The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman - Paperback Popular Science Book on Memory, Identity & the Human Mind

Details Condition: New Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781782116615 Publisher: Canongate Books Overview The Brain: The Story of You is a compelling paperback exploration of the human mind from bestselling neuroscientist David Eagleman. Drawing on cutting-edge research, Eagleman investigates how three pounds of tissue create memory, emotion, perception, and the sense of self. Written for curious general readers, the book blends hard science with storytelling, taking readers from extreme sports to criminal courtrooms and artificial intelligence, in search of what makes you "you". About the Book Companion to Eagleman's Emmy-nominated PBS/BBC television series of the same name, this book distills neuroscience into an accessible narrative. Each chapter tackles a facet of identity and cognition: how memories are constructed and reconstructed, why time perception bends under fear or boredom, how vision and reality are brain-generated illusions, and how personality can shift after injury or disease. Eagleman uses vivid case studies, from Olympic athletes and murder trials to patients whose brain damage transformed their personalities, to show how flexible identity really is. The book confronts big philosophical questions too, including free will, moral responsibility, and what brain-machine interfaces might mean for the future of consciousness. Throughout, Eagleman argues the brain is not a fixed organ but a live, rewriting network shaped constantly by experience and biology. The result is scientifically rigorous yet written with warmth, humour, and a gift for analogy that makes complex neuroscience genuinely enjoyable. Whether picked up for academic interest or a love of popular science, this paperback offers a thought-provoking journey into what it means to be human. Accessible, jargon-free introduction to modern neuroscience Written by an award-winning Stanford neuroscientist and bestselling author Companion book to the acclaimed PBS/BBC television series Explores memory, perce