Livewired: The Inside Story Of The Ever-Changing Brain

A revolutionary new understanding of the human brain and its changeable nature.

The brain is a dynamic, electric, living forest. It is not rigidly fixed but instead constantly modifies its patterns - adjusting to remember, adapting to new conditions, building expertise. Your neural networks are not hardwired but livewired, reconfiguring their circuitry every moment of your life.

Covering decades of research - from synaesthesia to dreaming to the creation of new senses - and groundbreaking discoveries from Eagleman's own laboratory, Livewired surfs the leading edge of science to explore the most advanced technology ever discovered.

'Vivid . . . Since the passing of Isaac Asimov, we haven't had a working scientist like Mr Eagleman, who engages his ideas in such a variety of modes. Livewired reads wonderfully like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan's front lawn' - * Wall Street Journal *

'An altogether fascinating tour of the astonishing plasticity and interconnectedness inside the cranial cradle of all of our experience of reality, animated by Eagleman's erudite enthusiasm for his subject, aglow with the ecstasy of sense-making that comes when the seemingly unconnected snaps into a consummate totality of understanding' - * Brain Pickings *

'An intellectually exhilarating look at neuroplasticity . . . Eagleman's skill as teacher, bold vision, and command of current research will make this superb work a curious reader's delight' - * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *

'Gets the science right and makes it accessible . . . completely upending our basic sense of what the brain is in the process . . . Exciting' - * Harvard Business Review *

'Eagleman brings the subject to life in a way I haven't seen other writers achieve before' - * New Scientist *

'Masterful . . . Outstanding popular science' - * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *

'Praise for David Eagleman: The unaccountable, jaw-dropping quality of genius' - * Observer *

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:David Igalman - Дэвид Иглман

Publisher:Canongate Books

Language:English

Publication Date:2021

Number of pages:320 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:129 mm / 5,1'

Height:198 mm / 7,8'

Weight:215 g

ISBN:9781838851002