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The Man Who Tasted Shapes (Bradford Books) [Kindle Edition]

Richard E. Cytowic (Author), Jonathan Cole (Foreword)

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"Space constraints prevent me from giving more than a mere flavour of the richness of Cytowic's thinking. With broad sweeps, he outlines a new landscape. . . . Read this book--and the more objective you think you are, the more open-minded you will need to be to appreciate it."--"The New Scientist"

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"Cytowic brings all the imagination of a novelist to bear on his exploration of synesthesia." Glyn Maxwell Vogue (European edition) "With broad sweeps, [Cytowic] outlines a new landscape... read this book." Jennifer Altman New Scientist "...written on a personal level that allows the reader to explore the psychic phenomenon of synesthesia with the author." Anthony L. Vaccarino Contemporary Psychology

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 4400 KB
Print Length: 296 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0262532557
Publisher: A Bradford Book (17 Feb 1994)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B00194CY5A
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #302,114 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Fantastically interesting 3 Dec 2001

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Format:Paperback

He starts small - describing an interesting phenomenon and slowly builds up to challenging the method of science and so called objectivism. I was very impressed by his reasoning, which is clevery revealing foundations of scientific conventions and our culture of beliving anything that appears "proven". Remarkable. Well-written, unputdownable.

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More Grey Areas 8 Dec 2004

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Format:Paperback

I first read this book about a decade ago, when renewed interest in synaesthesia brought it back into the light of day.
It was great to reacquaint myself it.
Cytowic has quite a disarming style of writing that keeps you thirsting for more information - and he rarely disappoints.
As you read the free flowing prose you naturally find yourself asking more and more questions. Unusually for this type of study, the author manages to oblige you with the answers more often than not; then, infuriatingly, pose some others that you hadn't thought of in the first place!
More than just a good book about synaesthesia, this is simply just a good book.
I would recommend this title to anyone with or without an experience of the condition. It is informative and uniformly fascinating. You will care far more about Cytowic's 'characters' than you ever would about John Grisham's or Jilly Cooper's.

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Fantasticly interesting read 8 Sep 2001

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This book is one of the most interesting books I have ever read. It is an insight in to not only a remarkable condition but also the very make up of the human brain as well. The book is a story of one mans curiousity and determinism.

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Michael Watson, for example, described the taste of mint as "cool glass columns." But what does he really mean by this? His description might lead you to assume that he is being poetic or using metaphor. He is not. He is giving a verbal interpretation of a sensory experience. &quote;

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"When I taste something with an intense flavor," Michael continued, "the feeling sweeps down my arm into my fingertips. I feel it-its weight, its texture, whether it's warm or cold, everything. I feel it like I'm actually grasping something." &quote;

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People with synesthesia have their senses hooked together," I started to explain. "They can hear colors or feel sounds. Yours is-well, it looks like you taste shapes." &quote;

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