" Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact". - Thomas Huxley
David Eagleman is is a neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, where he directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action and the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. He is best known for his work on time perception, synesthesia and neurolaw. He is also a fiction writer. David's most recent book is Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives.
First broadcast on 22nd May 2009.