Sum of David Eagleman

Categories: Science , Staff Picks , Fiction

 What happens after we die is all summed up in forty scientifically sporty vignettes written and compiled by David Eagleman.  The stories are concise, creative and air-tight.  Thought provoking and based on science as well as religion, Eagleman's debut conjures seizmic blips on the radar the size of Everest.  Things that we’ve never thought of are happening in our afterlives according to David Eagleman’s dazzling debut, Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives.  

All of the possibilities are so amusing and outlandish but that didn’t stop me from believing.  A pause for introspection following each vignette was paramount to the consumption of this brilliant work of fiction.   One vignette, titled, Reversal, discusses the possibility when life ends, like tape reels, we just slowly grind to a brief halt only to retract, and rewind in the opposite direction—getting younger and younger until…

Not only has David Eagleman accomplished neuroscientific greatness, but he has also achieved literary awesomeness.   David co-authors a work of non-fiction, Wednesday is Indigo Blue discussing synesthesia. David is also featured in a multitude of documentaries discussing the brain and its plasticity.