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Zeman is a humane and engaging writer and this is a wonderfully ambitious and entertaining book. I can think of no better guide to 'the last great frontier of science.' -Paul Broks, Prospect [This] book is more than an argument about computers and consciousness. There are ... potentially mind-numbing discussions of the pathways that give rise to the senses and to cognition, accompanied by diagrams of the same... Zeman manages to make all of this stuff ... interesting. -Ivan Oransky, New York Sun

If you were intrigued with The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, you'll appreciate [the book's] buildup to what Oliver Sacks described in that work... Approachable and instructive. - William H. Calvin, New York Times Book Review; interesting and well-written... Zeman's excellent new book communicates the excitement and vibrancy of an emerging field of study. - Geraint Rees, The Lancet

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Adam Zeman is Professor of cognitive and behavioural neurology, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter

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