Being You

A GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES AND BLOOMBERG BOOK OF THE YEAR

I loved it.MICHAEL POLLAN
Fascinating.FINANCIAL TIMES
Awe-inspring.NEW STATESMAN
Brilliant.CLAIRE TOMALIN, NEW YORK TIMES
A brilliant beast of a book.DAVID BYRNE
Hugely important.JIM AL-KHALILI
Gripping.ALEX GARLAND
Masterly . . . Vast-ranging, phenomenal.GAIA VINCE, GUARDIAN


Anil Seths radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology.

Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experience. How does this happen? Why do we experience life in the first person? After over twenty years researching the brain, world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth puts forward a radical new theory of consciousness and self. His unique theory of what it means to be you challenges our understanding of perception and reality and it turns what you thought you knew about yourself on its head.

Seth thinks clearly and sharply on one of the hardest problems of science and philosophy, cutting through weeds with a scientists mind and a storytellers skill.
ADAM RUTHERFORD

A page-turner and a mind-blower . . . Beautifully written, crystal clear, deeply insightful.
DAVID EAGLEMAN

If you read one book about conciousness, it must be Seths.
JULIAN BAGGINI, WALL STREET JOURNAL