Using everything from sports to the experiences of amputees, it explains how the brain connects with the world with its "map" of where the body exists in space and what it can do.

It is a slim volume, and the language is at times dense and uninteresting. The science is excellent, and for those who want to understand how the brain deals with the body's functions and its reactions to loss of those same functions, it is an excellent look into the field of neuroscience.

It would probably not be particularly interesting to laymen, or to someone who is simply looking to learn a bit more about how the brain functions.