Proust Was a Neuroscientist

In this book, Jonah Lehrer shows us brilliantly that the process of cooking is more than chemistry. --Jacques Pepin

In this intriguing reflection . . . both art and science are freshly conceived. --Howard Gardner

Lehrer puts current neuroscience to a fine use -- ancestor worship -- and in the process gives us a delightful, thoughtful read. --Antonio Damasio, author of Descartes' Error

Brilliantly illustrated . . . amazing . . . [Jonah Lehrer's] clear and vivid writing--incisive and thoughtful, yet sensitive and modest--is a special pleasure. --Oliver Sacks

Writing with effortless brilliance and astonishing clarity, Jonah Lehrer gives us . . . a beautiful book: I was enthralled by it. --Robert D. Richardson, author of William James (winner of the Bancroft Prize) and Emerson

Jonah Lehrer in Proust was a Neuroscientist, brilliantly, playfully, and precociously shows how artistic perception often anticipates scientific discovery. --Michael Collier

This is a delightful little book . . . fun to read and thought provoking. --Joseph LeDoux, New York University, author of The Emotional Brain and Synaptic Self

Comes close to exemplifying . . . a unified third culture in which science and literature can co-exist as peaceful, complementary equals. Publishers Weekly

Pleasingly fluent . . . [introduces] art to scientists and science to artists. Solid science journalism with an essayist's flair. Kirkus Reviews

Entertaining and enlightening. New York Magazine

Precocious and engaging . . . Lehrer is smart, and there are some fun moments in these pages. --D. T. Max The New York Times Book Review

His book marks the arrival of an important new thinker . . . wise and fresh. --Jesse Cohen The Los Angeles Times

Lehrer writes skillfully and coherently about both art and science. --Gregory Kirschling Entertainment Weekly