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Vilayanur S. Ramachandran is widely held to be the most exciting neuroscientist alive. Director of the Centre for the Brain at the University of California, San Diego, he has received many honours and awards. His previous book, the critically acclaimed Phantoms in the Brain, was the basis for a Channel Four TV series.

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Ramachandran is a latter-day Marco Polo -- Richard Dawkins
A profoundly intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain. -- Oliver Sachs
Excellent ... I cannot imagine a better account of the sweep of contemporary neuroscience * Financial Times *
A leader in his field and an ingenious and tireless researcher. This is the best book of its kind that I have come across * New York Review of Books *
A masterpiece. The best of its kind and beautifully crafted. -- Allan Snyder, FRS, Director of the Centre for the Mind

The TellTale Brain

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      Publisher Cornerstone
      Published 5 April 2012
      ISBN-13 9780099537595
      978-0099537595
      ISBN-10 0099537591
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      Popular psychology Science & Nature Popular science

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Vilayanur S. Ramachandran is widely held to be the most exciting neuroscientist alive. Director of the Centre for the Brain at the University of California, San Diego, he has received many honours and awards. His previous book, the critically acclaimed Phantoms in the Brain, was the basis for a Channel Four TV series.

      Trade Review
      Ramachandran is a latter-day Marco Polo -- Richard Dawkins
      A profoundly intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain. -- Oliver Sachs
      Excellent ... I cannot imagine a better account of the sweep of contemporary neuroscience * Financial Times *
      A leader in his field and an ingenious and tireless researcher. This is the best book of its kind that I have come across * New York Review of Books *
      A masterpiece. The best of its kind and beautifully crafted. -- Allan Snyder, FRS, Director of the Centre for the Mind

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