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The award-winning author probes the nature of consciousness, building on the foundation she laid in her previous book Mapping the Mind to continue to explore this vexing problem of modern science. (Philosophy)
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Rita Carter is a science writer whose work has appeared in, among other publications,The New York Times, Washington Post, New Scientist, and Daily Telegraph.She has twice been awarded the Medical Journalists' Association prize for outstanding contributions to medical journalism. Her first book,Mapping the Mind, was shortlisted for the Rhône-Poulenc science prize.
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"In a breezy and clear style, Carter provides a broad, lucid survey of most of the interesting ideas and people involved in the trendy field of consciousness research, pulling together many disparate philosophical and scientific views."John Horgan, author of The Undiscovered Mind: How the Human Brain Defies Replication, Medication, and Explanation
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