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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100452295548

ISBN-139780452295544

eBay Product ID (ePID)70960488

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Book TitleMy Stroke of Insight : a Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLife Sciences / Neuroscience, Diseases / Nervous System (Incl. Brain), Healing, Medical, Science & Technology

Publication Year2009

GenreHealth & Fitness, Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorJill Bolte Taylor

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight5.8 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Reviews"Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world." -ABC News "[Dr. Taylor] brings a deep personal understanding to something she long studied: that the two lobes of the brain have very different personalities." -The New York Times "Fascinating...invaluable...fearless...This book is about the wonder of being human." -Robert Koehler, Tribune Media Services, Transformative…[Taylor’s] experience…will shatter [your] own perception of the world.” —ABC News [Dr. Taylor] brings a deep personal understanding to something she long studied: that the two lobes of the brain have very different personalities.” —The New York Times Fascinating…invaluable…fearless…This book is about the wonder of being human.” —Robert Koehler, Tribune Media Services, "Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world." - ABC News "[Dr. Taylor] brings a deep personal understanding to something she long studied: that the two lobes of the brain have very different personalities." - The New York Times "Fascinating...invaluable...fearless...This book is about the wonder of being human." -Robert Koehler, Tribune Media Services, "Transformative...[Taylor''s] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world." - ABC News "[Dr. Taylor] brings a deep personal understanding to something she long studied: that the two lobes of the brain have very different personalities." - The New York Times "Fascinating...invaluable...fearless...This book is about the wonder of being human." -Robert Koehler, Tribune Media Services, "Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world." -- ABC News "[Dr. Taylor] brings a deep personal understanding to something she long studied: that the two lobes of the brain have very different personalities." -- The New York Times "Fascinating...invaluable...fearless...This book is about the wonder of being human." -- Robert Koehler, Tribune Media Services

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal362.196/810092 B

SynopsisThe astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life-all within four hours-Taylor alternated between the euphoria of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace, and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized she was having a stroke and enabled her to seek help before she was completely lost. It would take her eight years to fully recover. For Taylor, her stroke was a blessing and a revelation. It taught her that by "stepping to the right" of our left brains, we can uncover feelings of well-being that are often sidelined by "brain chatter." Reaching wide audiences through her talk at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference and her appearance on Oprah's online Soul Series , Taylor provides a valuable recovery guide for those touched by brain injury and an inspiring testimony that inner peace is accessible to anyone., "Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world." --ABC News The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life-all within four hours-Taylor alternated between the euphoria of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace, and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized she was having a stroke and enabled her to seek help before she was completely lost. It would take her eight years to fully recover. For Taylor, her stroke was a blessing and a revelation. It taught her that by "stepping to the right" of our left brains, we can uncover feelings of well-being that are often sidelined by "brain chatter." Reaching wide audiences through her talk at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference and her appearance on Oprah's online Soul Series , Taylor provides a valuable recovery guide for those touched by brain injury and an inspiring testimony that inner peace is accessible to anyone.