Pieces of Light :The new science of memory
Pieces of Light :The new science of memory
paperback
Published:
4 July, 2013
Popular Books by Charles Fernyhough
View All Books by Charles Fernyhough
Description
Prizes
Short-listed for Foyles/Bristol Festival of Ideas Best Book of Ideas 2013 (UK),Long-listed for Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2013 (UK),Long-listed for Biology Book Awards 2013 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781846684494 |
| ISBN10 | 1846684498 |
| Number Of Pages | 352 |
| Item Weight | 251 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 194 x 24 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
Outstanding...draws on both science and art to marvellous effect * Observer *
A captivating journey into the mind...told with great style * Telegraph *
An immense pleasure * New Scientist *
Exhilarating...a compelling case * TLS *
A gifted writer * FT *
Both playful and profound, a wonderfully memorable read -- Douwe Draaisma, author of Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older
A beautifully written, absorbing read - a fascinating journey through the latest science of memory -- Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor, University of California, Irvine
In this enthralling tour of human memory, Charles Fernyhough - himself a hybrid of science and poetry - reveals the mysterious forces behind these stories that shape our lives. -- Jonah Lehrer, author of Imagine: How Creativity Works
Fernyhough weaves literature and science to expose our rich, beautiful relationship with our past and future selves. -- Dr. David Eagleman, Neuroscientist and author of Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
Combining the engaging style of a novelist with the rigour of a scientist, insightful and thought provoking...will linger in your memory and change the way you think about it. -- Daniel L. Schacter, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers.
A sophisticated blend of findings from science and ideas from literature...at times moving and very rewarding * Times Higher Education *
A captivating journey into the mind * Daily Telegraph *
As absorbing as it is thought-provoking -- Julian Fleming * Sunday Business Post *
GoodReads Reviews
Author's Bio
Charles Fernyhough is the author of two novels, The Auctioneer (Fourth Estate), and A Box of Birds(Unbound), and has contributed to the Guardian, TIME Ideas, Sunday Telegraph, Financial Times, Sydney Morning Herald, and Focus Magazine. He has published many scientific articles on the relation between language and thought, and his ideas on thinking as a dialogue with the self have been influential in several fields. He is a part-time Professor in Psychology at Durham University, where he directs Hearing the Voice, a project on inner voices funded by the Wellcome Trust.