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Livewired
- The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
- Narrated by: David Eagleman
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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Publisher's Summary
"Eagleman renders the secrets of the brain’s adaptability into a truly compelling page-turner.” (Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner)
“Livewired reads wonderfully like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan’s front lawn.” (The Wall Street Journal)
What does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time but other memories? How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue, or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? Why did many people in the 1980s mistakenly perceive book pages to be slightly red in color? Why is the world’s best archer armless? Might we someday control a robot with our thoughts, just as we do our fingers and toes? Why do we dream at night, and what does that have to do with the rotation of the Earth?
The answers to these questions are right behind our eyes. The greatest technology we have ever discovered on our planet is the three-pound organ carried in the vault of the skull. This book is not simply about what the brain is; it is about what it does. The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it’s made of but in the way those parts unceasingly reweave themselves in an electric, living fabric.
In Livewired, you will surf the leading edge of neuroscience atop the anecdotes and metaphors that have made David Eagleman one of the best scientific translators of our generation. Covering decades of research to the present day, Livewired also presents new discoveries from Eagleman’s own laboratory, from synesthesia to dreaming to wearable neurotech devices that revolutionize how we think about the senses.
Critic Reviews
"Masterful ... Outstanding popular science." (Kirkus Reviews, starred)
"An altogether fascinating tour of the astonishing plasticity and interconnectedness inside the cranial cradle of all of our experience of reality, animated by Eagleman’s erudite enthusiasm for his subject, aglow with the ecstasy of sensemaking that comes when the seemingly unconnected snaps into a consummate totality of understanding." (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings)
"Vivid ... Since the passing of Isaac Asimov, we haven’t had a working scientist like Mr. Eagleman, who engages his ideas in such a variety of modes. Livewired reads wonderfully like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan’s front lawn." (Wall Street Journal)
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- Adi
- 12-05-20
Very interesting but the book shpold have had
A PDF attached to it since there's a lot of illustrations that you have to listen to during the book
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- B. Herbert
- 12-29-20
Time to re-learn human learning
I’ve been following developments in Neuroplasticity and long-term memory for about a decade, and in that time most of our formative beliefs have been shattered. First, this book gives ample reason for hope for those who have suffered from brain injuries or impairment due to illness or trauma. Second the book teases us with developments underway to supplement our senses as well as to plug in novel sensory inputs or stimuli. The book provides examples of how this can create completely new and more ‘in-touch’ and effective interfaces for devices, vehicles and interactive experiences.
I am involved in software and data science, and the author compared and contrasted software approaches to learning with what we’ve recently learned about how ‘nature’ handles learning. He also notes how nature handles memory, fault tolerance, and obsolescence/upgrades, and notes how we could learn from nature in designing our technical systems!
narrator lacks a bit in charisma or perhaps inflection but speaks clearly and was fine, just not as great as the content.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-29-20
Inspiring
I was blown away with this book. David tells an incredible story about the history and progress within neuroscience that brings us up to date with where research stands today.
His work on sensory augmentation and expansion at Neosensory becomes quite clear in this book covering what is currently possible and what capabilities will inevitably arrive in the future. (I bought a Neosensory Buzz when I finished those chapters)
Ultimately his thoughts on how to approach innovation through the lens of “Livewiring” is truly inspiring and has already influenced how I plan to approach specific problems at our startup.
7 people found this helpful
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- Rob
- 10-19-20
A better way to connect
We often hear people complain about not being able to see things from other people’s perspective. Well, this book helps to understand how and where we’re different and yet similar from each other. A good addition to readings on understanding the human condition.
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- Brett W. Hobson
- 09-13-20
My mind has been expanded and forever changed!
Livewired has jumped to my favorite book. I think years from now were someone to autopsy my grey matter they would be able to mark exactly when I read this phenomenal book beautifully read by David Eagleman as my brain has changed, enlarged and adapted to the wealth of discoveries afforded the reader. Eagleman is as proficient and adept a narrator as he is a writer. This is a must read actually a must listen!! Soooooo good!
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- Paul
- 12-27-20
*boom*
Blew my mind, paragraph after paragraph!
And it’s always good to hear a book straight from the authors mouth.
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- Rene A.
- 01-26-21
Livewired And incredible book
I truly truly enjoyed this book David Eagleman discovered your book completely by coincident it is one of my best Brook I ever listen to incredibly knowledgeable and brings so many answers specifically love the section about why we dream I highly recommend this to family especially with young ones thank you again, GOD BLESS This beautiful world we live in
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- Vicki
- 12-18-20
Absolutely fascinating
I found this book after listening to the author on a podcast. I'm so glad I did. First, I usually hate authors and narrators but Eagleman did a great job narrating his own book. I've read several books on the brain and how it works and this is absolutely the most accessible to a non-scientist.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-27-20
love it
awesome book. happy that dr eagleman reads his own book. very easy to listen to!
