A BOOK OF THE YEAR
GUARDIAN, THE ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, BLOOMBERG
Anil Seth s radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology.
A brilliant beast of a book. DAVID BYRNE
Hugely important. JIM AL-KHALILI
Masterly . . . An exhilarating book: a vast-ranging, phenomenal achievement that will undoubtedly become a seminal text.
GAIA VINCE, GUARDIAN
Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experience. How does this happen? Why do we experience life in the first person? After over twenty years researching the brain, world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth puts forward a radical new theory of consciousness and self. His unique theory of what it means to be you challenges our understanding of perception and reality and it turns what you thought you knew about yourself on its head.
Seth thinks clearly and sharply on one of the hardest problems of science and philosophy, cutting through weeds with a scientist s mind and a storyteller s skill.
ADAM RUTHERFORD
A page-turner and a mind-blower . . . Beautifully written, crystal clear, deeply insightful.
DAVID EAGLEMAN
If you read one book about conciousness, it must be Seth s.
JULIAN BAGGINI, WALL STREET JOURNAL
Amazing. RUSSELL BRAND
Gripping. ALEX GARLAND
I loved it. MICHAEL POLLAN
Fascinating. FINANCIAL TIMES
Awe-inspring. NEW STATESMAN
Brilliant. CLAIRE TOMALIN, NEW YORK TIMES
About the Author
Anil Seth is a leading British researcher in the field of consciousness science, and the author of the Sunday Times best-selling Being You: A New Science of Consciousness. He is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience and Co-Director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex. He writes regularly for New Scientist, Guardian and the BBC, and has been interviewed on Radio 4 s The Life Scientific. His TED talk on consciousness has been viewed nearly 13 million times; he is currently a Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow and he tweets at @anilkseth.
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