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A review by lmw_
The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human by V.S. Ramachandran
4.0
This book is packed with amazing information; concepts, theories, ideas I haven't read about in the (some five) other neuroscience books I'd read.
Ramachandaran ventures upon interesting subjects but, yes there's a but, his style of writing isn't my favorite, to say the least. He uses the same phrases over and over again. He is also somewhat contradictory in some parts of the book which left me quite lost and confused. His tone and style of writing isn't the best out there and that really affected my reading experience negatively. It took me ages to finish this book and when I was reading it I just wanted to put it down and do something else, it also led me to writing this review (this is my first review and isn't really a negative).
On a much happier note though, the information in this book is priceless. I learned so much from this book and it really opened my eyes about some things; for example, the "brain science" of art. An amazing aspect of his writing is how he points out what is a hypothesis and not an actual fact, a necessity many science writers fail to mention. Also, while I found some of Ramachandaran's comments unnecessary, many of them made me giggle.
So yeah I guess (way to be formal, Lana!)
Ramachandaran ventures upon interesting subjects but, yes there's a but, his style of writing isn't my favorite, to say the least. He uses the same phrases over and over again. He is also somewhat contradictory in some parts of the book which left me quite lost and confused. His tone and style of writing isn't the best out there and that really affected my reading experience negatively. It took me ages to finish this book and when I was reading it I just wanted to put it down and do something else, it also led me to writing this review (this is my first review and isn't really a negative).
On a much happier note though, the information in this book is priceless. I learned so much from this book and it really opened my eyes about some things; for example, the "brain science" of art. An amazing aspect of his writing is how he points out what is a hypothesis and not an actual fact, a necessity many science writers fail to mention. Also, while I found some of Ramachandaran's comments unnecessary, many of them made me giggle.
So yeah I guess (way to be formal, Lana!)