'A masterful page-turner that braids science and the stories behind the science. Wise, insightful, and written with the approachability and wisdom that only a veteran of the field can achieve.'
David Eagleman, neuroscientist at Stanford, New York Times bestselling author
Richard Maslandwas the David Glendenning Cogan Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Professor of Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School. He died in 2019, and is remembered for his groundbreaking contributions to the study of neural networks and to the reversal of blindness.