The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest For What Makes Us Human (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
V.S.Ramachandran is one of those few people who will never bore. He effortlessly merges entertainment with knowledge and art with science. This book really doesn't feel like a pop science book, but, it feels like reading a detective novel. In Richard Dawkin's words "V.S. Ramachandran is the Marcopolo of Science".This book doesn't just stop at science and art but also goes beyond and breezes through the big questions of philosophy.At the end of this awesome book, one would definitely undergo a paradigm shift regarding his understanding of brain.This is a must read for anyone who is interested in having a better understanding of Life on a whole. Einstein once said, "Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler." Professor Ramachandran's book is perfect example of how to achieve this. The most important thing which attracts me towards any science book is confluence of uncompromised complex science and simplicity of expression. One without the other is not interesting. One such perfect combination is Hawking's "A Brief History of Time".Professor Ramachandran's quest in neurscience takes us on a remarkable journey in understanding the human brain. His plain and simple articulation of how answers to some of the most complex scientific and philosophical questions can be found in brain is most important achievement of this book. His unique method of attempting to understand these problems by examining brains which are not working as they ought to opens up a world with a plethora of new experiments for the neuroscientists and hence a world of new hopes for patients suffering the dreadful mental disorders. The book hence is unique as it gives insights to the layman into the functionings of human brain and how it connects to human nature, consciousness, and experience. At the same time, it is important for researchers in this area to inform themselves about this hitherto unlooked new dimension for understanding the enigma called human brain.Full marks to Professor Ramachandran for this one. I look forward to read his other works.
What do You think about The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest For What Makes Us Human (2011)?
Fascinating. Author has a strong voice and sense of humor that keeps it from becoming too academic.
—Nick
Read this !!! read this a thousand times and then read the damn thing again !
—Zefjani
lot of medical terms...a good read nevertheless..
—Kat
I loved this book. Not like I had a choice.
—nightraiders2006
