Phantoms in the Brain

by Ramachandran V S, Sandra Blakeslee

English 1 edition

‘One of the most accessible neurological books of our generation’ OLIVER SACKS Available Exclusively in the Indian Subcontinent SANDRA BLAKESLEE & V. S. RAMACHANDRAN HUMAN NATURE AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MIND Combining gripping stories and cutting-edge science, V. S. Ramachandran, one of the world’s leading neuroscientists, pushes back medicine’s last great frontier – the human mind – to address some of the big questions: WHAT IS THE SELF? HOW DO WE PERCEIVE THE WORLD OUTSIDE US? WHY DO WE LAUGH? *One of the funniest and most original books on neurology ever written. Gloriously accessible to the layman, written with humility and intelligent generosity, PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN grips from start to finish. Dr Ramachandran is to be congratulated for writing thrillingly about the deep architecture of our most precious mysterious organ. In every respect, PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN is a superb introduction’ lan Thompson, GUARDIAN A splendid book. The patients he describes are fascinating and his experiments are both simple and ingenious. If you are at all interested in how your brain works, this is the book you must read’ Dr Francis Crick, Nobel Laureate ‘Funny yet informative. Original yet tremendously sane. Where Sacks’s stories end with sympathy, Ramachandran adds science in the form of ingenious speculations, elegant experiments and in the end a deeper understanding’ THE ECONOMIST