The Kingdom of Infinite Space is a wonderful book which I can’t categorize. In fact, the best way to present it, it’s by its subtitle: A Fantastical Journey Around Your Head.
Raymond Tallis uses his expertise in both medicine and philosophy (we could list many other fields) to be our guide around our head, in all its aspects. From the basic physiology to some philosophical digressions with some light neuroscience, he doesn’t just explain thing to us, but makes us wonder about some things we consider given such as the production os saliva in our mouths. Why do we behave in some ways we can’t control, and how we act in the ones we can control. Above all, why if asked where inside our body where our selves would be, we answer “inside our heads”.
A wonderful book I recommend to anyone curious about their head.