The Man Who Wasn't There

Anil Ananthaswamy offers an intimate look at the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia autism Alzheimer’s disease and Cotard’s syndrome among others to reveal the power of the human sense of self. Extensive in-depth interviews venture into the lives of individuals who offer remarkable and sometimes heart-wrenching insights. One man cut off his own leg. Another became one with the universe. Where in the brain or mind or body is the self actually located? As Ananthaswamy reports neuroscientists now themselves see that the elusive sense of self is both everywhere and nowhere in the brain. The Man Who Wasn’t There takes readers on an emotional scientific and intellectual journey arriving at a new visceral understanding of something we have wondered about since humans existed.