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The Age of Insight is a wonderfully written and superbly researched book that provides a foundation for future work in neuroscience and the humanities. This is an extraordinary book from an international leader in neuroscience and intellectual history.

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A brilliant book by Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind—our conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions—and how mind and brain relate to art.

At the turn of the century, Vienna was the cultural capital of Europe. Artists and scientists met in glittering salons, where they freely exchanged ideas that led to revolutionary breakthroughs in psychology, brain science, literature, and art. Kandel takes us into the world of Vienna to trace, in rich and rewarding detail, the ideas and advances made then, and their enduring influence today.

The Age of Insight

The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present

Author Eric R. Kandel

Narrated by James Anderson Foster

Publication date Jun 5, 2018

Running time 16 hrs 10 min

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