Oda al Cerebro Symphony of Science Ode to the Brain

(Carl Sagan s lyrics written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan and Steven Soter) Robert Winston It s amazing to consider that I m holding in my hands The place where someone once felt, thought, and loved For centuries, scientists have been battling to understand What this unappealing object is all about Vilayanur Ramachandran Here is this mass of jelly You can hold in the palm of your hands And it can contemplate the vastness of interstellar space Carl Sagan The brain has evolved from the inside out It s structure reflects all the stages through which it has passed Jill Bolte Taylor Information in the form of energy Streams in simultaneously Through all of our sensory systems And then it explodes into this enormous collage Of what this present moment looks like What it feels like And what it sounds like And then it explodes into this enormous collage And in this moment we are perfect We are whole and