The Runaway Species: How human creativity remakes the world

Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman seek to answer the question: what lies at the heart of humanity’s ability—and drive—to create?Our ability to remake our world is unique among all living things. Together, they incisively explore how individuals, organizations, and educational institutions can benefit from fostering creativity, while celebrating humanity’s unique ability to remake the world.The Runaway Species is a deep-dive into the creative mind, a celebration of the human spirit, and a vision of how we can improve our future by understanding and embracing our ability to innovate. By drawing out what creative acts have in common and viewing them through the lens of cutting-edge n

It is also full of touching moments and glorious wit of the sort one only hopes will be in copious supply on the other side." —The New York Times "Neuroscientist Eagleman offers 40 fates that may await us in the afterlife. On every page there is a revelation so fantastic as to make one gasp. structured around crucial and wide-ranging questions, saturated with personal and social relevance. If neuroscience had a rock legend this would be him." —Ruby Wax . Eagleman comes closer than anyone to solving the mystery of how to find the self inside the grey electric mush between our ears." —Stephen Fry "David Eagleman makes it easy to comprehend the most complex collectio

Anthony Brandt is a composer and professor at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. He is the writer and host of the Emmy-nominated PBS television series The Brain. He has co-authored papers on music cognition published in the journals Frontiers and Brain Connectivity. Eagleman is an adjunct professor at Stanford University, a Guggenheim fellow, and the director of the Center for Science and Law. He is