A pioneering exploration of the differences between the brains right and left hemispheres and their effects on society, history, and cultureone of the few contemporary works deserving classic status(Nicholas Shakespeare, Times, UK)Persuasively argues that our society is suffering from the consequences of an over-dominant left hemisphere losing touch with its natural regulativemasterthe right. Brilliant and disturbing.Salley Vickers, a Guardian Best Book of the YearI know of no better exposition of the current state of functional brain neuroscience.W. F. Bynum, Times Literary Supplement Why is the brain divided? The difference between right and left hemispheres has been puzzled over for centuries. Drawing upon a vast body of brain research, the renowned psychiatrist, author, and thinker Iain McGilchrist reveals that the difference between the two sides is profoundtwo whole, coherent, but incompatible ways of experiencing the world. The detail-oriented left hemisphere