Reviews
"Jonah Lehrer provides a fresh and unique look at eight of the artists who define modern culture." --Billy Collins, former poet laureate In this book, Jonah Lehrer shows us brilliantly that the process of cooking is more than chemistry." --Jacques Pepin In this intriguing reflection . . . both art and science are freshly conceived. --Howard Gardner "Lehrer puts current neuroscience to a fine use -- ancestor worship -- and in the process gives us a delightful, thoughtful read. --Antonio Damasio, author of Descartes' Error "Brilliantly illustrated . . . amazing . . . [Jonah Lehrer's] clear and vivid writing--incisive and thoughtful, yet sensitive and modest--is a special pleasure." --Oliver Sacks "Writing with effortless brilliance and astonishing clarity, Jonah Lehrer gives us . . . a beautiful book: I was enthralled by it." --Robert D. Richardson, author of William James (winner of the Bancroft Prize) and Emerson "Jonah Lehrer in Proust was a Neuroscientist, brilliantly, playfully, and precociously shows how artistic perception often anticipates scientific discovery." --Michael Collier "This is a delightful little book . . . fun to read and thought provoking." --Joseph LeDoux, New York University, author of The Emotional Brain and Synaptic Self "Comes close to exemplifying . . . a unified third culture in which science and literature can co-exist as peaceful, complementary equals." Publishers Weekly "Pleasingly fluent . . . [introduces] art to scientists and science to artists. Solid science journalism with an essayist's flair." Kirkus Reviews "Entertaining and enlightening." New York Magazine "Precocious and engaging . . . Lehrer is smart, and there are some fun moments in these pages." --D. T. Max The New York Times Book Review "His book marks the arrival of an important new thinker . . . wise and fresh." --Jesse Cohen The Los Angeles Times "Lehrer writes skillfully and coherently about both art and science." --Gregory Kirschling Entertainment Weekly, "Jonah Lehrer provides a fresh and unique look at eight of the artists who define modern culture." --Billy Collins, former poet laureate "In this book, Jonah Lehrer shows us brilliantly that the process of cooking is more than chemistry." --Jacques Pepin "In this intriguing reflection . . . both art and science are freshly conceived." --Howard Gardner "Lehrer puts current neuroscience to a fine use -- ancestor worship -- and in the process gives us a delightful, thoughtful read." --Antonio Damasio, author of Descartes' Error "Brilliantly illustrated . . . amazing . . . [Jonah Lehrer's] clear and vivid writing--incisive and thoughtful, yet sensitive and modest--is a special pleasure." --Oliver Sacks "Writing with effortless brilliance and astonishing clarity, Jonah Lehrer gives us . . . a beautiful book: I was enthralled by it." --Robert D. Richardson, author of William James (winner of the Bancroft Prize) and Emerson "Jonah Lehrer in Proust was a Neuroscientist, brilliantly, playfully, and precociously shows how artistic perception often anticipates scientific discovery." --Michael Collier "This is a delightful little book . . . fun to read and thought provoking." --Joseph LeDoux, New York University, author of The Emotional Brain and Synaptic Self "Comes close to exemplifying . . . a unified "third culture" in which science and literature can co-exist as peaceful, complementary equals." Publishers Weekly "Pleasingly fluent . . . [introduces] art to scientists and science to artists. Solid science journalism with an essayist's flair." Kirkus Reviews "Entertaining and enlightening." New York Magazine "Precocious and engaging . . . Lehrer is smart, and there are some fun moments in these pages." --D. T. Max The New York Times Book Review "His book marks the arrival of an important new thinker . . . wise and fresh." --Jesse Cohen The Los Angeles Times "Lehrer writes skillfully and coherently about both art and science." --Gregory Kirschling Entertainment Weekly, "Jonah Lehrer provides a fresh and unique look at eight of the artists who define modern culture." --Billy Collins, former poet laureate In this book, Jonah Lehrer shows us brilliantly that the process of cooking is more than chemistry." --Jacques Pepin In this intriguing reflection . . . both art and science are freshly conceived." --Howard Gardner "Lehrer puts current neuroscience to a fine use -- ancestor worship -- and in the process gives us a delightful, thoughtful read." --Antonio Damasio, author of Descartes' Error "Brilliantly illustrated . . . amazing . . . [Jonah Lehrer's] clear and vivid writing--incisive and thoughtful, yet sensitive and modest--is a special pleasure." --Oliver Sacks "Writing with effortless brilliance and astonishing clarity, Jonah Lehrer gives us . . . a beautiful book: I was enthralled by it." --Robert D. Richardson, author of William James (winner of the Bancroft Prize) and Emerson "Jonah Lehrer in Proust was a Neuroscientist, brilliantly, playfully, and precociously shows how artistic perception often anticipates scientific discovery." --Michael Collier "This is a delightful little book . . . fun to read and thought provoking." --Joseph LeDoux, New York University, author of The Emotional Brain and Synaptic Self "Comes close to exemplifying . . . a unified third culture" in which science and literature can co-exist as peaceful, complementary equals." Publishers Weekly "Pleasingly fluent . . . [introduces] art to scientists and science to artists. Solid science journalism with an essayist's flair." Kirkus Reviews "Entertaining and enlightening." New York Magazine "Precocious and engaging . . . Lehrer is smart, and there are some fun moments in these pages." --D. T. Max The New York Times Book Review "His book marks the arrival of an important new thinker . . . wise and fresh." --Jesse Cohen The Los Angeles Times "Lehrer writes skillfully and coherently about both art and science." --Gregory Kirschling Entertainment Weekly, His book marks the arrival of an important new thinker, who finds in the science and the arts wonder and beauty, and with equal confidence says wise and fresh things about both., "Jonah Lehrer provides a fresh and unique look at eight of the artists who define modern culture." --Billy Collins, former poet laureate eoeIn this book, Jonah Lehrer shows us brilliantly that the process of cooking is more than chemistry." --Jacques Pepin eoeIn this intriguing reflection . . . both art and science are freshly conceived.e --Howard Gardner "Lehrer puts current neuroscience to a fine use -- ancestor worship -- and in the process gives us a delightful, thoughtful read.e --Antonio Damasio, author of Descartes' Error "Brilliantly illustrated . . . amazing . . . [Jonah Lehrer's] clear and vivid writing--incisive and thoughtful, yet sensitive and modest--is a special pleasure." --Oliver Sacks "Writing with effortless brilliance and astonishing clarity, Jonah Lehrer gives us . . . a beautiful book: I was enthralled by it." --Robert D. Richardson, author of William James (winner of the Bancroft Prize) and Emerson "Jonah Lehrer in Proust was a Neuroscientist, brilliantly, playfully, and precociously shows how artistic perception often anticipates scientific discovery." --Michael Collier "This is a delightful little book . . . fun to read and thought provoking." --Joseph LeDoux, New York University, author of The Emotional Brain and Synaptic Self "Comes close to exemplifying . . . a unified eoethird culturee in which science and literature can co-exist as peaceful, complementary equals." Publishers Weekly "Pleasingly fluent . . . [introduces] art to scientists and science to artists. Solid science journalism with an essayist's flair." Kirkus Reviews "Entertaining and enlightening." New York Magazine "Precocious and engaging . . . Lehrer is smart, and there are some fun moments in these pages." --D. T. Max The New York Times Book Review "His book marks the arrival of an important new thinker . . . wise and fresh." --Jesse Cohen The Los Angeles Times "Lehrer writes skillfully and coherently about both art and science." --Gregory Kirschling Entertainment Weekly
