A World Appears

Pollan has one of the most inquisitive and accommodating minds in the higher journalism of ourtime… A World Appears is a big, generous, illuminating and beautifully written inquiry into the essence of our being-in-the-world, of being, simply, alive – John Banville * Financial Times *Lucid and impassioned… a fabulous and mind-expanding exploration of consciousness… bridging both science and the humanities, Pollan mines neuroscientific research, philosophy, literature and his own mind, searching for different ways to think about being – Edward Posnett * Guardian *Razor-sharp, reassuringly sceptical, sensitive and grounded… you could not hope for a more judicious or readable summary of the scientific state of affairs – James McConnachie * Sunday Times *

Michael Pollan is an award-winning author, activist, and journalist. His international best-selling books about the way we live today - including How to Change Your Mind, This Is Your Mind on Plants, In Defence of Food, and The Omnivore’s Dilemma - combine meticulous reporting with anthropology, philosophy, culture, health, and natural history. Time Magazine has named him one of the hundred most influential people in the world. He lives in the Bay Area of California with his wife.