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A BOOK OF THE YEAR
GUARDIAN
, THE ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, BLOOMBERG

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.

'A brilliant beast of a book.' DAVID BYRNE

'Hugely important.' JIM AL-KHALILI

'Masterly . . . An exhilarating book: a vast-ranging, phenomenal achievement that will undoubtedly become a seminal text.'
GAIA VINCE, GUARDIAN

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

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: 01/09/2022
      ISBN13: 9780571337729, 978-0571337729
      ISBN10: 0571337724

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A BOOK OF THE YEAR
      GUARDIAN
      , THE ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, BLOOMBERG

      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.

      'A brilliant beast of a book.' DAVID BYRNE

      'Hugely important.' JIM AL-KHALILI

      'Masterly . . . An exhilarating book: a vast-ranging, phenomenal achievement that will undoubtedly become a seminal text.'
      GAIA VINCE, GUARDIAN

      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

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