I have been translating the second edition of ‘Electric Field of the Brain’ by Nunez and Srinivasan (2006) into Japanese since November 2018. I have not found a publisher in Japan but it does not matter. It takes 3-4 month for me to translate one chapter which is about 50 pages. There are 11 chapters in 530 pages, 12 appendices in 74 pages, and 6 pages of index list, total of 610 pages. I skipped Chapter 3 to finish an abridged version of the translation first, which was suggested by one of the publishers I talked to. The senior author Dr. Paul Nunez suggested the Chapter 3 may be omitted. I am reading while translating, so probably I am the slowest reader of this book ever. But totally enjoy the process.
I found the 1st edition of this book in SCCN’s library in the early 2010’s. I opened random pages to scan. One of the figures attracted my attention.
On the left hand side, there are the brain, an occipital superficial dipole sheet, the resultant electric field, scalp electrodes, and a voltage meter circuit. So far so good. On the right hand space, infinity, a foot, and a STOOL. This is a graffiti, but I like the fact that the author made the authoritative Oxford University Press publish it. The figure rocks.
Another my favorite part of the book is the quote from his mentor Reginald Bickford, taken from from the Foreword to the 1st edition: ” … the authors have fallen so naturally into the lingo of the specialty while feeling free to slaughter many sacred cows that clutter the field.” This Foreword rocks too!