“One could ask for no better guide... compelling, wide-ranging tour.” - Daniel Henninger
“[Readers] will enjoy the science he unravels.” - Floyd E. Bloom
“Wonderfully smart and often funny...I recommend [HUMAN] highly. This book combines succinct views of how we became the amazing animals that we are, the biological bases of morality, and some atonishing futurology.” - Titlepage.tv
“As wide-ranging as it is deep, and as entertaining as it is informative, the latest offering from University of California at Santa Barbara neuroscientist Gazzaniga (The Ethical Brain) will please a diverse array of readers.” - Washington Examiner
“Sweeping, erudite and humorous. . . If you are looking for one book that gives you a Cook’s Tour of the human brain, where it came from and where it is heading, this would be an excellent choice.” - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“...[A] shimmering new book...[Gazzaniga] explains the latest findings from the sciences of mind and brain in a coherent and satisfying narrative. This is the place to look to learn about our best scientific understanding of what it means to be human.” - Steven Pinker, author of THE LANGUAGE INSTINCT and HOW THE MIND WORKS
“Brilliantly written and utterly fascinating. Gazzaniga stands as a giant among neuroscientists, for both the quality of his research and his ability to communicate it to a general public with infectious enthusiasm.” - Robert Bazell, Chief Science Correspondent, NBC News
“Readers of Gazzaniga’s intriguing insights into the realm of neuroscience are certain to have their consciousnesses pleasantly piqued in numerous ways.” - Saturday Evening Post
“A savvy, witty guide to neuroscience today.” - Kirkus Reviews
“The book is an intellectual romp through the cognitive neurosciences . . . a rich testimony to the incredible accomplishments of the human brain in coming to understand itself.” - New York Sun
“In this book, Gazzaniga uses science AND some truly engaging, witty writing to explain us to us.” - CNBC.com
“Gazzaniga, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara (and one of the inventors of the field), takes us on a lively tour through the latest research on brain evolution.” - New York Times Book Review
“Michael Gazzaniga shares his considerable insight... compelling, and at the same time, clear.” - Dr. Steven E. Hyman
“Gazzaniga is one of the founders of the field of cognitive neuroscience... full of dazzling insights... engaging.”-- - V.S. Ramachandran
“As wide-ranging as it is deep, and as entertaining as it is informative, [Human] will please a diverse array of readers. [Gazzaniga] is adept at aiding even the scientifically unsophisticated to grasp his arguments about what separates humans from other animals.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“As wide-ranging as it is deep, and as entertaining as it is informative, the latest offering from UC–Santa Barbara neuroscientist Gazzaniga (The Ethical Brain) will please a diverse array of readers. - Publishers Weekly (starred review)