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Oct 30, 2009 · In a book of unprecedented scope, Iain McGilchrist presents a fascinating exploration of the differences between the brain’s left and right hemispheres, and how those differences have affected society, history, and culture.
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Iain McGilchrist is the author of The Master and His...
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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the...
- Iain McGilchrist (Author of The Master and His Emissary)
Iain McGilchrist is the author of The Master and His Emissary (4.35 avg rating, 3244 ratings, 473 reviews, published 2009), The Divided Brain and the Sea...
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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist. 3,240 ratings, 4.35 average rating, 474 reviews. Open Preview. The Master and His Emissary Quotes Showing 1-30 of 128. “The model we choose to use to understand something determines what we find.”
- Iain McGilchrist
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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World is a 2009 book written by psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist that deals with the specialist hemispheric functioning of the brain.
- Iain McGilchrist
- 2009
In a book of unprecedented scope, Iain McGilchrist draws on a vast body of recent brain research, illustrated with case histories, to reveal that the difference is profound – not just this or that function, but two whole, coherent, but incompatible ways of experiencing the world.
Feb 14, 2019 · 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...
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Mar 26, 2019 · In the second part of his book, McGilchrist takes the reader on a journey through the history of Western culture, illustrating the tension between these two worlds as revealed in the thought and belief of thinkers and artists from the ancient to the modern, from Aeschylus to Magritte.
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