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Livewired

The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

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Livewired

By: David Eagleman
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How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? What does a baby born without a nose tell us about our sensory machinery? Might we someday control a robot with our thoughts? And what does any of this have to do with why we dream?

The answers to these questions are not right in front of our eyes; they're right behind our eyes.

This book is not simply about what the brain is but what it does. Covering decades of research to the present day, Livewired also presents new findings from Eagleman's own research, including new discoveries in synaesthesia, dreaming and wearable neurotech devices that revolutionise how we think about the senses.

©2020 David Eagleman (P)2020 Canongate Books Ltd Biological Sciences Science Social Sciences Human Brain Inspiring Thought-Provoking Robotics Technology Computer Science

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I really enjoyed the book, couldn't put it down until I got to the end. Interesting, engaging and easy to follow - it made me want to delve deeper into the subject. The author reading it made the experience even better, I think.

Great book

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This is such an excellent book. I very much enjoyed the listening experience, since David is a great story-teller making it all sound even more exciting! Thank you ☺️

Just brilliant

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Truly wonderful and informative book, well presented, providing details in an easy to understand manner.

Fascinating book, with so much information

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I came across David Eagleman on The Infinite Monkey Cage. He was really engaging and accessible. The book did not disappoint and I was glad that David took the time to narrate, as he is easy to listen to.

Interesting Ideas and Well Narrated

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For someone like myself who wants to always question why things happen this is a great book and really insightful

Great listen

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Great book, very useful insights into how brain works. Highly recommended, listen at 2x :)

Great

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Aimed at the pop level. I like more scientific details. Filled w/ fascinating facts. Unleaded petrol!!? Wow!

Aimed at the pop level. Very interesting.

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Another amazing publication by David Eagleman, this book build brilliantly on his last Incognito, both of which provide insight into the new brain model.

Amazing!

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no dislikes. a really truly and fascinating book that's made simple to understand. would recommend this book to all.

the clarity of overall book.

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learnt a lot about the brain and neurons and many other things in an easy to understand way. Everyone should read it and understand why even someone with half a brain missing can still function as normal. Thank you David Eagleman for writing this book and making it easily available to the normal person - no jargon of complicated medical terms....Brilliant highly recomended....please write more books on this matter with real life stories......once again thank you

Excellent

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