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Sign up todayNineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
Length
5 hours 27 minutes
Language
English
Narrators
Patrick House & Taylor Clarke-Hill
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Learn moreA concise, elegant, and thought-provoking exploration of the mystery of consciousness and the functioning of the brain.
Despite decades of research, remarkable imagery, and insights from a range of scientific and medical disciplines, the human brain remains largely unexplored. Consciousness has eluded explanation.
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness offers a brilliant overview of the state of modern consciousness research in twenty brief, revealing chapters. Neuroscientist and author Patrick House describes complex concepts in accessible terms, weaving brain science, technology, gaming, analogy, and philosophy into a tapestry that illuminates how the brain works and what enables consciousness. This remarkable book fosters a sense of mystery and wonder about the strangeness of the relationship between our inner selves and our environment.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.
PATRICK HOUSE is a neuroscientist and writer. His scientific research focuses on the neuroscience of free will and how mind-control parasites alter their host’s behavior. He writes about science, technology and culture for The New Yorker.com and Slate. He has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stanford University. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
PATRICK HOUSE is a neuroscientist and writer. His scientific research focuses on the neuroscience of free will and how mind-control parasites alter their host’s behavior. He writes about science, technology and culture for The New Yorker.com and Slate. He has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stanford University. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Audiobook details
Narrators:
Patrick House & Taylor Clarke-Hill
ISBN:
9781250870568
Length:
5 hours 27 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Macmillan Audio
Publication date:
October 11, 2022
Edition:
Unabridged
Reviews
"Intriguing...impressively rich. This is bursting with insight." —Publishers Weekly
“An exploration of the possibilities of consciousness. . .investigations recall Oliver Sacks. . . Mixing science, metaphors, and philosophy, House provides elegant frameworks for ways to think about thinking.” —Kirkus Reviews
"In Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness, Patrick House explores intensely interesting, beautifully provocative ideas about the neurobiology of consciousness. In addition to being an intellectual pleasure, this is an aesthetic one as well – House writes like a dream, with great drollness and elegance of phrase. This book is a gem."
—Robert Sapolsky, New York Times bestselling author of Behave and Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
"A highly unusual but brilliant book...with a distinct voice that is fiercely unique."
—Christof Koch, president and chief scientist, Allen Institute for Brain Science and author of The Feeling of Life Itself and Consciousness
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