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'A veritable tour de force, gradually and skilfully revealed. I know of no better exposition of the current state of functional brain neuroscience.'--W. F. Bynum, TLS. 'A profound examination.'--Philip Pullman. 'Persuasively argues that our society is suffering from the consequences of an over-dominant left hemisphere losing touch with its natural regulative `master' the right. Brilliant and disturbing.'--Salley Vickers, a Guardian 'Best Book of the Year'. 'Clear, penetrating, lively, thorough and fascinating. . . . I couldn't put it down.'--Mary Midgley, The Guardian
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'One of the few contemporary works deserving classic status.'--Nicholas Shakespeare, The Times
'Persuasively argues that our society is suffering from the consequences of an over-dominant left hemisphere losing touch with its natural regulative 'master' the right. Brilliant and disturbing.'--Salley Vickers, a Guardian 'Best Book of the Year'
'A landmark. . . It tells a story you need to hear, of where we live now.'--Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times
'A seminal book.'--Professor Ervin László, Huffington Post
'McGilchrist describes broad [intellectual] movements and famous figures as if they were battles and soldiers in a 2,500-year war between the brain's hemispheres. . .A scintillating intelligence is at work.'--Economist
'A fascinating book. . . [McGilchrist] is a subtle and clever thinker, and unusually qualified to range with such authority over so many different domains of knowledge.'--Harry Eyres, Financial Times
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'Persuasively argues that our society is suffering from the consequences of an over-dominant left hemisphere losing touch with its natural regulative 'master' the right. Brilliant and disturbing.'--Salley Vickers, a Guardian 'Best Book of the Year'
'A landmark. . . It tells a story you need to hear, of where we live now.'--Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times
'A seminal book.'--Professor Ervin László, Huffington Post
'McGilchrist describes broad [intellectual] movements and famous figures as if they were battles and soldiers in a 2,500-year war between the brain's hemispheres. . .A scintillating intelligence is at work.'--Economist
'A fascinating book. . . [McGilchrist] is a subtle and clever thinker, and unusually qualified to range with such authority over so many different domains of knowledge.'--Harry Eyres, Financial Times
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Iain McGilchrist is a former fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, where he taught literature before training in medicine. He now lives on the Isle of Skye, where he continues to write, and lectures worldwide.
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