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Book SynopsisVilayanur 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 ReviewRamachandran 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
