Hermann Hesse

<p>James Kingsland is a science and medical journalist with twenty-five years of experience working for publications such as <em>New Scientist</em>, <em>Nature</em>, and most recently the <em>Guardian</em> (UK), where he was a commissioning editor and a contributor for its Notes & Theories blog. On his own blog, Plastic Brain, he writes about neuroscience and Buddhist psychology.</p>