Click here to watch David’s talk on possibilianism at PopTech. Executive director Andrew Zolli wrote: “This is one of the best talks ever at PopTech. Everyone should watch this.”
Category Archives: Newsflash
How the Internet will save civilization
David’s iPad app “Why the Net Matters, or Six Ways to Avert the Collapse of Civilization” was recently called a “superbook” by the New York Times Magazine. For a taste of the argument, read David’s article in WIRED or watch a video of his talk at the Long Now Foundation. Don’ …
continue reading
Why the Net Matters on BBC Today
Listen to an interview on BBC’s Today Programme regarding the new iPad book Why the Net Matters.
Why The Net Matters gets great review in Culturemap
Why the Net Matters was given a test drive at Culturemap.
New Yorker magazine profile
Read a profile of David in The New Yorker: The Possibilian: What a brush with death taught David Eagleman about the mysteries of time and the brain by Burkhard Bilger.
Guggenheim Fellowship
David has been named a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. He will use the fellowship opportunity to pursue the genetics and neuroimaging of synesthesia.
New York Times bestseller
A 26 week New York Times bestseller, Incognito was named a Best Book of the Year by both Amazon and Goodreads. For a taste of the book, see a review in the Wall Street Journal, listen to a conversation on NPR’s Fresh Air, or watch a video dialog with Wired Magazine. Reading Incognito now? …
continue reading
The secret life of the lab
Want to know more about the inner workings of a neuroscience lab? Watch a video profile of David and his students on NOVA Science Now.
Neurolaw: The Brain on Trial
Want to know how neuroscience will force major changes in our criminal justice system? Read David’s article The Brain on Trial in The Atlantic. Anthologized in 2012 Best American Science and Nature Writing.
Synesthesia book wins the Montaigne Medal
Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia has been awarded the Montaigne Medal, Eric Hoffer Award for Books.