by JonahLehrer (Author)
Is science the only path to knowledge? In this sparkling and provocative book, Jonah Lehrer explains that when it comes to understanding the brain, art got there first. Taking a group of celebrated writers, painters and composers, Lehrer shows us how artists have discovered truths about the human mind - real, tangible truths - that science is only now rediscovering. We learn, for example, how Proust first revealed the fallibility of memory; how George Eliot understood the brain's malleability; how the French chef Escoffier intuited umami (the fifth taste); how Cezanne worked out the subtleties of vision; and how Virginia Woolf pierced the mysteries of consciousness. It's a riveting tale of art trumping science again and again.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 19 Apr 2012
ISBN 10: 0857862316
ISBN 13: 9780857862310
Book Overview: An illuminating and unusual book about how famous artists have anticipated the discoveries of neuroscience.