The Brain

Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means to be human? In the course of his investigations, Eagleman guides us through the world of extreme sports, criminal justice, facial expressions, genocide, brain surgery, gut feelings, robotics, and the search for immortality. 

“A magical, mystical tour of the brain showing how life shapes your brain and your brain shapes your life.” – Parade

“He is a gifted educator with considerable communication skills… Eagleman is a convincing tour guide, and his unstated goal of being an ambassador of neuroscience — a public intellectual taking on subject matter some may consider too esoteric or controversial for widespread dissemination — is laudable in a time when so much new knowldge may prove valuable to society.” – Neurology Today

“In the fine tradition of Carl Sagan, Eagleman shows that science is captivating without hyped embellishment, and, if you pay attention, you’ll find yourself immersed in it.” – Forbes

“An ideal introduction to how biology generates the mind…. structured around crucial and wide-ranging questions, saturated with personal and social relevance. And Eagleman’s answers are consistently clear, engaging and thought-provoking.” – Nature

“An intellectual thrill-ride. Plus, Eagleman isn’t merely a brilliant guide, he can turn a phrase, too.” – Newsday

“The show and its companion book by Eagleman, “The Brain: The Story of You,” are testaments to the neuroscientist’s fervent belief in the relevance of his field to ordinary people.” – NY Magazine

“This ranks as the most fascinating and unsettling science series of the year, setting out the state of contemporary research into the human brain in terms that any interested layperson can comprehend.” – OC Register

“David Eagleman’s wide-ranging roundup of the current state of knowledge about the brain is concise, accessible and often very surprising. It’s a strange new world inside your head.” – Brian Eno

“David Eagleman’s The Brain its an astonishing read. On every page there is a revelation so fantastic as to make one gasp. It would be impossible to take in if we didn’t all possess that impossibly extraordinary thing, a brain. Eagleman comes closer than anyone to solving the mystery of how to find the self inside the grey electric mush between our ears.” – Stephen Fry

“David Eagleman makes it easy to comprehend the most complex collection of cells in the Cosmos – our brain. If neuroscience had a rock legend this would be him.” – Ruby Wax

• International Editions of The Brain
  The Brain: The Story of You is currently being published in 21 languages/countries. …
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