Neuropolis

A Brain Science Survival Guide

By: Robert Newman

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Hardcover | 20 April 2017

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256 Pages

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After volunteering for a brain-imaging experiment meant to locate the part of the brain that lights up when you’re in love, comedian Rob Newman emerged with more questions than answers. Can brain scans read our minds? Are we our brains? How can you map the mind?

He argues that the dehumanising claims of most current neuroscientific findings derive not from science, but from a combination of philosophical blunders and a version of evolutionary biology that owes little to Darwin. He questions why brain science books are devoted to such a peculiarly pessimistic world view, when really exciting advances in neuroscience go untold, such as awe-inspiring discoveries about the origins of memory in ancient oceans.

Newman offers up fascinating examples showing that our brains are inextricably and profoundly intertwined with our bodies, the natural world and the world we have made, including hilarious accounts of his own participation in neurological experiments. Debunking common, even brainless interpretations of brain science, he celebrates the more intriguing and underreported advances in neuroscience in his signature nonconformist, charming and witty voice.

About the Author

Robert Newman has written six books including the novels The Trade Secret and The Fountain at the Centre of the World. His previous book The Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia of Evolution was made into a radio series which won a BBC Audio Drama Award in 2017 for Best Scripted Comedy. He has been a stand-up comedian for thirty years and has performed to sell-out crowds from London to Paris to Texas. His most recent stand-up show is The Brain Show.

Industry Reviews

Praise for Rob Newman:

`Dissing bad science, capitalists and Brian Cox, Newman's low-octane cabinet of neuroscientific curiosities has nonconformist bite' Guardian

`A fascinating and highly original book, the sort you pick up idly and then discover that two hours have gone by' The Spectator

`Newman combines proper scientific argument with dazzling shafts of wit' The Times

'The Brain Show is a delight' The Daily Telegraph

`Scalpel-sharp analysis ... very funny' The Psychologist

`Hilarious ... delightfully eccentric ... skilfully done' Nature

`He is one amazing comedian' Time Out

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