The Kingdom of Infinite Space

"The Kingdom of Infinite Space" is a journey around the part of our anatomy to which we feel most attached: our heads. In this unique combination of biological science and philosophical interrogation, Raymond Tallis takes the head apart, piece by piece, in search of the place where our souls, and consciousness, reside.From the act of blushing and the amount of manganese in our tears (tears of pain contain more than tears of distress) to the curiousness of a kiss, "The Kingdom of Infinite Space" explores the astonishing range of activities that go on inside our heads, most of which are entirely beyond our control. After escorting his readers on a fantastic voyage through every chamber of the head and brain, Raymond Tallis demonstrates that not only does consciousness not reside between our ears, but that our heads are infinitely cleverer than we are.

ISBN 1843546698   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781843546696 (What's this?)   Pages 400 Publisher Atlantic Books   Published in London Imprint Atlantic Books   Height (mm) 234 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 156 Publication date 01 Apr 2008   Academic level General DEWEY 128.2

1		Facing Up to the Head		1
2		The Secreting Head		16
		First Explicitly Philosophical Digression: Being My Head		45
3		The Head Comes To		51
4		Airhead: Breathing and Its Variations		65
5		Communicating With Air		90
		Second Explicitly Philosophical Digression: Enjoying and Suffering My Head		99
6		Communicating Without Air		102
7		Notes on the Red-Cheeked Animal: The Geology of a Blush		116
8		The Watchtower		129
9		The Sensory Room		156
		Third Explicitly Philosophical Digression: Having and Using My Head		180
10		Head Traffic: Eating, Vomiting and Smoking		186
11		Head on Head: Notes on Kissing		202
12		Headgear		211
		Fourth Explicitly Philosophical Digression: Caretaking My Head		222
13		In the Wars		226
14		The Dwindles		236
		Final Explicitly Philosophical Digression: Knowing (and Not Knowing) My Head		257
15		Head and World		260
16		The Thinking Head		274
		Epilogue: Heading Off		288
		Notes		293
		Index		313

"'Tallis has a range of expertise that would leave Jonathan Miller gasping.' Sunday Times 'Riveting' The Times 'Professor Tallis is a brilliant man' Sunday Telegraph 'This is a brilliant tract against the times' Frank Field, Spectator"

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