What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means to be human? In the course of his investigations, Eagleman guides us through the world of extreme sports, criminal justice, facial expressions, genocide, brain surgery, gut feelings, robotics, and the search for immortality. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence. Neuroscientist David Eagleman plumbs the depths of the subconscious to illuminate this hidden world in his fascinating and engaging exploration of the human. Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity.

I hope that when viewers watch THE BRAIN, they will take away a new love of science and sense of awe at the human condition. These are the questions that neuroscientist David Eagleman tackles in his new book, The Brain: The Story of You, and the PBS series, The Brain. Our thoughts, our hopes, and our dreams are contained in these three pounds of wet biological material. Bestselling author and the hottest thing in neuroscience (The Times), David Eagleman, takes readers on a fascinating and eye-opening journey into the. In a cubic centimeter of brain tissue there are as many connections as stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. This epic series focuses on the basic questions of being human, going into the inner cosmos to explore questions from the meaning of reality to the behavior of societies. Six one-hour episodes tell the story of the inner workings of the brain and take viewers on a journey into their thoughts, actions, and beliefs.

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