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Stewart brand eagleman has a talent for testing the untestable, for taking seemingly sophomoric notions and using them to nail down the slippery stuff of consciousness. Why the net matters how the internet will save civilization. David eagleman is a neuroscientist, a guggenheim fellow, and a new york times bestselling author. Most everything that happens in that brain never reaches the surface of awareness. His scientific research is published in journals from science to nature, and he is also the author of the internationally bestselling books sum and incognito. Livewired the inside story of the everchanging brain. David eagleman is a neuroscientist and the new york times bestselling author of incognito. In this sparkling and provocative book, renowned neuroscientist david eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate its surprising mysteries. He has authored more than ninety scientific publications and holds several patents. The secret lives of the brain by david eagleman incognito is a fascinating look into our brain and the secrets that it reveals. On every page there is a revelation so fantastic as to make one gasp. David eagleman gets inside our heads in his book incognito.
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Our brains are primed for interaction, making us deeply social creatures who. An enlightening book in simple language about the most complex system of consciousness in human body. He heads the center for science and law, a national nonprofit institute, and serves as an adjunct professor at stanford university. He is also the author of the science book incognito.
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