As readers have come to expect from Bryan Appleyard, his new book is another literate and sensitive reflection on how science is changing our self-understanding.
Steve Fuller
THE LITERARY REVIEW
an acerbic expose of the empty promise of the computer age.
James McConnachie
THE SUNDAY TIMES
Brian Appleyard's 'The Brain is Wider than the Sky' is a beautifully written defence of human complexity in the face of the corporate mechanisation of our lives. If you are frustrated by automated queuing, this is one for you.
Michael Burleigh
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SEVEN Magazine
Appleyard is scientifically literate, vigorous and intelligent...Appleyard's meditation is essential reading.
Simon Ings
THE OBSERVER
Bryan Appleyard is our foremost guide to understanding contemporary culture. This exploration of what it means to be human today grips the reader from the first page.
John Gray There are great science writers and there are great arts writers - and then there's Bryan Appleyard. He's both
John Humphrys Bryan Appleyard is that rarest of rare birds, a journalist who can mine factual subjects for their poetic resonance right across the spectrum. He is our main man for this kind of writing
Clive James One of the most interesting, curious, cultured and trenchant writers on this planet
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan Appleyard is a gifted writer, able to explain both the beauty of a Hockney drawing and the mathematical unit used to measure how many computations processors like our brains are capable of performing...it's always fascinating, and always clearly expressed.
Helen Lewis-Hasteley
NEW STATESMAN
In an engaging style, drawing on personal meetings with key figures, cultural analysis and scientific evidence from a wide variety of areas, Appleyard explains how simplification, whereby technology provides simple solutions to complex problems, has been unable to capture the full depth and complexity of human experience...A fascinating and informative read.
GOOD BOOK GUIDE
An admirably sceptical guide, with a superb journalist's eye for detail, Appleyard makes an engaging prophet.
THE SUNDAY TIMES
A sagacious and timely riposte to contemporary thinking.
THE LADY
With a scientific and philosophical approach Appleyard's polemic - to listen to the voices of art rather than technocrats - is intelligent and convincing.
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