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HELEN THOMSON
BOOKS
"Helen is the science teacher you wish you'd had at school."
- The Times, Book of the Year 2018
"In beautiful prose, she seamlessly dances between conversations with nine extraordinary people, and beautiful explanations of how the brain works. Remarkable."
- Ed Yong, author of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES
"A beautiful book. Helen Thomson is the new cartographer of the human mind."
- Armand Marie Leroi, author of MUTANTS
"Refreshingly personal. Humane and humorous."
- The Evening Standard
""Thomson brings an intellectual rigour to each subject. It amounts to a fascinating romp around the nether regions of the human brain."
- The Big Issue
"A stirring scientific journey, a celebration of human diversity and a call to rethink the 'unthinkable'"
- Nature
"Theirs are mystery stories. Spellbinding and true. Exceptional."
- The Bookseller, Editor's pick, Feb 2018
"By the end of her journey she had certainly persuaded me to see the world differently".
- The Observer, Book Of The Day
PORTFOLIO
A selection of popular articles. More examples are available at New Scientist, The Guardian, BBC Future and Forbes.
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