“How can a three-pound mass of jelly that you can hold in your palm imagine angels, contemplate the meaning of infinity, and even question its own place in the cosmos? Especially awe inspirin...”
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**V. S. Ramachandran** is the director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Distinguished Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego. The author of *Phantoms in the Brain*, he is a member of *Newsweek*'s "Century Club"-the hundred most important people to watch this century. He lives in Del Mar, California.