Into the magic shop

About this book

The author relates how a chance encounter in a magic shop with a woman who taught him exercises to ease his sufferings and manifest his greatest desires gave him a glimpse of the relationship between the brain and the heart, and drove him to explore the neuroscience of compassion and altruism.

Subjects

  • altruism
  • autobiographies
  • biography
  • caring
  • compassion
  • mind and body
  • neurosurgeons
  • neurosurgery
  • new york times bestseller
  • nyt:science=2016-03-13
  • surgeons, biography