A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness

From the best-selling author of How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan presents a pioneering search for the nature of consciousness. This hardcover book explores the quest to solve one of nature's greatest mysteries: how subjective experience arises from physical matter. It is an illuminating and beautifully written account of scientific, philosophical, and spiritual investigations into what it means to be you.

Key Features/Benefits

• Pioneering search into the mystery of consciousness, from the brain to beyond.
• Examines the faltering efforts of early consciousness science and the rise of new ideas like panpsychism.
• Features encounters with scientists, philosophers, novelists, and Buddhist monks.
• Argues that explaining consciousness may be less urgent than learning to practice it in daily life.
• A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.

Specifications

• Author: Michael Pollan
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Print Length: 320 pages
• Publication Date: February 24, 2026
• ISBN-10: 0241509475
• ISBN-13: 978-0241509470
• Dimensions: 16.4 x 3.1 x 24.1 cm
• Weight: 506g
• Publisher: Allen Lane

A World Appears chronicles a journey that spans from brain labs in Seattle to a cave in New Mexico, offering profound insights into first-person experience. This book is essential reading for those interested in Psychology & Hypnosis, The Human Brain, and Neuroscience Biology.