Livewired by David Eagleman
"Vivid. . . . Livewired reads wonderfully, like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan's front lawn." --The Wall Street JournalWhat does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time but other memories? How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue, or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? Might we someday control a robot with our thoughts, just as we do our fingers and toes? Why do we dream at night, and what does that have to do with the rotation of the earth? The answers to these questions are right behind our eyes. The greatest technology we have ever discovered on our planet is the three-pound organ carried in the vault of the skull. The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it's made of but in the way those parts unceasingly reweave themselves in an electric, living fabric. In Livewired, you will surf the leading edge of neuroscience atop the anecdotes and metaphors that have made David Eagleman one of the best scientific translators of our generation. Covering decades of research to the present day, Livewired also presents new discoveries from Eagleman's own laboratory, from synesthesia to dreaming to wearable neurotech devices that revolutionize how we think about the senses.
DAVID EAGLEMAN is a New York Times bestselling author, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a neuroscientist. His books have been published in 27 different languages. Eagleman is the founding Director of the Institute on Neuroscience and Law and the Director of the Laboratory for Perception and Action at Baylor College of Medicine. He is the host and author of the PBS show The Brain.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780307949691 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307949699 |
| Title | Livewired |
| Author | David Eagleman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2021-05-11 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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