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- j&s
- 01-22-21
My understanding of brain function is revised!
A fascinating book that is full of forward looking information based in research. Perspective changing!
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Awe-inspiring book, but not Eagleman's best
- By Neuron on 10-14-15
By: David Eagleman
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On Intelligence
- By: Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee
- Narrated by: Jeff Hawkins, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself.
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Interesting Introduction to a Fascinating Field
- By James on 04-14-06
By: Jeff Hawkins, and others
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The Brain Electric
- The Dramatic High-Tech Race to Merge Minds and Machines
- By: Malcolm Gay
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Leading neuroscience researchers are racing to unlock the secrets of the mind. On the cusp of decoding brain signals that govern motor skills, they are developing miraculous technologies to enable paraplegics and wounded soldiers to move prosthetic limbs, and the rest of us to manipulate computers and other objects through thought alone. These fiercely competitive scientists are vying for Defense Department and venture capital funding, prestige, and great wealth.
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Refreshingly not pop-neuro or pseudoscience
- By Jordon on 06-28-16
By: Malcolm Gay
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Incognito
- The Secret Lives of the Brain
- By: David Eagleman
- Narrated by: David Eagleman
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries. Taking in brain damage, plane spotting, dating, drugs, beauty, infidelity, synesthesia, criminal law, artificial intelligence, and visual illusions, Incognito is a thrilling subsurface exploration of the mind and all its contradictions.
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Interesting Take....
- By Douglas on 10-30-13
By: David Eagleman
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The Body Builders
- Inside the Science of the Engineered Human
- By: Adam Piore
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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For millennia humans have tried - and often failed - to master nature and transcend our limits. But this has started to change. The new scientific frontier is the human body: the greatest engineers of our generation have turned their sights inward, and their work is beginning to revolutionize mankind. In The Body Builders, Adam Piore takes us on a fascinating journey into the field of bioengineering and paints a vivid portrait of the people at its center.
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- By Edie on 06-14-22
By: Adam Piore
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The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
- How Body Maps Help You Do (Almost) Anything Better
- By: Sandra Blakeslee, Matthew Blakeslee
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Why do you still feel fat after losing weight? Why do you duck your head when you drive into an underground parking garage? Why are your kids so enthralled by video games? The answers to these questions can be found in a new understanding of how your brain interacts with your body, the space around your body, and the social world.
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This explains alot
- By Michael on 10-18-07
By: Sandra Blakeslee, and others
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Rethinking Consciousness
- A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience
- By: Michael S. A. Graziano
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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In this eye-opening work, Graziano accessibly explores how this sense of an inner being led to empathy and formed us into social beings. The theory may point the way to engineers for building consciousness artificially. Graziano discusses what a future with artificial consciousness might be like, including both advantages and risks, and what AI might mean for our evolutionary future.
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Clueless on Many Fronts
- By wbiro on 12-10-19
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A Thousand Brains
- A New Theory of Intelligence
- By: Jeff Hawkins, Richard Dawkins - foreword
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell, Richard Dawkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence? Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered that the brain uses map-like structures to build a model of the world - not just one model, but hundreds of thousands of models of everything we know. This discovery allows Hawkins to answer important questions about how we perceive the world, why we have a sense of self, and the origin of high-level thought.
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Starts out good, ends up a train wreck
- By Warren on 03-15-21
By: Jeff Hawkins, and others
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The Future of the Mind
- The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
- By: Michio Kaku
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
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For the first time in history, the secrets of the living brain are being revealed by a battery of high-tech brain scans devised by physicists. Now what was once solely the province of science fiction has become a startling reality. Recording memories, telepathy, videotaping our dreams, mind control, avatars, and telekinesis are not only possible; they already exist.
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More breadth than depth
- By Gary on 03-20-14
By: Michio Kaku
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The Ravenous Brain
- How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning
- By: Daniel Bor
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Consciousness is our gateway to experience: it enables us to recognize Van Gogh’s starry skies, be enraptured by Beethoven’s Fifth, and stand in awe of a snowcapped mountain. Yet consciousness is subjective, personal, and famously difficult to examine: philosophers have for centuries declared this mental entity so mysterious as to be impenetrable to science. In The Ravenous Brain, neuroscientist Daniel Bor departs sharply from this historical view, and proposes a new model for how consciousness works.
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Effectively demystifies consciousness
- By Gary on 11-18-12
By: Daniel Bor