04189cam a2200661 4500 2689962016 TxAuBib 20260227120000.0 ||||||s2026||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798217283385 9ab2c3e7-e097-4a5e-9adc-b7fd1725445a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 12327353 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Pollan, Michael. A World Appears [Bridges Audiobook] : A Journey into Consciousness. Books on Tape, 2026. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 241MB. biographies of famous people. science books for adults. science gifts for adults. How To Change Your Mind. cognitive neuroscience. michael pollan books. michael pollen books. consciousness books. consciousness book. omnivore's dilemma. Cognitive science. philosophy books. autobiographies. consciousness. Autobiography. science books. science gifts. Neuroscience. science book. mathematics. biographies. philosophy. psychology. Education. Biography. conscious. Neurology. self help. Physics. Science. Biology. memory. brain. HTML:<b>Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by <i>The New York Times, TIME,</i> and <i>Oprah Daily</i><br /> From the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>How to Change Your Mind</i>, a panoptic exploration of consciousness—what it is, who has it, and why—and a meditation on the essence of our humanity</b><br /> When it comes to the phenomenon that is consciousness, there is one point on which scientists, philosophers, and artists all agree: it feels <i>like</i> something to be us. Yet the fact that we have subjective experience of the world remains one of nature’s greatest mysteries. How is it that our mental operations are accompanied by feelings, thoughts, and a sense of self? What would a scientific investigation of our inner life look like, when we have as little distance and perspective on it as fish do of the sea? In <i>A World Appears</i>, Michael Pollan traces the unmapped continent that is consciousness, bringing radically different perspectives—scientific, philosophical, literary, spiritual and psychedelic—to see what each can teach us about this central fact of life.<br /> When neuroscientists began studying consciousness in the early 1990s, they sought to explain how and why three pounds of spongy gray matter could generate a subjective point of view—assuming that the brain is the source of our perceived reality. Pollan takes us to the cutting edge of the field, where scientists are entertaining more radical (and less materialist) theories of consciousness. He introduces us to “plant neurobiologists” searching for the first flicker of consciousness in plants, scientists striving to engineer feelings into AI, and psychologists and novelists seeking to capture the felt experience of our slippery stream of consciousness.<br /> In Pollan’s dazzling exploration of consciousness, he discovers a world far deeper and stranger than our everyday reality. Eye-opening and mind-expanding, <i>A World Appears</i> takes us into the laboratories of our own minds, ultimately showing us how we might make better use of the gift of awareness to more meaningfully connect with the world and our deepest selves. Biography & Autobiography. Philosophy. Nonfiction. Science. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-02-25 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9ab2c3e7-e097-4a5e-9adc-b7fd1725445a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)