As a keen viewer of the Channel 4 science documentary series ‘Equinox’, it was a thrill to be asked to take on this book (and its sibling publication, Equinox: Space). Each chapter provides background to a particular episode of the series, with deeper explanation and further investigation that could not be presented in the programmes.

I very much enjoyed watching the programmes, looking through and extending the research the series team had done and writing these chapters. From the publisher, Channel 4 Books:

“This volume opens by presenting an overview of the complex workings of the brain. The following six chapters are each based on an individual programme from the “Equinox” television series. “Immortality” looks at our abilities to regenerate cell growth and transplant brain cells; “Phantom Brains” is about the extraordinary phenomenon of phantom limbs; “Neuroscientist” investigates lies and deception; “Psychopaths” is an account of a project looking at psychopaths; “Tales of Madness” uses archive material to investigate the history of lobotomy; and “Mindreaders” explores the theory of the mind.”