![]() Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. I couldn't put it down."-Mary Midgley, The Guardian "First published in paperback 2010"-Title page verso. Brilliant and disturbing."-Salley Vickers, a Guardian Best Book of the Year "Clear, penetrating, lively, thorough and fascinating. 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. I know of no better exposition of the current state of functional brain neuroscience."-W. "A veritable tour de force, gradually and skilfully revealed. Without it, our world would be mechanistic - stripped of depth, colour and value. Iain McGilchrist,The master and his emissary: 4 Q1the divided brain and the making of the Western world 5(New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010) 6 Rupert Read 7 8 Springer. As he shows, it is the right side which is the more reliable and insightful. But is this distinction true? Drawing on a vast body of experimental research, Iain McGilchrist argues while our left brain makes for a wonderful servant, it is a very poor master. Until recently, the left hemisphere of our brain has been seen as the 'rational' side, the superior partner to the right. ![]() ![]() ![]() A new edition of the bestselling classic - published with a special introduction to mark its 10th anniversary This pioneering account sets out to understand the structure of the human brain - the place where mind meets matter. ![]()
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