A lively collection of literature science & art delving into the mysteries of human consciousness with a new introduction by Mark Haddon published to coincide with a major exhibition at Wellcome Collection in 2016 " The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy & vague Who shall say where the one ends & where the other begins?" Edgar Allan Poe Understanding the nature of consciousness continues to challenge even our leading scientists & psychologists Yet we all experience some form of consciousness & make daily journeys between different conscious states as we sleep & wake Through the eyes of writers artists scientists & philoso-phers States of Mind explores the meaning of consciousness & in particular the nature of interrupted or liminal conscious experiences such as somnambulism synaesthesia & disorders of memory These diverse
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Includes:: works by Jane Austen Samuel Taylor Coleridge Arthur Conan Doyle Francis Crick Rene Descartes Emily Dickinson H L Gold Franz Kafka H P Lovecraft Marcel Proust Mary Shelley Henry David Thoreau Alan Turing H G Wells & Emile Zola WELLCOME COLLECTIONWellcome Collection is a free museum & library that aims to challenge how we think & feel about health Inspired by the medical objects & curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome it connects science medicine life & art Wellcome Collection exhibitions events & books explore a diverse range of subjects including consciousness forensic medicine emotions sexology identity & death Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive funding over 14000 researchers & projects in more than 70 countries wellcomecollectionorg