The Kingdom of Infinite Space: A Portrait of Your Head

The Kingdom Of Infinite Space Is A Journey Around The Part Of Our Anatomy With Which We Most Closely Identify: Our Heads. Tallis Explains The Social History Of Blushing, Ponders The Curiousness Of Kissing, And Shows How Giggling Really Is Infectious. From The Production Of Ear Wax, To Why We Cry, To The Evolution Of Abstract Thought, His Book Is An Exploration Of The Everyday Acts Performed By Our Heads. Through His Descriptions Of Sleeping And Awakening, And The Transformation Of Breath Into Speech, Laughter Or A Sneeze, Tallis Reveals The Head As A Place Of Continuous, Vital Activity And Of Extraordinary Sophistication.--jacket. Facing Up To The Head -- The Secreting Head -- Being My Head -- The Head Comes To -- Airhead : Breathing And Its Variations -- Communicating With Air -- Enjoying And Suffering My Head -- Communicating Without Air -- Notes On The Red-cheeked Animal : The Geology Of A Blush -- The Watchtower -- The Sensory Room -- Having And Using My Head -- Head Traffic : Eating, Vomiting And Smoking -- Head On Head : Notes On Kissing -- Headgear -- Caretaking My Head -- In The Wars -- The Dwindles -- Knowing (and Not Knowing) My Head -- Head And World -- The Thinking Head -- Epilogue: Heading Off. Raymond Tallis. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 293-311) And Index.