The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World (Hardback)

The unaccountable, jaw-dropping quality of genius -- GEOFF DYER * * Observer * *
Mind-blowing revelations abound * * Financial Times * *
Entertaining and profound: page-turning neuroscience from a bit of a genius * * Guardian * *
A shining example of lucid and easy-to-grasp science writing * * Independent * *
A fun read by a smart person for smart people . . . It will attract a new generation to ponder their inner workings * * New Scientist * *
Popular science at its best * * Boston Globe * *
Appealing and persuasive * * Wall Street Journal * *
Essential and timely . . . a smart, captivating book that will give you a prefrontal workout * * Nature * *
A beautifully illustrated deep dive into human creativity . . . This is a must-read for anyone with curiosity about the workings of the human mind * * Wired * *
David Eagleman is a brilliant neuroscientist, a bestselling author and a man of enormous discernment * * The Sunday Times * *
The posterboy of neuroscience with ideas that will stretch your mind * * Observer * *
The rock star of neuroscience * * Telegraph * *
Eagleman has a talent for testing the untestable, for taking seemingly sophomoric notions and using them to nail down the slippery stuff of consciousness * * New Yorker * *
David Eagleman is the kind of guy who really does make being a neuroscientist look like fun * * New York Times * *
David Eagleman may be the best combination of scientist and fiction-writer alive -- STEWART BRAND
Approaches creativity scientifically but sensitively, feeling its roots without pulling them out * * Economist * *
Eagleman provides an excellent overview of the workings of our most vital organ * * Sunday Times * *
Bringing a storyteller's articulate and fluid narrative to a scientist's quest, Eagleman dances across an incredible spectrum of issues * * Brainpickings * *