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  • A New Science of Consciousness
  • Written by: Anil Seth
  • Narrated by: Anil Seth
  • Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (11 ratings)

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A BOOK OF THE YEAR GUARDIAN, THE ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, BLOOMBERG

Anil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology.

Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experience. How does this happen? Why do we experience life in the first person? After over twenty years researching the brain, world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth puts forward a radical new theory of consciousness and self. His unique theory of what it means to 'be you' challenges our understanding of perception and reality and it turns what you thought you knew about yourself on its head.

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©2021 Professor Anil Seth (P)2021 Faber & Faber
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Critic Reviews

"Anil Seth thinks clearly and sharply on one of the hardest problems of science and philosophy, cutting through weeds with a scientist's mind and a storyteller's skill." (Adam Rutherford) 

"Seth provokes us to think about thinking...readable, relatable and gripping." (Alex Garland, director of Ex Machina) 

"Offers a new cause for astonishment and wonder...a must-read for anyone seeking a better understanding of the brain and how nature sculpts the human experience." (Annaka Harris, author of Conscious) 

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One of those books that change the way you see things

Well written and read, took me through the breathtaking work happening in the cutting edge of one of science’s last remaining frontiers.

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