One Hand Clapping by Nikolay Kukushkin HARDBACK 9781493090648

One Hand Clapping: Unravelling the Mystery of the Human Mindby Nikolay Kukushkin (Author) 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (52)\n\u2018Brilliant, bold and beautifully articulated\u2019 Karl J. Friston, Professor of Neuroscience, University College London\n\uFEFFNeuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin reveals the miracle by which consciousness evolved out of the natural world, from the birth of the cell to the majesty of our modern minds.\nScience says that you are nothing but a chemical reaction \u2013 a collection of atoms and molecules \u2013 like rocks, paperclips and everything else in the physical universe. But if that\u2019s so, where is the place in this world for your consciousness? In a word, why does it feel so special to be you?\nLike the Zen Buddhist riddle pondering the imponderable \u2013 the sound of a single hand clapping \u2013 this book asks the seemingly unanswerable question of how the human mind came to exist within the material world. In sear.