Profile in The New Yorker

cover_newyorker_190 David Eagleman, The New Yorker I had the pleasure of being profiled by Burkhard Bilger in my favorite magazine, The New Yorker. Read the article online or read the pdf.

The Possibilian: What a brush with death taught David Eagleman about the mysteries of time and the brain.

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