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Proust was a Neuroscientist

By Lehrer Jonah

Proust was a Neuroscientist

By Lehrer Jonah

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Is science the only path to knowledge? In this sparkling and provocative book Jonah Lehrer explains that when it comes to understanding the brain, art got there first. Taking a group of celebrated writers, painters and composers, Lehrer shows us how artists have discovered truths about the human mind - real, tangible truths - that science is only now rediscovering. We learn, for example, how Proust first revealed the fallibility of memory; how George Eliot understood the brain's malleable nature; how the French chef Escoffier intuited umami (the fifth taste); how Cezanne worked out the subtleties of vision; and how Virginia Woolf pierced the mysteries of consciousness. It's a riveting tale of art trumping science, again and again.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2011-02-28
Publication Date:
2011-02-28
Publisher:
The Text Publishing Company
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
1921758147
Weight:
210 g
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