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Kingdom of Infinite Space
Raymond Tallis
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Description for Kingdom of Infinite Space
paperback. Explores the astonishing range of activities that go on inside our heads, most of which are entirely beyond our control. Describing about the head and brain, this book demonstrates that not only does consciousness not reside between our ears, but that our heads are infinitely cleverer than we are. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 334.
From the act of blushing and the amount of manganese in our tears (tears of pain contain more than tears of distress) to the curiousness of a kiss, The Kingdom of Infinite Space explores the astonishing range of activities that go on inside our heads, most of which are entirely beyond our control. After escorting his readers on a fantastic voyage through every chamber of the head and brain, Raymond Tallis demonstrates that not only does consciousness not reside between our ears, but that our heads are infinitely cleverer than we are.
From the act of blushing and the amount of manganese in our tears (tears of pain contain more than tears of distress) to the curiousness of a kiss, The Kingdom of Infinite Space explores the astonishing range of activities that go on inside our heads, most of which are entirely beyond our control. After escorting his readers on a fantastic voyage through every chamber of the head and brain, Raymond Tallis demonstrates that not only does consciousness not reside between our ears, but that our heads are infinitely cleverer than we are.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843546702
SKU
9781843546702
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Ref
99-1
About Raymond Tallis
Raymond Tallis was Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester until 2006. A poet, novelist and philosopher, he was listed by the Independent in 2007 as one of fifty 'Brains of Britain', and in 2005 Prospect magazine named him as one of Britain's leading Public Intellectuals. The Raymond Tallis Reader was published in 2000 by Palgrave Macmillan, and ... Read more
Reviews for Kingdom of Infinite Space
Fascinating... A wonderful treasury of stupefying facts, a sort of 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not' compendium of the extra-ordinary processes that go on inside our fragile skulls... This is a wonderful book, full of passages to make the reader stop and stare, if only in the mirror.
Michael Simkins
Mail on Sunday
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Michael Simkins
Mail on Sunday
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