The Science of Fate
The New Science of Who We Are - And How to Shape our Best Future
$66.35
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
2 May 2019
Summary
So many of us believe that we are free to shape our own destiny. But what if free will doesn’t exist? What if our lives are largely predetermined, hardwired in our brains - and our choices over what we eat, who we fall in love with, even what we believe are not real choices at all?
Neuroscience is challenging everything we think we know about ourselves, revealing how we make decisions and form our own reality, unaware of the role of our unconscious minds. Did you know, for example, th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473659285 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473659280 |
| Author: | Hannah Critchlow |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 2 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 462g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 162mm x 26mm |
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‘It’s been the question that has inspired, stultified and petrified humanity across the millennia. What is our fate? From the goddess Nemesis to the theory of free will we’ve struggled. Until now. Acute, mind-opening, highly accessible - this book doesn’t just explain how our lives might pan out, it helps us live better.’ – Bettany Hughes‘A humane and highly readable account of the neuroscience that underpins our ideas of free will and fate’ – Professor David Runciman‘A truly fascinating - if unnerving - read’ * The Telegraph *
About The Author
Hannah Critchlow
Dr Hannah Critchlow is the Science Outreach Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, and has been named a Top 100 UK Scientist by the Science Council for her work in science communication. Mentioned by Nature magazine as a rising star in the life sciences in 2019, she is listed as one of the University of Cambridge’s ‘inspirational and successful women in science’ and appears regularly on TV, radio and at festivals to discuss and explore the brain.
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