MindReal: How the Mind Creates Its Own Virtual Reality

by Robert E. Ornstein, Ted Dewan (Illustrator)

Overview

This is a book that shows, in simple detail, one of the most startling findings of modern science: We don't experience the world as it is, but as virtual reality. And while much of the latest scientific work demonstrates this, as do many of the classical psychological illusions, it is an important meeting point for students of the mind, brain, philosophy and religion because, as we can now see in light of this book, all these disciplines begin at the same place. This is not an abstruse treatise, but part graphic novel and part direct address. It allows the reader a breakthrough understanding of the mind which is not available anywhere else. It is, in part, a summa of Dr. Ornstein's research and writing of the past 35 years (with pieces of, and references to, many of his works) as well as a seminal introduction to new readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781953292247
Publisher:	Malor Books
Publication date:	04/08/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	174
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Considered one of the foremost experts on the brain, Robert Ornstein was an internationally renowned psychologist and author of more than 20 books on the nature of the human mind and brain and their relationship to thought, health, and individual and social consciousness. Perhaps best known for his pioneering research on the bilateral specialization of the brain, Ornstein continually emphasized the necessity of "conscious evolution" and the potential role of the right hemisphere in expanding our horizons to meet the challenges of the 21st century. He taught at Stanford University, Harvard University and the University of California, San Francisco. His books have sold over six million copies worldwide, have been translated into dozens of languages and used in more than 20,000 university classes. He founded the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge (ISHK) in 1969 and served as its president until his death in December of 2018.
Ted Dewan received his degree in engineering from Brown University in 1983 and taught physics at Milton Academy in Boston. Now living in London, his illustrations have appeared in The Times, The Guardian, and The Independent. He is best known as a children's author/illustrator and has received the Mother Goose Award as well as being shortlisted for The Kurt Maschler and The Kate Greenaway Awards. He has also created the website wormworks.com.