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A profound and provocative work that proposes that alphabetic literally rewired the brain and changed culture, religion, and history--from the acclaimed author of "Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light."t.

A profound and provocative work that proposes that alphabetic literally rewired the brain and changed culture, religion, and history--from the acclaimed author of "Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light."t.

Art interprets the visible world, while physics charts its unseen workings--making the two realms seem completely opposed. But in Art & Physics, Shlain tracks their breakthroughs side by side throughout history to reveal an astonishing correlation of visions. He explores art's strange clairvoyance by invoking evolutionary theory, split-brain research, philosophy and mythology. Photos and illustrations.

Explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius"--

Bestselling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy (yes), and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius. Shlain shows that no other person in human history has excelled in so many different areas as Da Vinci and he peels back the lay...

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Explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius.

This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values. Writing drove cultures toward line...

Curator Surls has selected artists whose works are evocative in their diversity of scale, medium, and motivation. Collectively they expand the boundaries of the conscious and unconscious, equalizing the balance of opposite forces.

Shlain offers carefully reasoned and certain-to-be-controversial discussions on subjects such as menses, orgasm, masturbation, menopause, circumcision, male aggression, the evolution of language, homosexuality, and the origin of marriage.