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A review by iffer
Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer
3.0
I liked this book, but I can't say that it was riveting non-fiction. I enjoyed this novel if only because it was invigorating/enlightening/empowering/encouraging to be reminded that it is possible to arrive at Truth, and achieve meaning in life and work regardless of the avenue taken.
The scientist in me wished that more was presented about recent neuroscience research and that the science was more clearly intertwined/related to the information about the various artists' lives. Much of the time I felt like I was reading discrete blocks of information: a quickie bio of a person followed by a block about the time period in which they lived for context finally followed by a smaller block about "recent discoveries."
The scientist in me wished that more was presented about recent neuroscience research and that the science was more clearly intertwined/related to the information about the various artists' lives. Much of the time I felt like I was reading discrete blocks of information: a quickie bio of a person followed by a block about the time period in which they lived for context finally followed by a smaller block about "recent discoveries."