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New & Notable Nonfiction: March 2012

THE AGE OF INSIGHT by Eric Kandel
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by Eric Kandel
"A transformative work that joins the hands of Art and Science and makes them acknowledge their close kinship."
In a polymathic performance, a Nobel laureate weaves together the theories and practices of neuroscience, art and psychology to show how our creative brains perceive and engage art—and are consequently moved by it. Read full book review >
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