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Being You
- Author
- Anil Seth
- Narrator
- Anil Seth
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Publish Date
- 31 August 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
A
GUARDIAN
,
ECONOMIST,
NEW STATESMAN,
FINANCIAL TIMES AND
BLOOMBERG BOOK OF THE YEAR
'I loved it.'
MICHAEL POLLAN
'Fascinating.'
FINANCIAL TIMES
'Awe-inspring.'
NEW STATESMAN
'Brilliant.'
CLAIRE TOMALIN,
NEW YORK TIMES
'A brilliant beast of a book.'
DAVID BYRNE
'Hugely important.'
JIM AL-KHALILI
'Gripping.'
ALEX GARLAND
'Masterly . . . Vast-ranging, phenomenal.'
GAIA VINCE,
GUARDIAN
Anil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology.
Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experience. How does this happen? Why do we experience life in the first person? After over twenty years researching the brain, world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth puts forward a radical new theory of consciousness and self. His unique theory of what it means to 'be you' challenges our understanding of perception and reality and it turns what you thought you knew about yourself on its head.
'Seth thinks clearly and sharply on one of the hardest problems of science and philosophy, cutting through weeds with a scientist's mind and a storyteller's skill.'
ADAM RUTHERFORD
'A page-turner and a mind-blower . . . Beautifully written, crystal clear, deeply insightful.'
DAVID EAGLEMAN
'If you read one book about conciousness, it must be Seth's.
JULIAN BAGGINI,
WALL STREET JOURNAL
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Details
- Author
- Anil Seth
- Narrator
- Anil Seth
- Duration
- 9 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 August 2021
- ISBN
- 9780571360550
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Genre
- Popular science, Life sciences: general issues
Synopsis
A GUARDIAN , ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES AND BLOOMBERG BOOK OF THE YEAR 'I loved it.' MICHAEL POLLAN 'Fascinating.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Awe-inspring.' NEW STATESMAN 'Brilliant.' CLAIRE TOMALIN, NEW YORK TIMES 'A brilliant beast of a book.' DAVID BYRNE 'Hugely important.' JIM AL-KHALILI 'Gripping.' ALEX GARLAND 'Masterly . . . Vast-ranging, phenomenal.' GAIA VINCE, GUARDIAN Anil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology. Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experience. How does this happen? Why do we experience life in the first person? After over twenty years researching the brain, world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth puts forward a radical new theory of consciousness and self. His unique theory of what it means to 'be you' challenges our understanding of perception and reality and it turns what you thought you knew about yourself on its head. 'Seth thinks clearly and sharply on one of the hardest problems of science and philosophy, cutting through weeds with a scientist's mind and a storyteller's skill.' ADAM RUTHERFORD 'A page-turner and a mind-blower . . . Beautifully written, crystal clear, deeply insightful.' DAVID EAGLEMAN 'If you read one book about conciousness, it must be Seth's. JULIAN BAGGINI, WALL STREET JOURNAL
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