是什么将痛苦、快乐、颜色和气味等有意识的体验与大脑中的生物电活动联系在一起？有形的东西为何会产生非物理的、主观的、有意识的状态？
为了解答这些问题，克里斯托夫·科赫将其研究生涯的大部分精力用于弥合大脑物理事实与现象体验之间看似难以逾越的鸿沟。这部引人入胜的著作即是对此的总结与回顾，其中既有严谨的科学叙述，又有深情的个人回忆，还有，深刻呈现了作者对意识的经验实证探索过程。
科赫所讲述的故事涵盖从意识神经生物学的最新研究进展到他个人对各种主题的深入思考，包括注意与觉知的差异、无意识现象、动物的意识问题、有情识的机器，以及他个人对人格化上帝信仰的丧失和随之而来的忧伤。

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.