Scientists should bone up on classics says Rhodes Scholar
08 Nov 2007
In his new book, Proust Was a Neuroscientist, Rhodes Scholar Johan Lehrer
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In his new book, Proust Was a Neuroscientist, Rhodes Scholar Johan Lehrer argues that many artists have foretold the scientific future - Proust revealed the inaccuracy of memory, chef Auguste Escoffier anticipated the fifth taste sensation we now call umami, and post-impressionist Paul Cezanne proved that the brain fills in what a painting doesn't show. Wired talks to Lehrer about why the white coats should go all black beret.
Image: Virginia Woolf, who Lehrer says "isn't going to help you finish your lab experiment. What she will do is help you ask your questions better".