The Chronicle Review (3/30/12): THE AGE OF INSIGHT

“[A] stunning achievement. . . . ”—Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education,

Harvard Graduate School of Education

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THE AGE OF INSIGHT The Quest to Understand theUnconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain,from Vienna 1900 to the Presentby Eric R. KandelRandom House | HC | 978-1-4000-6871-5 | 656pp. | $40.00Also available in e-Book: 978-1-58836-930-7 | $17.99

Abrilliant new book byNobel Prize winner

Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes readers to Vienna1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began arevolution that changed forever how we think about thehuman mind—our conscious and unconscious thoughtsand emotions—and how mind and brain relate to ourunderstanding of art. Superbly written by one of theleading scientific thinkers of our time, the book hasalready been praised by Oliver Sacks as “a tour-de-forcethat sets the stage for a twenty-first century understand-ing of the human mind in all its richness and diversity.”

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“A fascinating meditation on the interplay among art,psychology and brain science. The author . . . [calls] for a new,interdisciplinary approach to understanding the mind, one thatcombines the humanities with the natural and social sciences.”

—Scientific American

“A polymathic performance. . . . A transformative work that joins the hands of Art and Science and makes them

acknowledge their close kinship.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred)

“A fascinating synthesis of art, history, and science that is alsoaccessible to the general reader. A distinctive and important title

that is also a pleasure to read.” —Library Journal (starred)

“Eric Kandel has created a masterpiece, synthesizing brain, mind, and art like no one has before.”

—Joseph LeDoux, Professor of Neuroscience at NYU and author of The Emotional Brain and Synaptic Self

ERIC R. KANDEL is University Professor andKavli Professor at Columbia University and aSenior Investigator at the Howard HughesMedical Institute. Kandel is founding directorof the Center for Neurobiology and Behaviorat Columbia University, and recipient of the2000 Nobel Prize for his work on memorystorage in the brain. He is the author of In

Search of Memory, winner of a Los Angeles Times Book Award,and co-author of Principles of Neural Science, the standardtextbook in the field.

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