Incomprehensible mysteries (how can a person want to amputate his arm? Why are the drawings of an autistic child superior to the drawings of Leonardo in their skill? What is the sense of beauty? Where does compassion come from in us? How can humanity pass on culture from generation to generation? What gave birth to speech? where does self-awareness live?) find their explanation at the level of brain neurons - thanks to the simple and ingenious experiments of B. C. Ramachandran. He is a great scientist of our time, but he also has a sparkling sense of humor - and here you have a brilliant account of strange human behavior and the work of the brain. The latest advances in brain science. Where in the brain lies what makes a person human? B. C. Ramachandran was named one of the hundred most outstanding people of the 20th century.