The Man Who Tasted Words (ePub)
Inside the Strange and Startling World of Our Senses
(Sprache: Englisch)
'From the opening paragraph, I was spellbound, entranced.'
Professor Alice Roberts
The information you receive from your senses makes up your world. But that world does not exist. What we perceive to be the absolute truth of the world around us is a...
Professor Alice Roberts
The information you receive from your senses makes up your world. But that world does not exist. What we perceive to be the absolute truth of the world around us is a...
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'From the opening paragraph, I was spellbound, entranced.'
Professor Alice Roberts
The information you receive from your senses makes up your world. But that world does not exist. What we perceive to be the absolute truth of the world around us is a complex reconstruction, a virtual reality created by the complex machinations of our minds in tandem with the wiring of our nervous systems.
But what happens if that wiring goes awry? What happens if connections falter, or new and unexpected connections are made? Tiny shifts in the microbiology of our nervous systems can cause the world around us to shift and mutate, to become alien and unfamiliar.
In The Man Who Tasted Words, consultant neurologist Guy Leschziner takes us on a journey through the senses, exploring how each one shapes our experience of the world. And investigating what happens when they deviate from the norm. Along the way we meet a number of extraordinary individuals and step through the looking glass and into their worlds. Worlds where hot and cold are reversed, where a person with no sight sees fantastical visions, or where words have a taste and sounds create sensations.
The Man Who Tasted Words unpacks the science behind your senses and challenges you to try and see the world through another's eyes - and ears, and nose and mouth. It will illuminate, it will surprise, and it will leave your world just a little bit changed.
'A truly astonishing book - from the story of the man who tasted words to that of Paul who could pull out his own teeth and break his legs yet feel no pain. These are beautifully and engagingly written stories of how our senses tell us about the reality of the world - or, sometimes, don't.'
Gavin Esler, author of How Britain Ends
'This is a deeply moving and powerful book, full of provocative ideas about human perception and the way we construct reality.'
Daniel M. Davis, author of The Secret Body and The Beautiful Cure
'This is a book vibrant with personality and full of wonder. Professor Leschziner takes us through an exploration of our senses, making us question the nature of our reality and how we interpret the world around us. It is a profound, entertaining and quite exceptional book.'
Dr Alastair Santhouse, Psychiatrist and Author of Head First
'In vivid stories of patient maladies that affect our very human sensations of sight, sound, smell, touch and pain, Leschziner has deeply explored the sensory experiences that bombard every moment of our lives but of which we are barely aware. What a terrific melding of brain science with thoughtful ideas on our window to the outside world.'
Allan Ropper, author of Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole and How the Brain Lost its Mind.
'A fascinating, important and disturbing book. Words will never taste the same again!'
John Humphrys
Professor Alice Roberts
The information you receive from your senses makes up your world. But that world does not exist. What we perceive to be the absolute truth of the world around us is a complex reconstruction, a virtual reality created by the complex machinations of our minds in tandem with the wiring of our nervous systems.
But what happens if that wiring goes awry? What happens if connections falter, or new and unexpected connections are made? Tiny shifts in the microbiology of our nervous systems can cause the world around us to shift and mutate, to become alien and unfamiliar.
In The Man Who Tasted Words, consultant neurologist Guy Leschziner takes us on a journey through the senses, exploring how each one shapes our experience of the world. And investigating what happens when they deviate from the norm. Along the way we meet a number of extraordinary individuals and step through the looking glass and into their worlds. Worlds where hot and cold are reversed, where a person with no sight sees fantastical visions, or where words have a taste and sounds create sensations.
The Man Who Tasted Words unpacks the science behind your senses and challenges you to try and see the world through another's eyes - and ears, and nose and mouth. It will illuminate, it will surprise, and it will leave your world just a little bit changed.
'A truly astonishing book - from the story of the man who tasted words to that of Paul who could pull out his own teeth and break his legs yet feel no pain. These are beautifully and engagingly written stories of how our senses tell us about the reality of the world - or, sometimes, don't.'
Gavin Esler, author of How Britain Ends
'This is a deeply moving and powerful book, full of provocative ideas about human perception and the way we construct reality.'
Daniel M. Davis, author of The Secret Body and The Beautiful Cure
'This is a book vibrant with personality and full of wonder. Professor Leschziner takes us through an exploration of our senses, making us question the nature of our reality and how we interpret the world around us. It is a profound, entertaining and quite exceptional book.'
Dr Alastair Santhouse, Psychiatrist and Author of Head First
'In vivid stories of patient maladies that affect our very human sensations of sight, sound, smell, touch and pain, Leschziner has deeply explored the sensory experiences that bombard every moment of our lives but of which we are barely aware. What a terrific melding of brain science with thoughtful ideas on our window to the outside world.'
Allan Ropper, author of Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole and How the Brain Lost its Mind.
'A fascinating, important and disturbing book. Words will never taste the same again!'
John Humphrys
Autoren-Porträt von Guy Leschziner
Prof Guy Leschziner is a neurologist at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, where he leads the internationally renowned Sleep Disorders Centre, one of the largest sleep services in Europe, and is Professor of Neurology and Sleep Medicine at King's College London. Alongside his clinical work, he is the presenter of two series on clinical neuroscience on BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service - Mysteries of Sleep and The Senses - and author of The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience and The Secret World of Sleep. He is also editor of the forthcoming Oxford Specialist Handbook of Sleep Medicine (OUP), and is neurology section editor for Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine (Elsevier).Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Guy Leschziner
- 2022, 352 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
- ISBN-10: 1471193969
- ISBN-13: 9781471193965
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.02.2022
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