The promise and the threat -- The past is the key to the present -- From 1 to 100 billion in nine months -- Becoming human -- Becoming a person -- Having a brain, being a mind -- Ageing brains, wiser minds -- What we know, what we might know and what we can't know -- Healing the mind via the brain -- Modulating, mending or manipulating -- The next big thing? -- Ethics in a neurocentric world.