fundamentals series is light on where we currently stand in the field but very good in the debates and experiments that have informed our progress. While one comes away with a good idea of what we know in the bigger picture there is very little focused information that really helps a reader understand today's debates a lot better

That said, this historical overview does establish a good foundation for those wanting to learn more and points to various topics for deeper dives. In this way it can serve the lay reader quite well.

If you want to know more science than is here there are certainly plenty of books that offer simple explanations and, I know from taking them, there are some wonderful MOOCs available on the subject. This book combined with other books and/or MOOCs will give an excellent basic understanding.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley. ( )