A World Appears - A Journey into Consciousness

From the #1 When it comes to the phenomenon that is consciousness, there is one point on which scientists, philosophers, and artists all agree: that it feels When neuroscientists began studying consciousness in the early 1990s, they sought to explain how and why three pounds of spongy grey matter could generate a subjective point of view--assuming that the brain is the source of our felt reality. Pollan takes us to the cutting edge of the field, where scientists are entertaining more radical (and less materialist) theories of consciousness. He introduces us to “plant neurobiologists” searching for the first flicker of consciousness in plants; scientists striving to engineer feelings into AI, and psychologists and novelists seeking to capture the felt experience of our slippery stream of consciousness. In Pollan’s dazzling exploration of consciousness, he discovers a world far deeper and stranger than our everyday reality. Eye-opening and mind-expanding,

Product details

• Authors: Michael Pollan, Pollan Michael
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 24.02.2026
• EAN: 9781984881991
• ISBN: 978-1-984881-99-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Philosophy of Mind, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, SCIENCE / Cognitive Science, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Cognitive studies, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Cognitive Science