Livewired (book)

{{short description|2020 book by David Eagleman}}

{{Infobox book

| image=Livewired_by_David_Eagleman.jpg

| caption = Cover of the book Livewired by David Eagleman

| author=David Eagleman

| name = Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

| language = English

| subject = Neuroscience

| genre = Science

| published=25 August 2020, Pantheon (US), Canongate (UK)

| media_type = Hardcover, Paperback, Audio book, E-Book

| isbn = 030790749X

| isbn_note =
{{ISBNT|978-0307907493}}

}}

Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain is a non-fiction book by David Eagleman, a neuroscientist at Stanford University.[https://deagle.people.stanford.edu/ Eagleman homepage at Stanford] The book explores and extends the phenomenon of brain plasticity, with the term livewired proposed as a term to supersede plastic.

As of late 2020, the book was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. A Kirkus review described the book as "outstanding popular science,"[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-eagleman/livewired/ Livewired - Kirkus Reviews], Aug 25, 2020 while New Scientist magazine wrote that "Eagleman brings the subject to life in a way I haven’t seen other writers achieve before."[https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24733010-300-how-a-6-year-old-had-half-his-brain-removed-and-recovered-in-3-months Livewired review: How a 6-year-old had half his brain removed and recovered in 3 months], New Scientist, 23 Sept, 2020 Harvard Business Review wrote that Livewired "gets the science right and makes it accessible... completely upending our basic sense of what the brain is in the process."[https://hbr.org/2020/11/unartificial-intelligence Unartificial Intelligence], Harvard Business Review, Nov-Dec 2020 The Wall Street Journal wrote that "since the passing of Isaac Asimov, we haven't had a working scientist like Eagleman, who engages his ideas in such a variety of modes. Livewired reads wonderfully, like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan's front lawn.”[https://www.wsj.com/articles/livewired-book-review-network-effect-11599256662 Wall Street Journal: Livewired Book Review]