The World Behind the World
Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science
$24.23
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
13 November 2024
Summary
From a Forbes 30 Under 30 scientist comes a fascinating exploration into how the brain creates our conscious experiences—potentially revolutionizing neuroscience and the future of technology—transforming the very fabric of our society.
Throughout history, two perspectives on the world have dueled in our minds: the extrinsic—that of mechanism and physics—and the intrinsic—that of feelings, thoughts, and ideas. The intrinsic perspective allows us to tell stories …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781982159399 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1982159391 |
| Author: | Erik Hoel |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Avid Reader Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 13 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 197g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 140mm x 213mm |
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Critics Review
“Neuroscientist and fiction writer Hoel draws on history, philosophy, mathematics, and neuroscience to examine ways that consciousness has been imagined and investigated.” –Kirkus Reviews
Praise for The Revelations:
“A dizzying, impressive debut … Fast and furious, this mind-stretching novel makes the grade.” –Publishers Weekly
“Hoel’s debut is one of the year’s most ambitious novels to date, a provocative and weighty exploration of nothing short of human consciousness… . The novel is packed full with ideas, debates, scientific inquiry, and language that seems itself to come alive. This is a mystery novel you won’t soon forget and the announcement of a major new talent.” –CrimeReads
“The Revelations is written in muscular, hypnotic prose, and not unlike its main character, is ambitious and abrasive. It is bursting with ideas, ranging from Greek mythology to the dark realities of animal testing, to some of the biggest unanswered questions facing scientists today.” –Brooklyn Digest
Erik Hoel
Dr. Erik Hoel is one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in science and also a New York City Emerging Writers Fellow. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Baffler, and The Daily Beast, among many others, and his essays and short stories have won numerous awards, from getting first place in the Writer’s Digest Annual Fiction Award to being included as a notable essay in the 2017 Best American Essays Collection. Erik received his PhD in neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University, has held a visiting scholarship at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, and is now a research professor at Tufts University where he studies consciousness and emergence. Originally, he grew up in his mother’s independent bookstore, The Jabberwocky, where he worked as a teenager, and is a lifelong writer and book lover. He lives on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
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