Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vi
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS viii
5. PREFACE TO THE NEW EXPANDED EDITION x
6. INTRODUCTION. THE MASTER AND HIS EMISSARY 1
7. PART ONE. THE DIVIDED BRAIN
8. Chapter 1. Asymmetry and the Brain 16
9. Chapter 2. What do the Two Hemispheres ‘Do’? 32
10. Chapter 3. Language, Truth and Music 94
11. Chapter 4. The Nature of the Two Worlds 133
12. Chapter 5. The Primacy of the Right Hemisphere 176
13. Chapter 6. The Triumph of the Left Hemisphere 209
14. PART TWO. HOW THE BRAIN HAS SHAPED OUR WORLD
15. Chapter 7. Imitation and the Evolution of Culture 240
16. Chapter 8. The Ancient World 257
17. Chapter 9. The Renaissance and the Reformation 298
18. Chapter 10. The Enlightenment 330
19. Chapter 11. Romanticism and the Industrial Revolution 352
20. Chapter 12. The Modern and Post-Modern Worlds 389
21. Conclusion. The Master Betrayed 428
22. NOTES 463
23. BIBLIOGRAPHY 518
24. INDEX 577